Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deal them face upwards on the table in groups of two but so that each card can be clearly seen . |
| 2 | The Sex Disqualification ( Removal ) Act 1919 , designed to facilitate the admission of women to the House of Commons but worded in such a way as to be apt to give them access also to the House of Lords was seized upon by Viscountess Rhondda as having this effect but the Committee of Privileges refused to endorse her claim and the House rejected it . |
| 3 | They trot lightly down the path on the other side of the dip . |
| 4 | Noises of chopping reached them as they lay there in the morning , feeling stiff and foul . |
| 5 | As darkness fell again they took turns to wash in the tent , and then they lay together under the night sky and reached again for the stars . |
| 6 | They lay together in the gathering darkness , holding each other , neither making any attempt to speak their hurt and their loss but both knowing it was there , buried deep within them . |
| 7 | Once formulated , they remain forever in the environment and build up in food chains and ultimately in our bodies . |
| 8 | Well to tell you the truth , I went to own school , when it was er winter , when it comes the winter , they bate somewhere for the winter , do you see ? |
| 9 | They eat outside on the terrace , it 's so warm , by candlelight , with the lights of the city spread out in front of them — a sea of lights , twinkling in the uneven layers of warm air like a still sea shimmering and glittering . |
| 10 | By and large , those extra ’ advantages ’ , as the Labour party calls them , for the employee have to be paid for out of the profits of the organisation as a whole and they eat away at the capital that the business would ultimately have available to reinvest in jobs . |
| 11 | Whilst they are here , we hope that they rub away at the image of Birmingham and find its reality . |
| 12 | The people in wheelchairs , it 's fair enough that they ca n't get their own dinner , but they should at least go to the back of the queue like we have to , but they push straight to the front . |
| 13 | They tend away from the school mentality . |
| 14 | They suffer badly from the leaf menace . |
| 15 | The quare fella here is Master of the Tipperary and they hunt all along the valley of the Suir — the way the line is to go . |
| 16 | Designed for all learners , they fit well with the college 's ‘ learn for life ’ mission . |
| 17 | They should let us get out of church and then get the people they want instead of grabbing the person they want right in the middle of the church and carrying them out . |
| 18 | They report periodically to the centre on their total PONC and on the PONC eliminated so far this year and the cumulative total to date . |
| 19 | They appear again on the south and east sides of the Spanish Meseta and then on way down into Africa . |
| 20 | Bands like Curve and the Sundays float careers on their female vocalists ' cheekbones , playing down their looks even as they pose bashfully for the cover of yet another music magazine . |
| 21 | Reporters and feature writers wore a path through the pastures of Low Birk Hatt , and now they knock constantly on the door of Belle Vue Cottage , Cotherstone . |
| 22 | You may also see otters , or their pug marks , where they slip quietly into the loch , keeping Strathbeg trout alert and fit . |
| 23 | They fly here for the winter . ’ |
| 24 | Hence they accede happily to the alarm about terrorist threats . |
| 25 | Well , well I think I would , I would rath it I mean i it they 've got the responsibility to whistle blow now , you know , professional they 've got , er you know , they 're they these are professionals and they should , they should whistle blow and I mean Maxwell is a perfect example of how nobody , nobody blew the whistle and if you read through the writs , those lots of these people knew what were what was happening an and the whistle should have been blown and I see no reason why the why the pension regulator is going to get any different , different response and also I mean really these people are being in many cases given by th given information by their clients , you know , and I think it 's a very difficult situation to turn round to , to somebody like Mr Maxwell and say well look I 'm terribly sorry Mr Maxwell , we 're going to report you to the pensions regulator , you know and I think that , that er you will just find that that I just do n't feel that the pension regulator in , in that respect , I mean I , I think that I might like to if Peter suggested a pension fraud squad that , that had a open telephone line and the same sort of er powers as the Serious Fraud Office you know , so that if er anybody in a pension fund could , could ring a number and er and people absolutely descended th that , I mean they ge they say somewhere in the report that the pension regulator is going to have er powers and monies to do spot checks . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm sorry to interrupt , ’ they say politely on the phone , and I sit up straighter and always feel guilty . |
| 27 | Price rises : Firms ca n't increase their prices unless they say so in the catalogue or advertisement . |
| 28 | They focus particularly on the number of legs in view — six legs indicate food , while eight suggest a potential mate . |
| 29 | Criminal laws against corporate behaviour again facilitate crime because they focus purely on the regulation broken and not on the consequences of that broken regulation . |
| 30 | ( 9 ) Most farms are run without hired labour ; they depend primarily on the labour of the owner or tenant , supplemented by that of his or her family . |