Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took me two hours to paint out the damage that Sweetman had caused to our hull . |
| 2 | Profit taking among construction groups wiped out the gains made in the wake of the Chancellor 's speech . |
| 3 | The sketch for the Upper Pond , part of Brown 's great natural parkland at Petworth , was discovered in the Petworth archives some years ago but the backlog of work on the estate and the disastrous storm of 1987 which destroyed thousands of trees delayed plans to carry out the design . |
| 4 | If you have any views pick up the phone and call me now . |
| 5 | Only after years of dogged activity by tenants backing up their own experiences with systematic surveys , did local authorities bring in the experts , and the tenants were right all along : they were living in leaking , sweating , unstable structures . |
| 6 | In both cases too , those private choices in some cases bring about the tragedy of the commons ( Hardin 1972 ) . |
| 7 | Only migratory birds sought out the marshes — in late summer on the way south to warmer climes and in early spring on the way north to breeding grounds . |
| 8 | Yet exactly the same trait , if too high , can disrupt and disable , in some cases bringing about the symptoms of anxiety neurosis . |
| 9 | Some theorize that income distribution is mainly a result of government action ( wage policy , taxation , etc. ) while per capita income is mainly a result of transnational forces ( for example , the price that exports bring on the world market ) . |
| 10 | ‘ By this time I had waited about 15 minutes hanging on the phone and the clerk had not confirmed any booking . ’ |
| 11 | The Norman Towers — Entering through these it is easy to imagine the Knights of the Middle Ages setting off for battle , banners flying and a host of bowmen and falconers bringing up the rear . |
| 12 | I am careful not to leave even the smallest scrap of yarn lying around as mother birds pick up the pieces and use them for lining their nests . |
| 13 | With singer Bradley acting out his Mozzer fantasies by lurching around on top of the monitors — only lacking a bunch of daffs stuffed down the back of his pants — their arrogance level has been hoisted a welcome couple of notches . |
| 14 | Both the bid for Channel Five and plans for the new Teleport to be operated at South Gyle , carrying signals for both Television and Telecommunications via satellite , cable and fibre optic lines , are well advanced and require the continued integration of technologies to carry on the task of promoting Edinburgh as a centre of excellence in the new media . |
| 15 | When I do that , it 's like summat inside of me is pulled out and streaks back up the street , under all the lights , right round the corner to where I ca n't see . |
| 16 | Selecting the right personnel to carry out the PR function . |
| 17 | Personnel to carry out the Quality Auditor role are currently being identified : it is intended that they will be trained to IQA Lead Assessor standards . |
| 18 | And where they are legal , the operations require sophisticated equipment and highly-trained personnel to carry out the switch within 24 hours . |
| 19 | I am not sure about the precise details , but I do believe than when Great-Grandfather Tallentire became old and decided to retire he refused to allow his sons to carry on the licence . |
| 20 | She hesitated momentarily before she said , ‘ I hope it will be someone with sons to carry on the property . |
| 21 | Police procedures change , and even police attitudes change over the years . |
| 22 | While crackling flames eat up the beams |
| 23 | It took some time to reassemble their people , so much so that presently Douglas , growing impatient , left some of his lesser commanders to round up the stragglers , attend to the wounded and collect the booty from the camp . |
| 24 | ( Zhores Medvedev 's attempts to spell out the injury thus caused to scientific-technical advance landed him in a mental hospital . ) |
| 25 | She ate dinner alone before a fire made of driftwood that sent salty blue flames leaping up the chimney . |
| 26 | Beniaminio and Mario Di Conza have been in the hospital since June , undergoing investigations to find out the extent of organ sharing , before the operation which was completed yesterday . |
| 27 | So an optimistic note for the pub trade , but a pessimistic one for Oxfordshire 's only two-man brewery , because it 's struggling to survive against tough competition from the major breweries and the are concerned that the Government proposals to shake up the brewing industry wo n't really help them . |
| 28 | Morton 's controversial final chapter is only a few thousand words long and attempts to sum up the marriage now but TODAY has discovered new revelations showing how close Diana came to walking out — and still might . |
| 29 | Main picture : In the kitchen/dining room a magnificent arrangement of satin ribbons finishes off the table setting |
| 30 | The University had filed for patents , believing that millions of dollars could accrue if test-tube fusion were commercially practical , and the patent lawyers were concerned about what would happen if other groups found out the results and duplicated them . |