Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did it twice , then pulled the instrument from her ears and began to unwrap the rubber . |
| 2 | Given the wild variability of verbal reports in apparently similar circumstances even when aided by gadgets and gimmicks to translate the words into numbers , there has been an elaborate ongoing search for ‘ reliable ’ , ‘ objective ’ non-verbal measures . |
| 3 | They are the longest and thickest of the ordinary body hairs and serve to protect the underfur from the outside elements , keeping it dry and snug . |
| 4 | Sara Campbell , curator of the Norton Simon Museum , which owns the complete modèle set of sculptures , has for many years been tracking down all the known casts of Degas ' bronzes and plans to publish the most up-to-date , though necessarily incomplete , account of the status quo . |
| 5 | At this they would leave their trades and rush to join the fourteen ‘ seine ’ boats and the fourteen ‘ volyers ’ that followed the seine boats in pursuit of the shoals . |
| 6 | After Kristallnacht he forbade further attacks on Jews and tried to have the worst ringleaders punished by the courts . |
| 7 | Miss Honey put down her pencil and removed her spectacles and began to polish the lenses with a piece of tissue . |
| 8 | ‘ It is up to us to play to our strengths and try to control the game . ’ |
| 9 | Whether it was Millie 's infuriated strength that caused the woman 's grasp on the scissors to slacken , or that she changed her tactics and meant to direct the scissors towards the child 's face , could n't be known , but Millie grabbed at the open blades and , managing to twist them round , consciously or by accident drove one of the blades into the nun 's arm . |
| 10 | Inspect and open all kitchen units and try to glimpse the wall surfaces that they cover for signs of damp . |
| 11 | There is no great demand for pen computing from Western users of mid-range systems , but things are rather different if you happen to be Chinese — and 1,200m people in the People 's Republic alone are — and are constrained to use thousands of ideographic characters , and Communication Intelligence Corp , Redwood Shores , California has gone to IBM Corp for an OEM agreement on its AS/400 computers and plans to fit the terminals with its PenDOS and Handwriter Recognition System software and integrate the machines into its pen-based computer product line being designed for China ; Communication Intelligence plans to market its Chinese pen-based office automation system through partnerships with the Chinese government , with the first out in 12 months . |
| 12 | stands and fails to watch the hockey . |
| 13 | Despite this relatively small cost the Reagan Administration was encouraged to seek further savings and decided to put the whole operation out to private tender ( reported in the TES , 28 October , 1982 , p.12 ) . |
| 14 | There was a problem with gilt funds about three years ago , and T S B ran up against the problem of falling gilt yields and trying to maintain the , the flow to the investor , which they did , but th they failed to tell the investor that they were having to erm sell gilts and er trade under market value , so in fact you reduce the fund , but there are halfway stages , and I mean at the moment I can get round about eight percent , plus on , on erm er offshore funds . |
| 15 | Myself and another Englishman called Ronny were given rakes and told to clear the leaves off a huge area of gravel . |
| 16 | Many have all their capital tied up in their homes and have to use the meagre resources of the basic state retirement pension to repair and restore their homes and to pay their heating bills ? |
| 17 | This last amendment would have the effect of removing the deterrent which local authorities will face if they place people in their own homes and have to meet the full cost . |
| 18 | It was late in the afternoon , almost evening by now , and the restaurants were beginning to fill up as people emerged from their siestas and began to promenade the streets . |
| 19 | The next day , cut the cellophane into 9cm ( 3½inch ) squares and use to wrap the sweets , twisting the ends . |
| 20 | The best that was on offer from the National Refugee Service in New York was cooperation to ‘ get in touch with American relatives and affiants and attempting to secure the steamship fare , or as much of it as possible , from them ’ . |
| 21 | We quickly integrated into the schools and grew to like the place |
| 22 | Among these has been the establishment of the Student Advisory Committee comprised of more than a dozen students from different schools and intended to provide the basis of a national forum for addressing of student concerns and promoting their interests . |
| 23 | The man came down the steps and began to cross the courtyard . |
| 24 | These side walls can be built first , and the steps constructed between them afterwards , or they can be built with the steps and used to support the treads . |
| 25 | Nationwide rioting in 1918 over the price of rice started in rural areas and threatened to reduce the country to chaos . |
| 26 | Increase the number of chartered Building Companies and continue to promote the benefits of employing such companies to clients of the industry.PS/C |
| 27 | The myosin filaments would interdigitate between the actin filaments in opposite directions and help to push the platelet granules into the centre of the platelet for release into the surface-connected open canalicular system . |
| 28 | He then went on to describe the very considerable commercial and economic disadvantages experienced by peripheral industrial countries compared with the enormous advantages enjoyed by the privileged centrally placed Golden Triangle countries and called to question the entire concept of a European budget which incredibly penalised the poorer peripheral countries instead of applying the penalty the other way round . |
| 29 | Investigate the recent histories of these countries and try to explain the patterns . |
| 30 | Arrows occur at the corners of polygons and tend to make the sides seem concave . |