Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Albert Tailors , in the shape of old Mr Albert himself , took one look at him and channelled him to the Teens Room , which was festooned with guitars and pictures of pop singers . |
| 2 | A human chain of soldiers , castle employees and members of the royal family carried out paintings , carpets , furniture , Sevres vases , books and drawings and laid them on the lawns before being transported by convoys of lorries . |
| 3 | There was not a needy person among them , for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them , and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles ’ feet ; and distribution was made to each as any had need' ( Acts 4:32 , 34–5 ) . |
| 4 | On Christmas Eve , 1950 , nationalists stole the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey and laid it in the grounds of Arbroath Abbey . |
| 5 | Of course , this consequence follows because the building society is in effect attracting funds from the public sector and channelling them to the borrowers that we identified in section 4.1.1 . |
| 6 | ‘ Third Term ’ ( Deltic ) Re-released as a 12-inch , with the added bonus of a stunning acoustic version of ‘ The Newshound ’ ( an acute portrayal of the scum that litter the daily tabloids ) — and rightly so , because quite frankly this puts 90 per cent of single released this year into the shade and kicks them in the teeth to boot . |
| 7 | ‘ Third Term ’ ( Deltic ) Re-released as a 12-inch , with the added bonus of a stunning acoustic version of ‘ The Newshound ’ ( an acute portrayal of the scum that litter the daily tabloids ) — and rightly so , because quite frankly this puts 90 per cent of single released this year into the shade and kicks them in the teeth to boot . |
| 8 | He took her hand and led her up the steps . |
| 9 | They will understand me too quickly ; they will turn my own generosity against me and despise me for the lovers I took ; and they will cast me as the woman who briefly threatened to interfere with the writing of the books which they have enjoyed reading . |
| 10 | A German interested in the project was visiting Cirencester and saw our trees and asked us about the clippings . |
| 11 | He had practiced putting on his kitchen floor at home during the winter to try and prepare himself for the greens . |
| 12 | Headed by Barry White , Area Sales Manager and aided and abetted by Sales Managers Colin Harrison and Bob Harris , the brief was to take these sales-hungry technicians and introduce them into the intricacies involved in a sales career . |
| 13 | Doyle seemed wary and the Woman had started to fidget with her long tail of hair , holding it in one hand and drawing it through the fingers of the other . |
| 14 | And er I remembering Dad , once he bought a cherry tree , and went up to get all these here cherries off the trees , and when we got them we used to wipe them and put them in a bag , and sell them at the fairs . |
| 15 | to deal with entries entailing exemption from part of the Course on behalf of the Polytechnic Dispensations Committee , to set appropriate conditions for such entries and to report them to the Dispensations Committee ; and |
| 16 | She leaned in and pecked me on the lips . |
| 17 | They need to be at their best tomorrow to beat Orrell and make it to the semi-finals . |
| 18 | The effects of the Great Depression and a renewed possibility of war in Europe in the 1930s made most Americans all the more determined to isolate and insulate themselves from the quarrels and atavism of the nations of Europe . |
| 19 | Swallow a pint instead , and lose yourself in the waves of The Little Fish . |
| 20 | In contrast , the Dionysiac chorus , like unconscious actors , enter into and lose themselves in the characters that their collective ecstasy impels them to conjure up . |
| 21 | Suddenly a wave of total panic swept across her like nausea and she had to resist the urge to dash from the car and hide herself among the trees . |
| 22 | By the time I had come downstairs and made it over the mali 's trenchworks , Balvinder had polished the bonnet so bright he could curl his moustache in the reflection . |
| 23 | He soaked bits of cotton wool in essential oils and passed it under the noses of his patients . |
| 24 | Afterwards Churchill is supposed to have sent a note to the Marshal , thanking him for his hospitality and reminding him of the details of their verbal agreements of the night before the morning after . |
| 25 | Bureaux are polled annually for suggestions for rewriting parts of the system and the IPG weights these and builds them into the plans . |
| 26 | She loved them , and she loved the work though it left her with little time for going out and enjoying herself in the evenings . |
| 27 | Thus completed , he signed the form ‘ accepting and submitting himself to the statutes , rules , regulations and ordinances of McGill University and of the Faculty or Faculties in which I am registered , and to any amendments thereto which may be made while I am a student of the university and I promise to observe the same . ’ |
| 28 | She was alone in the world and owned nothing but the clothes in which she stood , a small attaché case filled with important things and a brown paper carrier bag containing shoes , stockings , and two crystal goblets carefully wrapped in a pair of white cotton knickers . |
| 29 | They jerk from side to side and rub themselves on the plants , but there is no redness or inflammation of the gills . |
| 30 | Feeling the cold more than ever in my nakedness , I had , reluctantly , dismantled a poor looking cloth-bound work titled A Victorian Psalter , scrunched up the pages and stuffed them into the spaces around my body . |