Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holly pushed his feet beneath the steel plate and the wind caught at his socks and trousers and drove a channelled wind against his legs and he cursed the awkwardness of his overcoat , and his feet kicked in the space like the feet of a hanging man . |
| 2 | Melanie took her legs and I took the bows and we struggled up the steps , Carol 's bum hitting most of them , which I reckoned Melanie was doing deliberately . |
| 3 | They counted the number of the copulations and they found the females were copulating much more than they needed in order to have , have offspring , so the big problem is why do female adders go to all the trouble of extra copulations with extra males when they could easily just make do with one or two and store the semen , and er the consequence as you could have predicted I think having attended my lectures , is that there does seem to be selection for erm sperm competition in male adders and the , the supposition seems to be that females are openly inciting male sperm competition , because they 're mating with many more males than they need to and there does n't seem to be another gain , they do n't get provisioning from a male , they , all they get is sperm . |
| 4 | A slight sparkle came to Maggie 's eyes and he recognised the signs of growing annoyance . |
| 5 | I think about buying some fags but the headache 's still there behind my eyes and I have the feeling smoking a cigarette would make me want to throw up . |
| 6 | A shutter came down over his eyes and she had the sensation of having had a door slam very firmly in her face . |
| 7 | Bats and we need the same kind of internal model for representing the position of objects in three-dimensional space . |
| 8 | How do you , friends , change a structure which is still the old structure with a civil service , a security and everything that goes with it and move to one of democracy and justice because if you move too rapidly and you do not make concessions and you ignore the terrible power of the right wing with all the military might at its disposal you can very easily create in South Africa a Lebanon or indeed , yes , a Yugoslavia . |
| 9 | This is the leading edge of medical technology and therefore it has to be done at the proper pace within the ethical considerations and I think the team 's decision to pause and look at evaluation is the right one . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't go to parties and I hate the atmosphere where people are always comparing and judging . |
| 11 | ‘ Walked on the race course before breakfast the air balmy and very delightful , great numbers of the blue mountain parrots were making their morning meal on a large kind of the Eucalypti — two of the beautiful Nankeen night herons passed over our heads and we heard the curious note of the coul [ cowl ] bird or bald-headed friar — returned with an excellent appetite — drew all day — in the evening John called me to look at the skin of a snake more than six feet long which James shot in the act of ascending a tree — also brought me some beautiful specimens of a climbing plant bearing thick clusters of cream colour blossoms . ’ |
| 12 | Which would then expel the market traders and I think the i well the ploy was to try and get them into some of the er the vacant lots in within the Ellesmere centre . |
| 13 | The sole Dino Berlinetta Speciale is now part of the permanent collection of the Le Mans car museum in France , a fitting place for a car that drew its design inspiration from the first mid-engined Ferrari sports racing cars and which shocked the world at Paris more than a quarter of a century ago . |
| 14 | What you do is , you look at the environment and consider like the inputs and then you look at behaviour as outputs and you learn the relationship between the two and you do n't neces you do n't have to understand what goes on inside . |
| 15 | ‘ And when you look at some of their shops and you see the same old wooden table that has been sitting out the front for months priced at £10 , or £20 , you realise the money has got to be coming from somewhere else — and we know it 's coming from knocking . ’ |
| 16 | Then she gradually took over the conversation , talking about her parents and the farm , saying she knew she was old-fashioned and some people laughed at the way she farmed , but she was happy with her methods and she liked the animals . |
| 17 | Well , if a brick layer lays bricks why does n't a plumbers lay plums and it said the little boy to his mother . |
| 18 | A few more short-ish walks and I had the boots fully under control . |
| 19 | The broadcast blade split into mirroring fragments and she kicked the red tube of its handle at Zuleika 's head . |
| 20 | Erm you have to be in touch with the National Savings and they send the money direct so you do n't actually get your hands on it . |
| 21 | Find out how seriously a believer takes his doubts and you have the index of how seriously he takes his faith . |
| 22 | with two homes and you said the money they get ! |
| 23 | The shivering group was quickly fuelled by big bowls of soup and glasses of wine and then , very suddenly , the sun beamed through and the cloud disappeared — everyone scampered for the lifts and we had the most wonderful afternoon imaginable . |
| 24 | A cold came out after three days , she complained ( for the first time ever ! ) to her husband about doing his books and she put the house up for sale . |
| 25 | This is a , you know , this is the third one which is er was similar to others we 've had , the steps and we had the other door and a few steps down , and then , this is all similar types of photographs and all taken from different sort of angles . |
| 26 | We have developed a new protocol which is based on the use of KGB buffer ( 3 ) for all enzymatic steps and which eliminates the need for precipitation steps . |
| 27 | He raised the bone knife to the wooden lips and she felt the first gentle cut . |
| 28 | They pulled the brakes and they stopped the car to me . |
| 29 | People do sit down to discuss and pool ideas , but in mainstream broadcasting boundaries are more rigid between technical and conceptual areas and she misses the opportunity to use her technical skills : ‘ If you see a shot that you really like you ca n't just grab the camera and say , ‘ Oh , can I have a go . ’ |
| 30 | It is they who are in the forefront of conservation societies , who complain about uprooted hedgerows in the lowland farming areas and who resent the destruction or diversion of footpaths . |