Example sentences of "[vb base] [subord] they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two books in the recent past ( Pope and Weiner 1981 and Thackrah 1985 ) both contain veiled indications of the problems these civil service academics encounter when they write about the police . |
| 2 | He said cyclists should get off their bikes and walk when they get to the High Street . |
| 3 | ( The previous method was to leave the pieces slightly large , and then to ease them by plane or chisel until they fitted into the mortises , etc . ) |
| 4 | I watch as they disappear down the road , then turn and walk through the hamlet which seems completely free of people . |
| 5 | Their Technical and Mathematical concepts begin as they wrestle with the problem of size and shape at the woodwork and glueing tables . |
| 6 | The first deals with the reasons of the ( apparent ) diminution of objects as they recede from the eye , and is known as Perspective of Diminution : the second contains the way colours vary as they recede from the eye : the third and last explains how objects should appear less distinct in proportion as they are more remote . |
| 7 | Two were already straining from the hands of their masters , neck ruffs erect as they waited for the moment of release on to the sawdust-strewn pit floor . |
| 8 | I 'd I was I was glad when they said no more can move into Green , cos I was thinking , Well my sister 's getting a house soon and my other sister she 's getting a house and I do n't want them two living round here as well cos the me mam and dad wo n't be able to see them either , you know if they move into the flats so I was glad . |
| 9 | Of course its members gain because they work in the service , but they put forward their views because they want to make sure that the service does not collapse under the strain and we do not have a repetition of the destruction that we saw at Strangeways . |
| 10 | I suppose when they got in the water they enjoyed the dip . |
| 11 | Because of the freedom most users find when they move from the word processing market into desktop publishing many early documents resemble Victorian handbills in design . |
| 12 | Other writers have pointed to the pedagogical anxieties art teachers feel when they move from the security of their practical areas into a more conventional classroom environment — even when they are teaching art appreciation . |
| 13 | At a time in their lives when self-image is intricately interwoven with feelings about sexuality and identity , young women talk about how they feel when they look in the mirror , and what they feel from the inside , looking out . |
| 14 | But although he might not be bright , Balor 's head was on a level with Floy and Snodgrass as they sat astride the two horses and he was twice the size of either of them . |
| 15 | ‘ I wonder if they knew of the plan . ’ |
| 16 | Infants can also be observed to enjoy playing with their faeces , something which adults do if they regress to the anal phase when in a confined cell , in prison or hospital . |
| 17 | When they consume mushrooms Night Goblin shamans deduct -1 from their dice score when they roll on the ‘ Eadbangerz Chart . |
| 18 | I mean before they came to the centre I think people felt Save The Children only did work in countries abroad . |
| 19 | I 'll act on this , try it out with the Lower Sixth … see if it upsets them … see if they complain about the load vis à vis English , etc … ’ |
| 20 | Difficulties occur whether they focus on the monetary base or on a wider range of liquid assets , and whether they impose statutory ratios or allow banks to determine their own prudent ratios . |
| 21 | The book falls into two parts : the first is a reconstruction of the artist 's life and work as they relate to the cultural trends of their time , through about 500 contemporary writings , mostly unpublished , from people who were close to Piero : friends , intellectuals , historians and artists world-wide . |
| 22 | According to the first theory , which is the one the Greeks themselves prefer , they behave as they do in the public side of life because of what history has done to them . |
| 23 | Vian had to hold both Lord Francis and Taugwalder when they fell through the summit cornice ! |