Example sentences of "and [verb] [verb] they [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some of the more remote parishes , sculptures and carvings escaped the attentions of the iconoclasts , and elsewhere ornamental features such as carved fonts were boarded over and plastered to protect them from the commissioners . |
| 2 | As the rebels , sword in hand , ran after the retreating cavalry , sonic of the royal infantry stood their ground and tried to take them in the flank but the heavy rain had left most of their cartridges too damp to fire and the frustrated musketeers thereupon also took to their heels . |
| 3 | He made many observations of atmospheric electricity , and tried to relate them to the weather . |
| 4 | Film historians have spent a good deal of time debating the significance of the gangster films and attempting to relate them to the whole ethos of the Wall Street crash and the onset of the depression . |
| 5 | The snow would certainly invade the tops of her boots when she stepped out of the car , and she swore softly in Ruthenian as she retrieved the groceries from the floor of the car and turned to carry them into the house . |
| 6 | The finings attract yeast and other particles and begin to drag them to the bottom of the tank . |
| 7 | While he was talking to her , Melissa took the twins out of the pushchair and began to carry them around the store , one balanced on each hip , until she found somewhere to sit down . |
| 8 | Sister Cooney picked up a pile of books and began to replace them on the shelves . |
| 9 | Frank took off his glasses and began to polish them in the sheet with enthusiasm . |
| 10 | Silver roused the others and began to coax them into the field . |
| 11 | Of course a well-heeled litigant would still be able to frighten booksellers and newsagents by notifying them of the alleged libel and threatening to join them in the action unless they withdrew the offending publication from sale . |
| 12 | Thus while it is important to always play you 're best side AND in our case this must involve finishing high enough up the table to get a place in europe , we must keep players like Rocky and continue to play them in the first team . |
| 13 | Then we removed the wire from the front of the box and started feeding them on the ledge . |
| 14 | And having pilloried them in the past it is only fair to hear their point of view . |
| 15 | it was nothing for you to have the er sole of your sh shoe flapping off and having to wear 'em till the p there was a little man that used to mend the shoes in Hirael there and you 'd go to him and he 'd put a couple of nails , never charge you for it you know . |
| 16 | For instance , young and untrained sheepdogs will often spontaneously run round to the other side of a flock of sheep and try to drive them towards the shepherd . |
| 17 | Take the cards in turn and try to think them into the matter for negotiation . |
| 18 | She liked to look at the visitors as they arrived and try to match them with the patients . |
| 19 | He said he supposed it was and offered to show them into the Intensive Care room which had a hot drinks machine . |
| 20 | A crude summary of this political position would be that child care policies remove the children of the poor and attempt to absorb them into the middle class . |
| 21 | General practitioners are in a position to plan because they have survived many changes , and to fail to reappoint them on the basis of a local health policy ‘ whim ’ conflicts with individual patients ' rights in choosing their own general practitioner . |
| 22 | So when you eyeball someone and arrange to eyeball them over the C.B. you do not meet them somewhere like your house because you do n't want anyone who might be listening to turn up at your house so you meet them somewhere like the park or somewhere like that and then take them to your house if you wish . |
| 23 | The wedding , planned for November … ’ ) she had learned that she was the goddaughter of Lady Bartlett ( that mother of sons … ) and had joined them at the end of July . |
| 24 | In response , Robert Gelbard , who ended his three-year term as US ambassador on July 5 , stated that Alcoreza was corrupt and that the whole naval contingent in Santa Ana was protecting the drug traffickers and had informed them of the raid . |
| 25 | She 's met a lot of friends here and and likes to meet them in the canteen . |
| 26 | I take up points of view I do n't actually support strongly and start defending them to the hilt . |
| 27 | ‘ For stealing household goods and trying to sell them in the surrounding villages . ’ |
| 28 | The others were trying to drive the protesters away , and a fight seemed likely to break out at any minute , until a pair of uniformed police constables appeared , and stood watching them from the other side of the street . |
| 29 | Burma 's generals have condemned the laureates ' mission as interference and refused to let them into the country . |
| 30 | Maureen said she had got the keys back and intended to try them in the desk , to see whether they were a duplicate set and her father 's complaints could have been justified . |