Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is certainly not without significance that the Association always maintained a link with the new youth movement by aligning itself with the Boys ' Brigade and playing an active role in the formation of the Scouts . |
| 2 | Before this age parents can be given ideas about encouraging children to go to the lavatory before going to bed , and waking them at the parents ' bedtime so providing another chance to empty their bladder . |
| 3 | If Mr. Howell 's argument is correct , the school , even though over-subscribed , could not have adopted these sibling and proximity criteria in deciding which of the applicants ' parental preferences were to succeed and which fail . |
| 4 | This one and the next , Chalk Farm , were tiled in white and buff , reminding her of the servants ' bathrooms at Temple Stephen . |
| 5 | The two men , who had escaped from a coach taking them to the magistrates ' court in Reading , were taken to hospital to have their broken arms set in plaster . |
| 6 | They also deny taking nude photographs of the girls , now aged eight , six and four , while they themselves were naked , and showing them to the girls ' mother . |
| 7 | To the extent to which it makes sense to speak of interactions between whole nations at all , we suggest that the two superpowers and their allies may indeed be playing something like the paranoids ' hypergame . |
| 8 | The masks , however , were specially constructed — made from heavy-duty , vulcanised rubber and fitted by stretching them over the actors ' heads so that they clamped underneath the nose and at the back of the crown . |