Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | If we can notice differences in people , then how is it that the IAAF and other governing bodies do not notice them as well and start target-testing them during the winter months ? |
2 | subsequently after about ten flights , and porting over the books , and speaking to people who serviced them during the war years , they discovered that all it needed was a well-placed whack with a hammer on the trailing edge of the aileron . |
3 | High-density lipoproteins ( HDLs ) are ‘ good ’ since they latch on to the LDLs and absorb them through the artery walls to be disposed of by other organs in the body . |
4 | But we as crime prevention officers regularly meet with erm the newspaper people to say can you make sure your staff push them through the letter boxes and they assure us that the er , the next thing on their list to prioritize but it does n't happen . |
5 | The Runefangs were presented to the ruling Emperor who divided them between the Elector counts . |
6 | If a hawk flies over or a snake appears , he lets the young hop up under his wing and lifts them off the lily pads so that only their legs can be seen hanging down . |
7 | included in mine , so it meant that they paid me for the summer holidays cos I did n't officially really |
8 | Meanwhile , the BBC photographer had arrived to photograph me for the Radio Times . |
9 | She smiled at me as the lift doors opened , then mouthed a silent farewell and fluttered her fingers at me till the lift doors closed . |
10 | We know nothing about the gearing devices involved , but the associated mathematical calculations may have been contained in a lost treatise of Archimedes On sphere making , that is on modelling the heavens . |
11 | Is not the truth of the matter not only that the Secretary of State is doing nothing about the housing needs of the service men and women who will be made redundant , but that he does not even know the facts ? |
12 | Later , at Reykjavik , I was chatting to somebody , telling them about the Ernir flights . |
13 | You 'll not hear from them about the confusion methods used to present figures on profits or unemployment . |
14 | These were Clione , and I cam to think of them as the party animals , always feasting and fighting and mating . |
15 | The walls come alive with foaming beer and music surrounds them as the audience journeys upward in a can of Guinness . |
16 | She was so proud of herself for getting that out , grinning wildly at the other woman , that Ruth could n't subject her to more and left them for the tennis courts while they unpacked the dusty Seat that seemed to be packed to the gunnels with baskets of clothes and packages . |
17 | We said we would n't charge them for the stage blocks . |
18 | If you intend to tile over existing tiles , you will have to drill holes through them for the masonry pins . |
19 | Saturday , 13th : Arrived at Delhi airport over two hours late , at 06.30. met me personally at the barrier and eased me through the arrival formalities . |
20 | Totally sheltered as the vitriolic stuff teemed down , I walked swiftly away — on a line provided by Posi , watching me through the ship ceptors that she had temporarily borrowed by means of her call-beam . |
21 | Sue : I appreciate it 's early days , but what can you tell me about the Workstart Pilots ? |
22 | Can you tell me about the light fittings that you bought when you first got married . |
23 | Tell me about the clay pits please dad . |
24 | ( Nerves do n't count — you should n't have them after the practice sessions . ) |
25 | Oliver spent all of his on the plastic ducks and collected ten prizes . |
26 | Contributions are required from everyone towards the raffle prizes . |
27 | We truly know nothing of the socialisation processes by which young black people in Britain acquire Creole . |
28 | You typed the articles , relieved me of the household chores and fed me royally . |
29 | There are several footpaths around the village , which during the summer months provide a rich variety of flora and fauna . |
30 | Lambert came to Stamford to exhibit himself during the horse races which took place on Wittering Heath to the south of the town . |