Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] and [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the irony was that there was no support in Cabinet for the proposals and they had almost reached the point of rejection when the leak took place . |
| 2 | . So the erm Woman 's Own rubber rhyme erm begins Aahs for the runs and I modestly blush , aahs for the runs in your girdle . |
| 3 | A national economic policy designed to reduce public expenditure , to liberate enterprise and to eradicate inflation , combined with a determination to limit local-government spending and intervention , was extremely damaging for the cities and their economies in the early 1980s . |
| 4 | In particular , like Macaulay two centuries later , he had little time for the Brahmins and their Sanskrit learning : |
| 5 | I take that to be a request for the difficulties and I am going to go in to those . |
| 6 | He then tells of his love for the hills and their wildlife , in a celebration reminiscent of Nan Shepherd 's famous book The Living Mountain . |
| 7 | Ooh you 've got to take two sciences , you pick which two sciences you 're going to take , it 'd be easier for the teachers and he would , well to do all three sciences in one exam is |
| 8 | Nevertheless , it is not certainly fictitious , for the paucity of English sources on the later years of Cnut 's reign makes their silence inconclusive , and Robert may have been moved not only by feeling for the æthelings and his apparent friendship for their sister Godgifu 's husband , Count Dreux of the Vexin , but also by memories of his rift with Cnut 's sister Estrith . |
| 9 | Tommy Taylor , of TT Construction , and Ernie Matthews , of RPM windows and conservatories , forked out the £250-odd they had donated for the trophies and there was no harder match than when the two sponsors met in the semi-finals of the over 40s . |
| 10 | In the Far East the sequel to the attack on Pearl Harbour ( December 1941 ) was a grim one for the Americans and their allies . |
| 11 | So much for the experts and their fuckin' theories , the driver thought bitterly . |
| 12 | Nothing for the archives and nothing that could be sold off , this bric-a-brac had obviously been stored against the possibility of some surviving and previously untraced relative appearing to claim it . |
| 13 | He would go to Buxton , probably , for the waters and her boys would be getting on well at Belvedere . |
| 14 | It required fewer people who could pass the port in the right way , and more people who would have the drive , energy , initiative and sheer guts actually to make money for the shareholders and themselves in a recessionary environment . |
| 15 | A reception will be held for the runners and their supporters at the English Wine Centre . |
| 16 | This is the challenge for the brewers and their designers — to survive in the long term they must , in certain instances , address this radically broadened target market . |
| 17 | Willie Learmouth the session clerk came by today for the Intimations and he 's an awful nice man , one of Nature 's Gentlemen , went to Allan Glen 's when that meant something , his wife 's got a plastic hip but you never hear him complain , anyway he sat down to a wee cup of tea and naturally he could not resist my all butter shortbread ‘ Nettie , ’ says he , ‘ your petticoat tails would melt in a man 's mouth . ’ |
| 18 | Saints coach Mike McClennan enthused : ‘ With McCracken and Connolly in the centres we 'll have something for the ladies and something for the opposition. ! |
| 19 | I 've seen the plans for the houses and they 're peculiarly insensitive — more suitable for Milton Keynes . ’ |
| 20 | They had laid on no facilities for the crowds and there were piles of rubbish everywhere . |
| 21 | Erm t th certainly it makes me really angry that people have to struggle for the basics and I you know I I just do n't see how people who are on long term benefits , erm state benefits , can survive without getting into serious debt . |
| 22 | Often visitors to Paris used the good offices of their embassies or legations to procure an invitation , for on these occasions there were no formal presentations to the Emperor or the Empress , except for the Ambassadors and their wives . |
| 23 | ‘ For the puppets and their plays . |
| 24 | Gangsters have long been a good source of drama for the filmakers and there 's barely a star in Hollywood who has n't been ‘ mixed up ’ on screen with the mob at some point in his career . |
| 25 | One for the windows and one for the phone points . |
| 26 | However , the maker does a good fret job and has included useful features like a compensated saddle , with a ‘ step ’ cut into the bridge behind it to ensure a good break angle for the strings and plenty of room for future saddle-height adjustment . |
| 27 | It means money for the clubs and we have a tremendously committed and talented unit who genuinely care about the game . ’ |
| 28 | Lydia asks me to pass her thanks to everyone who has contributed so generously to the campaign and says that while little has changed in the way of living conditions for the prisoners and their families , the campaigners are confident of their victory . |
| 29 | If the tunics and trousers are wet then that is hard for the prisoners and they will be damper and colder for the length of the day that follows . |
| 30 | We were told that this money was being collected for the families and we gave this money through the official trade union for that purpose . |