Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lay gasping for breath behind some wooden benches . |
| 2 | I 'd like to go into a little more the composition of the net debt which again is something that er interests some of you we have er a reduction both on gross debt and equally an increase in cash as you would expect as a result of the Elsivir sale the increases are not fixed debt fixed term fixed rate debt is a function again of the exchange rate we have n't in issued any more the whole of the reduction of debt therefore is confined to our floating rate or variable debt and that amount 's ready to the repayment of the gilder drawings we had under our to hedge or partially to hedge our holding in Elsivir We have increased our cash holdings and they remain concentrated in sterling as part of our sterling er asset er portfolio which is managed from Millbank and which we regard as our investable funds as and when needed . |
| 3 | Mechanistic systems are unsuitable in conditions of change because they tend to deal with change by cumbersome methods . |
| 4 | These stations are run by boards appointed by the state governments so that they tend to act as mouthpieces of the respective state governments . |
| 5 | The non-dipole terms give a site dependence to the VGP paths ; they tend to move from east to west if the site is northeast or southwest of the point 0°N ; 90°E and from west to east if the site is northwest or southeast of it . |
| 6 | POLICE last night named a man they want to quiz in connection with the murder of Michael Huntington at a nurses ' home party 11 days ago . |
| 7 | In fact they are highly competent and by taking advantage of the desire of some of them to work part-time he can use their experience as and when , for instance , they want to return to work after having children . |
| 8 | That 's what I 'm saying , they need , they need just a little , in fact we do here you could argue , er , I feel that all the elements there are of a turning into something a bit ugly , I think , I think they were very quick to drop those statues down , now I know , I know the fellow who in , who set up the K G B could have been the most popular bloke in the Soviet Union , but nonetheless , er he was down within a day , I hear this morning that Yeltsin 's talking about border changes and quite frankly they 're moving too quick and Gorbachev at least was providing a bit of restraint , and I think it , they want to think in terms of decade . |
| 9 | Police have released a video fit picture of a man they want to question in connection with three sex-attacks in Oxford . |
| 10 | They propose to research the patterns of socialization operating within the evangelical-baptist culture and thereby to investigate the effect on educational achievement of the cluster of variables they expect to uncover as emphasis on bible study and abstention from aspects of secular culture . |
| 11 | In proceedings under the Children Act 1989 the parties must disclose the substance of any oral evidence they propose to call in advance of the hearing . |
| 12 | It said : ‘ The council has written to a number of stores requesting undertakings that they cease trading in contravention of the Sunday trading provisions of the Shops Act . |
| 13 | The Serbian Government must recognise that they should extend to the Albanians exactly the rights and privileges that they seek to secure on behalf of the Serbs in , for example , Croatia . |
| 14 | This describes how two disagreeable and unloved children are transformed by the discovery of a hidden garden which they appropriate and which they watch springing into life as the year advances . |
| 15 | In Italy they accept going into retreat during pre-season training , they have strict codes on players ’ sex lives , it 's almost religious . |
| 16 | In fact they seem to go in search of them . |
| 17 | They seem to come to terms with the reality of this much easier than a lot of other girls . |
| 18 | In fact , they all look like they should be in different bands — which is how they manage to slip from soul to jazz , from funk to thrash , so easily . |
| 19 | Now they stand swaying in front of me , easy and relaxed in the dark . |
| 20 | As the fat particles become longer and thinner so they begin to come into contact with one another . |
| 21 | Soon they begin to drop like birds to his side . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , they like going on junkets to exotic places . ’ |
| 23 | Some people become ‘ procedure police ’ at meetings ; they dodge joining in discussion of matters under consideration by constantly raising ‘ points of order ’ . |
| 24 | Sometimes they get blown off course by exceptionally strong winds — to thrill bird watchers by their apparent ‘ tameness ’ and exquisite plumage ; to spin on the spot in circles ; and to dab at the water surface for invertebrate food . |
| 25 | It often happens that while on their southward migration in autumn , they get forced off course by westerly gales , at times arriving in Shetland in large numbers . |
| 26 | You mean to say they get paid for stuff like this ? |
| 27 | They operate according to principles of an entirely different kind from those of logical , rational thought processes . |
| 28 | They feel involved as part of the presentation . |
| 29 | They continue to mourn for years after the death or loss of their love but their loneliness was just as real when their partner was alive . |
| 30 | Tuna are sometimes landed when they try to swim through holes in fishing nets and get their teeth caught in the mesh ; once trapped in this way , they can be dragged on to the beach with the net . |