Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [noun pl] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children place their cards in the pack face downwards . |
| 2 | Food — Farming : Farmers grow their crops in the valleys . |
| 3 | They still build their houses in the arc-like forms , they say , of the ships which once brought them , and their funeral rites , which for their nobility are unequalled for extravagance , are intended to launch the souls of the dead back to the stars of their origins . |
| 4 | Then he saw one of the boys turn his back on the man he seemed to be dancing with , hook his fingers in the skimpy underpants , wriggle them down to reveal his bottom and then wiggle the bottom until it shook like a jelly . |
| 5 | Regrettably , too many people lose their lives in the construction industry which , as is well known , is one of the most hazardous industries . |
| 6 | The Japanese suspend their phototubes in the water . |
| 7 | Two remaining directors , Jim Johnston and Sandy Moffat , are backing hundreds of Falkirk fans who are demanding that the Deans sell their shares in the club — but all four have agreed that Falkirk-born Christie , a Bairns fan , is the man for the chairman 's job . |
| 8 | They perceive their contributions in the broadest sense . |
| 9 | One of the employers interviewed by Margaret Irwin for the Royal Commission on Labour in the early 1890s reported that " the girls in our composing room are in many cases daughters of compositors and machinemen and men employed in other departments of the establishment … they introduce their relations in the form of sisters " . |
| 10 | This kind of maladaptive feature would be hard to explain if we had been designed by an all-wise creator , but is to be expected if structures change their functions in the course of evolution . |
| 11 | The acquisition will allow Quatro to widen its product portfolio and develop its strengths in the clinical sector . |
| 12 | For a few months , the Labour Party 's bruised and battered members can stir , intrigue and factionalise — and raise their spirits in the process . |
| 13 | Here , they are taken by the ocean currents into the Gulf Stream , in which three years pass as they slowly drift towards Europe and make their homes in the rivers , lakes and pools , far distant from their place of birth . |
| 14 | Women who combine their responsibilities in the home with a greater degree of participation in the labour market , together with men and women without those responsibilities will be subsidising them . |
| 15 | These lay their eggs in the nests of other birds , which then act as unwitting foster parents . |
| 16 | I sat on the quay with my hands down beside me and my fingers over the edge as I put my feet in the boat , ready to get in . |
| 17 | When I put my hands in the pockets I felt bank-notes . |
| 18 | Woody Allen and Mel Brooks both cut their teeth in the Catskills , and Robbie feels at home here . |
| 19 | Molly and Saul await their guests in the television lounge . |
| 20 | Her stomach twisted as in that moment she seemed to feel him pierce her loins in the act of impregnation . |
| 21 | The recently formed AD ( ANCIENT DYKES ) group hold their meetings in The Women 's Centre , Broughton Street , Edinburgh . |
| 22 | They put their feet in the rabbit-runs between the dead . |
| 23 | They put their cases in the boot and within ten minutes he was leaving the outskirts of Brussels , heading east for Liège — the opposite direction to Bruges . |
| 24 | What you mean to say is — everyone 's scared of cancer and/or the bomb , so they put their heads in the sand and take up jogging and unrefined bran … |
| 25 | Could all Labour Party members in the audience , in the delegations , put their hands in the air please . |
| 26 | If dietary deficiency seems to be a factor , the counsellor should be able to help the counsellee ascertain which factors in the diet might be contributing to poor health , perhaps in consultation with the books mentioned above , or with a nutritionist or dietitian . |
| 27 | And he 'd wipe his brush on a rag soaked in turps and wash his hands in the kitchen sink and off they 'd go , calling for Preston sometimes from next door , because he liked it , too . |
| 28 | We put our materials in the form of a kit ( teachers ' notes , students ' handouts , a tape ) . |
| 29 | Then there were the enraged gay groups who deemed this screenplay to be politically incorrect , and who disrupted filming by encouraging passing motorists to ‘ honk if you support our boys in the Gulf ’ . |
| 30 | Fortunately w the canal was close to , we all er rushed to the canal and wash our hands in the canal and wash our face cos the vapour had gone on to us . |