Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did it twice , then pulled the instrument from her ears and began to unwrap the rubber . |
| 2 | They were alerted by his screams and helped douse the flames before calling the emergency services . |
| 3 | Given the wild variability of verbal reports in apparently similar circumstances even when aided by gadgets and gimmicks to translate the words into numbers , there has been an elaborate ongoing search for ‘ reliable ’ , ‘ objective ’ non-verbal measures . |
| 4 | They are the longest and thickest of the ordinary body hairs and serve to protect the underfur from the outside elements , keeping it dry and snug . |
| 5 | Miss Honey put down her pencil and removed her spectacles and began to polish the lenses with a piece of tissue . |
| 6 | Only in the republics of Central Asia and in Azerbaijan did communist parties , having changed their names to ‘ socialist ’ or ‘ national-democratic ’ parties and having supported the independence and sovereignty of their republics , retain their positions . |
| 7 | The Reich 's rearmament programme and the continued high level of subsidy to Danzig had caused a severe drain on German gold reserves and had upset the balance of payments . |
| 8 | ‘ It is up to us to play to our strengths and try to control the game . ’ |
| 9 | Whether it was Millie 's infuriated strength that caused the woman 's grasp on the scissors to slacken , or that she changed her tactics and meant to direct the scissors towards the child 's face , could n't be known , but Millie grabbed at the open blades and , managing to twist them round , consciously or by accident drove one of the blades into the nun 's arm . |
| 10 | By 1978 Britain , under Labour , was still in the EEC , the government had an incomes policy of sorts and had curbed the growth of public expenditure , and private education remained . |
| 11 | Brewers have been aware of this issue for centuries and have developed the practice of adding ‘ copper ’ hops early in the boil to provide bitterness and ‘ aroma ’ or ‘ late ’ hops towards the end of the boil for flavour . |
| 12 | Inspect and open all kitchen units and try to glimpse the wall surfaces that they cover for signs of damp . |
| 13 | There is no great demand for pen computing from Western users of mid-range systems , but things are rather different if you happen to be Chinese — and 1,200m people in the People 's Republic alone are — and are constrained to use thousands of ideographic characters , and Communication Intelligence Corp , Redwood Shores , California has gone to IBM Corp for an OEM agreement on its AS/400 computers and plans to fit the terminals with its PenDOS and Handwriter Recognition System software and integrate the machines into its pen-based computer product line being designed for China ; Communication Intelligence plans to market its Chinese pen-based office automation system through partnerships with the Chinese government , with the first out in 12 months . |
| 14 | They knew little about computers and had bought the discs from another counterfeiter who 's yet to be caught . |
| 15 | They knew little about computers and had bought the discs from another counterfeiter who 's yet to be caught . |
| 16 | They 'll set up an emergency centre at the home of one of the islanders and have enlisted the support of one of the world 's most prominent sea mammal vets . |
| 17 | stands and fails to watch the hockey . |
| 18 | Myself and another Englishman called Ronny were given rakes and told to clear the leaves off a huge area of gravel . |
| 19 | The two shipments were estimated to cover consumption needs for up to two months and helped bolster the determination of the military leaders to resist attempts by the OAS to secure Aristide 's return . |
| 20 | By 1991 , the IWC scientific committee had developed a revised management procedure ( RMP ) to provide adequate safeguards and had estimated the population of Antarctic minke whale at 760,000 , well above the number needed to resume commercial whaling ( see Nature 357 , 532 ; 1992 ) . |
| 21 | Certainly it can be concluded that the circumstances of Sisson 's early life fuelled his salutary hatreds and helped form the outsider 's perspective which now makes him a scourge of the age 's insidious orthodoxies . |
| 22 | It was late in the afternoon , almost evening by now , and the restaurants were beginning to fill up as people emerged from their siestas and began to promenade the streets . |
| 23 | The next day , cut the cellophane into 9cm ( 3½inch ) squares and use to wrap the sweets , twisting the ends . |
| 24 | The best that was on offer from the National Refugee Service in New York was cooperation to ‘ get in touch with American relatives and affiants and attempting to secure the steamship fare , or as much of it as possible , from them ’ . |
| 25 | We quickly integrated into the schools and grew to like the place |
| 26 | It has given parents and teachers much more responsibility for running their own schools and has freed the schools from the dead hand of local education bureaucracy in many places . |
| 27 | Among these has been the establishment of the Student Advisory Committee comprised of more than a dozen students from different schools and intended to provide the basis of a national forum for addressing of student concerns and promoting their interests . |
| 28 | The man came down the steps and began to cross the courtyard . |
| 29 | These side walls can be built first , and the steps constructed between them afterwards , or they can be built with the steps and used to support the treads . |
| 30 | Nationwide rioting in 1918 over the price of rice started in rural areas and threatened to reduce the country to chaos . |