Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] the [adj] men " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relatives of Poole and Mills say the two men were acting in self defence . |
| 2 | Donna regarded the two men warily , her gaze flicking from one to the other in quick succession . |
| 3 | ‘ Keep still , do n't panic , and you 'll be all right , ’ Trent told the three men as he handed them into the boat . |
| 4 | Ruth found the two men in the yard , facing one another in the sunlight ; Connor in vest and trousers — Huw Pritchard stripped to the waist , wearing boxing-gloves , shorts and plimsolls . |
| 5 | Jane stopped the chainsaw-happy men from cutting down the trees . |
| 6 | ‘ These are the visitors you were told about yesterday , ’ Nicholson informed the two men . |
| 7 | The Prince and Princess of Wales came to a lonely hilltop in South Korea to honour the 900 men of the Gloucestershire Regiment who held back the Chinese Army pouring across the Imjin River in January 1951 . |
| 8 | Killion saw the three men come in , and turned his back on them . |
| 9 | Mr Nichol represents the three men serving life for the killing and the family of a fourth who has died . |
| 10 | Janice took their orders while Gillian studied the two men . |
| 11 | As a young child living in North London it was a special treat to be taken to Broxbourne aerodrome on a summer Sunday to watch the magnificent men operating from this lovely little grass field in the Lea valley . |
| 12 | When it convened Joseph instructed the white men to leave the valley , and turn over Findley and McNall to the Nez Perce for trial . |
| 13 | In June 1953 , Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest . |
| 14 | With a sulky expression , Sandy watched the two men prepare to leave . |
| 15 | The Ladybird New Testament version simply glosses over the mechanism of how God communicated with the Magi : Then God warned the wise men not to trust King Herod . |
| 16 | Monica watched the two men , fascinated . |
| 17 | Tony Phillips asked the two men to leave 15 times but they only went minutes before police arrived . |
| 18 | His narrow victory at Mosport over Regazzoni put the two men equal on points with one race to go at Watkins glen , with Scheckter still in with an outside chance , and when Rega retired , Emerson settled in behind Reutemann , Pace and Hunt for the fourth place which was to give him the championship . |
| 19 | Blake followed the two men down a corridor . |
| 20 | Claire watches the two men grapple . |
| 21 | Dr Allan said the two men were bearing up well and were in better condition than had been expected after making the longest unsupported polar trip and the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic landmass . |
| 22 | Yashkin left the two men in the room , closing the door behind him . |
| 23 | Detective Chief Inspector George Brown thinks the two men being hunted in connection with the vicious murder may have fled the region until they think it is safe to return . |
| 24 | He said he planned to fly to Libya with leading Scottish defence QC Lord Macaulay to meet the accused men . |
| 25 | Carole laughed as she and Laura followed the two men back towards the house . |
| 26 | The head waiter opened the door and Comfort preceded the two men out , enjoying the way her long black skirt swung about her legs and showed off her slender ankles and new , high-heeled shoes . |
| 27 | TOUGH new sanctions are being planned by the UN to force Libya to surrender the two men wanted for trial over the Lockerbie bombing . |
| 28 | World champion Werner Guenthoer of Switzerland achieved the best men 's shot putt of the year with a 21.63 metres effort during the European Cup B finals in Brussels . |
| 29 | AFTER A couple of years on the indie circuit , Arista signed The Hollow Men , releasing their ‘ Cresta ’ album late last year , and it looked like these hard-working Leeds-based popsters were ready to step up a league and move on to a new , higher profile . |
| 30 | North Shields Polytechnic 's Simon McAree completed a double by winning the youth 's 100 metres and 100 metres hurdles , while Mandale 's Paul Lowe won the senior men 's 800 metres and was runner up to teammate Martin Scaife in the 3,000 metres . |