Example sentences of "[vb past] between the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might surmise that the separations John experienced between the ages of two and seven years resulted in the development of an internal blueprint predicting that close relationships were unlikely to be sustained , and cautioning against becoming involved with others . |
| 2 | To what extent were politicians responsible for the high unemployment which Britain experienced between the wars ? |
| 3 | A few hens pecked between the cobbles and rabbits scuffled in hutches along one of the dry-stone walls . |
| 4 | Another dispute in 1335 , during the time of John Champneys , Vicar 1330–38 , arose between the parishioners of Halling and the churchwarden John Heryng , this dispute again being taken before the Bishop of Rochester by the then church-warden , John le Baker . |
| 5 | In Allen v. Flood a dispute arose between the ironworkers ' union and woodworkers , the former objecting to certain work being done by the latter . |
| 6 | Clutching the hot loaf to her chest she fled , expecting every minute to hear shouts of : ‘ Thief … thief … ’ as she threaded between the wharves arriving at a narrow lane not far from Marsh Street where the press gangs roamed . |
| 7 | Everything was covered in fine , red dust that gritted between the teeth . |
| 8 | A timetable covering the completion of our work and of the transaction under the terms of the engagement will be drawn up and agreed between the directors and us by [ date ] . |
| 9 | The book is not confined to the needs of the conveyancing practitioner , however ; it is thought that the divorce practitioner should also have knowledge of the different types of conveyance which may be ordered by the court or agreed between the parties and the points which should be taken into account at that time , the protective measures that might be taken before the conveyance is concluded and the documentation that may be required in dealing with life policies . |
| 10 | The light lengthened through the palm groves and the villages glowed between the trees . |
| 11 | It made her flick her eyelids as she passed between the tables . |
| 12 | A few examples remain of pieces of land still in no single ownership , such as meadowland shared between Axminster and Kilmington parishes in Devon alongside the river Axe near Newenham Abbey , common land on Dartmoor shared between Bridestowe and Sourton parishes , and meadow alongside the River Avon in Wiltshire shared between the parishes of Broughton Gifford and Melksham Without . |
| 13 | He lifted himself on to one elbow , looking down at her ; a finger of light from the street-lamp outside crept between the curtains , touching her face . |
| 14 | To compete , I suppose , Malc had his ego ( and other parts ) massaged between the sheets and in my heart of hearts I knew his affairs were superficial — of the genitals rather than the heart — and during one of our deep analytical discussions on the subject , he admitted that he could n't wait to leave his lover 's bed and get home once the act was over . |
| 15 | The coins sank between the bananas , apples and mushrooms . |
| 16 | You can then either support loft insulation blanket on garden netting stapled between the joists , or lay rigid polystyrene panels on nails driven into the joist sides . |
| 17 | As they moved between the tables , three elderly Han came towards them , bowing and smiling . |
| 18 | Paxton stood in the middle of the tableau entitled : THE GODFATHER and moved between the figures of James Caan , Al Pacino and Marlon Brando , all of them identified by name plates at their feet . |
| 19 | Slowly , methodically , they moved between the trees and over the rough-grassed , uneven ground , making sure nothing slipped between them . |
| 20 | From every direction microphones , lenses and T.V. cameras followed the entourage as they moved between the looms on a tour of the factory . |
| 21 | And then , with a gasp of pure bliss , she slid very slowly down , so that it entered between the folds of her itching rosebud . |
| 22 | The tent had a damp patch where it sagged between the poles |
| 23 | Finally it turned , very slowly , like a tree about to fall , and fled between the curtains . |
| 24 | And beer , caught between the factors and the one third increase in teetotalism over the past decade . |
| 25 | At Rome in the 250s a split occurred between the rigorists led by Novatian who believed that for apostates there could be no restoration in this life , and those who saw no restriction in the Lord 's committal of the power of the keys to bind and loose . |
| 26 | She danced down them in almost weightless pirouettes to paths that wandered between the flower-beds . |
| 27 | The aroma of hotdogs and onions wafted between the tents and mingled with the more pungent smells of engine grease and petrol . |
| 28 | Off to Sharpe 's left , about a mile away he could see the roofs of two more farmhouses , while to his right the wood gave way to rolling cornfields intersected by a farm track that twisted between the crops . |
| 29 | Stiffly , feeling like an old woman , she got to her feet and trudged between the hummocks till she reached the top of one of the new dunes on the shoreline . |
| 30 | The quality of staff performance also differed between the houses and other types of setting . |