Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fans of volleyball reckon its the fastest … hardest court game of all … this week two of the world 's top teams Latvia and Lithuania have come to town to take on the might of England and the pick of the nation 's universities … on tuesday … wednesday … and thursday they 'll be battling it out in the gym at Iffley Road in Oxford and then on Friday they they head for the finals at the american airbase at Upper Heyford |
| 2 | But the majority of policemen and women we encountered were not like this and did not engage in little acts of subterfuge to limit what the field-worker saw or heard because either they had nothing to hide or , more rarely , they were not concerned to conceal it . |
| 3 | Deputed to get his own disguise , he went off fuming to a wig shop : ‘ And the lady started to go through all kinds of salesmanship to sell me the wig and if I wanted to swim , I did n't want to swim , and I 'm sitting there knowing that this meeting is going to start very soon and I can not — lady , let's get on with it , I do n't give a damn , just give me a wig . ’ |
| 4 | Most tournament players throw up blades of grass to tell them the wind direction and strength , which is ideal to copy . |
| 5 | It was held that the settlor had retained an interest in the accumulated income because the payments of income gave him the benefit of being able to withdraw his capital deposited at the bank . |
| 6 | Their standards of excellence won them the award for best staff restaurant , and they finished in joint second place overall out of all the shops , cafes , hotels , restaurants and canteens in the district . |
| 7 | It makes your body pour out masses of adrenalin to give you the strength to draw on your reserves to protect yourself and fight off the danger . |