Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb infin] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dalgliesh let his eyes slide down the page . |
| 2 | SCOTLAND 'S main teaching union yesterday joined parents and education authorities in strongly doubting Government plans to let headteachers take over the running of schools . |
| 3 | Hearing voices approach down the hall , she threw the paper and envelope into the fire , and then stood up as Senga reappeared , leading a tall serious-faced young man . |
| 4 | The man who 's lived and worked in the same quarter of the city all his life , has seen his images go around the world and into the hearts of millions . |
| 5 | Now let your eyes climb up the trunk to the branches , slowly , watching all the time . |
| 6 | Without warning the air was split by a high pitched banshee wail , rising and falling on a sliding scale of pain that would have made the slates fall off the roof if there had been any . |
| 7 | To what extent might companies buy in maintenance from the machinery suppliers ; to what extent might workers become skilled at the repair and maintenance of particular machines rather than skilled at a particular aspect of a machine 's functioning , rather like the situation already obtaining with the repair and maintenance of household equipment such as washing machines , or office equipment such as photocopiers ; and to what extent might companies take over the training of skilled workers , giving them courses specifically suited to the requirements of their own production systems and certificating them within house ? |
| 8 | British Coal refused to let 150 miners go down the pit at Silverhill , Mansfield . |
| 9 | When moving dancers from two feet to one in both open and closed sissonnes , the choreographer can make the movements dart over the floor as Aurora does in her final solo in The Sleeping Beauty . |
| 10 | But I w I was wondering myself did the watchmen make up the story or did it come ? |
| 11 | Why did the farmer not let his servants pull out the darnel in the Parable of the Darnel ? |
| 12 | EVEN innocent-looking teddy bears could put your child at risk as they are used to help toddlers clamber over the side . |
| 13 | Under what circumstances may the doctors switch off the ventilator ? |
| 14 | Although your tenancy agreement may be with the agent many courts are making landlords pick up the debt . |
| 15 | A reward of six hundred and fifty pounds is being offered to anyone who can help police track down the killer of a seventy-six-year-old man in Northampton . |
| 16 | Walking down Oxford Street in August , watching the tourists snap up the pirate editions of ‘ Frankie Says Arm The Unemployed ’ I decided this was the final triumph of the ‘ new pop ’ , the eclipse of content by form . |
| 17 | Mark Kinsella broke the deadlock in the 28th minute with a scorching right foot drive from 25 yards , while Paul Flowers and Steve McGavin both saw lobs sail over the bar . |
| 18 | Traditonal sightscreens — which help batsmen pick up the flight of the ball — will be replaced by ‘ Tri-vision ’ boards with revolving displays . |
| 19 | Secondly , the companies that have already spent money on cleaning up are reluctant to see others let off the hook . |
| 20 | Watching the flames shoot up the chimney , he told himself firmly that marriage was out of the question . |
| 21 | It used to be used as a punishment : they 'd make inmates clean up the hospital wing , that sort of thing . |