Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb pp] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everybody knew the tram drivers and used to hop on the front of the car up to the nearest point of the station and then jump off , and the superintendent was on the car and saw him getting on . |
| 2 | Assuming this to reflect common-sense rationality , it follows that there are three types of sanctions which prey on the minds of thoughtful officials contemplating the commission of corporate crime : ( i ) legal sanctions , and especially ‘ will I be sent to prison ? ’ ; ( ii ) occupational sanctions and especially ‘ will my job be lost or my promotional chances endangered ? ’ ; ( iii ) social sanctions — ‘ will I be rejected by family , friends , and acquaintances and required to resign from the country club ? ’ |
| 3 | Re-emerging from the tunnel , Jim and Louise had been gripped firmly by their necks and forced to advance through the trees in silence . |
| 4 | While clearly pointing out that these moves do not ensure women 's rights , and that the struggle for women 's liberation will carry on long after the setting up of an independent Palestinian state , Women 's Committees are encouraged by these developments and determined to learn from the mistakes made by women involved in other national liberation struggles , for example , in Algeria , where gains made were lost after the revolution . |
| 5 | Once both cylinder banks had been separated from the crankcase , the 12 pistons were drawn from the liners and boiled to free off the rings and gudgeon pins prior to their removal . |
| 6 | The stud fastenings are less fiddly than buttons and coloured to co-ordinate with the shirt . |