Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With their eyes erect and fear in their speed they run for the safety of the waves . |
| 2 | Women have difficulty organizing because of the isolation they experience in the home , combined with their socialization into passivity . |
| 3 | Unit stock control ( where each item is individually counted ) is a method used by retailers to calculate how much stock they have on the premises , including the warehouse or store-room . |
| 4 | On the far side they came to the Sierra de Quareca , hills which , though not particularly high , did give the party — many of them clad in heavy metal cuirasses and leg-armour — some relief from the steamy , insect-ridden heat of the lowlands . |
| 5 | Vale dominated the first 45 minutes against a Stockport side they dismissed from the second division play-off last Wednesday . |
| 6 | This system is used to reduce wages , increase company profits and totally undermine training and health and safety procedures for crews and provide hazards for all the countries around whose coast they sail with the death and environmental problems that follow from accidents such as occurred in the past week . |
| 7 | ‘ To bring our people back to the innocence they enjoyed under the old king . ’ |
| 8 | What 's more , a large number of husbands and boyfriends will be heavily influenced in the car they choose by the woman in their life . |
| 9 | In the aft compartment they went through the routine exercise of listening to the remaining six missiles and found what they had expected , nothing . |
| 10 | The principal interest of these court appearances is in the confirmation they give to the portrait of the National Socialist League in the last months of peace . |
| 11 | Oxford against cambridge they take to the River at two |
| 12 | After he had made a pot of tea they sat near the range and surveyed each other . |
| 13 | On the first-floor terrace they sat at the round table while Roman did the honours with gin and tonics . |
| 14 | New Zealand rugby and the All Blacks were not quite protected by the armour-plating they wore in the two years after the 1987 World Cup triumph , but the Irish would pay testimony to the fact that the All Blacks had become a very hard bunch of men by the end of their tour . |
| 15 | Rob Phone , Mr and Mrs National Holidays , and the journalist they met on the train have all gone their separate ways now , but perhaps a little enriched , a little relaxed , by a modicum of light , meaningless conversation . |
| 16 | sector , a different sector , we 're only relying on it by analogy they talk about the position of requiring the applicant by guarantee such as the deposit of money or other security , and my Lord our submission is , is very simple , er that , er the , the measure that are seeking to recover under are linked into solvency and the payment of policy holders , there 's a community interest there in the directive , but if , er for any reason your Lordship feels there 's a , a matter that needs to go on and further to , to , to a lengthy trial , that in the interim what would be compatible with the community object would be to ensure that the monies are recovered into settlement fund er so that the solvency and payment policy holders can continue |
| 17 | The stately measure of the band , who were not particularly loud , was the steady , elegant funk they put into the music ; they did n't need flashness or speed to get across . |
| 18 | Based on Kodak 's experience , one should expect that 40% to 60% of ideas should be lost during the first two stages , with the idea originators having screened themselves out of the process as a consequence of the feedback they received through the review process . |
| 19 | The main problems they pose are the excessive patronage they confer on the politicians and officials who establish them and make appointments to them , ‘ their frustration of the implementation of public policies , their financial irresponsibility and their erosion of democratic accountability and control ’ ( Jones , 1982a , p. 924 ) . |
| 20 | Seats are divided between the parties according to the proportion of the vote they win in the constituency . |
| 21 | In effect they confer on the individual a sphere of immunity against interference by the state , other organisations and other individuals . |
| 22 | Rumi compared the tears and the effect they have on the soul to drops of rain on the desert . |
| 23 | In his discussion Nash includes analyses of various authorial devices and the effect they have on the reader , concerning both the cognitive ( character perception and plot comprehension ) and affective ( development of empathetic feelings ) aspects of reading . |
| 24 | But these later pieces are of most use for the light they shed on the earlier development . |
| 25 | I must now turn to the decided cases to see whether they refute the prima facie views I have formed and expressed in the foregoing paragraphs based on the construction of the statute and indeed otherwise to see what light they shed on the issues falling for decision . |
| 26 | If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence . |
| 27 | Here , they find the light they need in the spring , but as the sun gets hotter the growth of surrounding vegetation gives them some welcome shade . |
| 28 | I think as a Group Captain er explained y'know the the operational staff have really got to complete their study into what kind of tactical reconnaissance capability they want in the next century . |
| 29 | In December , Stuttgart will host the Davis Cup final , in which the West Germans will defend the trophy they won for the first time by defeating Sweden in Gothenburg , and in the coming three years Frankfurt will stage the ATP Tour World Championship , which will supersede the Nabisco Masters in New York . |
| 30 | She had expected to return home with full payment for the shoes she 'd made , but it seemed the theatre people were not too quick in settling bills , a practice they shared with the gentry . |