Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] [pron] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under normal circumstances , understudies would be expected to attend all the rehearsals to familiarise themselves with the production , but , because Alex and Charles knew the play so well , they were given a dispensation to take most of the first week off , which would save both them and their replacements the embarrassment of the early stumbling rehearsals while the newcomers were trying to memorise the lines . |
| 2 | In the course of dealing with those who demanded excessively high wages or who broke their contracts , the courts provided us with a great deal of evidence about wage rates , and continuity and frequency of employment . |
| 3 | Initially , the plans said no-one with a disposable income of more than £42 per week would get advice and assistance . |
| 4 | The May evening was warm and filled with a golden light , and as he passed the Maria-Therese gardens the scent of the lilacs hit him with an almost physical pain . |
| 5 | Once you 've found the words ring them with a pen , cut out the wordsquare or photocopy it if you do n't want to damage your magazine , and send it to us here at : Make sure you also enclose your address and boot size . |
| 6 | The Jews provide us with the single most illuminating incident of the episcopate of Avitus . |
| 7 | The question is whether the institutions will adopt the same rather altruistic attitude that they did then now that their income from even the best-performing companies will shrink permanently unless action is taken by the companies to leave them with the same net effect . |
| 8 | The Gospels present us with a picture of Jesus of Nazareth searching out those left on the edge , and bringing them into the heart of God 's kingdom . |
| 9 | But disabled people who use them say the workshops provide them with a sense of dignity as well as permanent paid work . |
| 10 | The strings provide us with the most expressive and appealing medium ( with perhaps the exception of the human voice ) that exists in the whole range of music . |
| 11 | A seagull on one of the lifeboats regarded us with a voyeur 's eye . |
| 12 | The masters , when they punished , instructed the prefects to slog you with a gym-shoe ; one prefect would hold you like a trussed chicken and the other would give you six of the best . |
| 13 | The Bodyline War was also being featured overseas , the Americans equating it with the ‘ bean ball ’ in baseball — a ball aimed at the opponent 's head . |
| 14 | Later , in the sixteenth century , some of the bastides allied themselves with the Huguenot cause against the Catholics , and there was more bloodshed . ’ |
| 15 | Quite apart from this , fortunately I examined the BATch file first to see just what it would do , the instructions leave you with a system that does n't always operate correctly anyway . |
| 16 | ‘ Envious of the repute of this outcaste , the priests leagued themselves with a harlot to disgrace him . |
| 17 | The thoughts provided her with a refuge from Sylvie . |
| 18 | She had looked up ; she had looked around ; the frescos left her with an abiding sense of hopelessness , reinforced by the pastor 's impotent testimony . |
| 19 | The Romans mixed it with an aggregate of broken stone , marble , brick and lava , and poured it over wood centering and into brick compartments . |
| 20 | Behind me the cart creaked away and the executioners busied themselves with the ropes . |
| 21 | One of the sailors hit me with a piece of gun cable , heavy , wire-armoured cable with a knot on one end . |