Example sentences of "[v-ing] their [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus alerted , a sub-committee of the North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association met on the following morning and resolved that the danger could only be met by " a central organization of owners for the purpose of protecting their interests against the unreasonable demands and actions of trade unions or combinations affecting such interests " . |
| 2 | It is to the reptiles themselves one must turn to find the greatest display of armoured scales that are all-enveloping , protecting their wearers over the whole surface of the body . |
| 3 | So to raise funds , some of the villagers are opening their gardens to the public on Saturday . |
| 4 | The return to rock means the supercession of demystification by re-mystification , giving people back their sense of worship , rather than forcibly opening their eyes to the nuts and bolts of how ‘ myth ’ is constructed . |
| 5 | During June and July many artists living and working in East and South East London have been opening their studios to the public , coordinated and publicised by the Whitechapel Gallery . |
| 6 | It is not the West End galleries however who have been opening their doors to the new generation . |
| 7 | To add to the general gothic touch , the now released pigeons fly around depositing their droppings on the dead body . |
| 8 | Amid signs of increasing desperation , Bush appeared to adopt a two-pronged strategy , using his powers as President to take actions calculated to improve his popularity , while his campaign staff increased the negative content of the campaign by intensifying their attacks on the character of Clinton , particularly in regard to his attempts as a student to avoid being drafted to Vietnam . |
| 9 | Charitable work was also something that daughters could do without prejudicing their chances in the marriage market . |
| 10 | The problems faced by princes go a long way to explaining their activities during the lifetimes of their fathers , especially their hostility to their stepmothers . |
| 11 | Today you have watched our mandarins banging their foreheads on the flagstones — but not for our emperor ! |
| 12 | In a haggard era which finds loud lies smothering truths in every crib and pallet and bed , and with the older authors banging their skulls against the Wailing Wall , this young poet and novelist dares deny that the great God Pan is dead . |
| 13 | In the Wimpy after 2001 we imitated the apes banging their bones on the ground with our knives and forks on the formica table . |
| 14 | A few of the men were dressed in quality suits with top hats and canes ; they moved quickly , keeping their faces to the ground . |
| 15 | And they started keeping their clothes at the pit . |
| 16 | Soon after they got up — which was always late , which was lunchtime — he and Rufus went in swimming , keeping their feet off the gravelly or slimy bottom and their arms clear of the blanket weed which was like green hair . |
| 17 | However , Fleischmann and Pons were announcing their results at the press conference before they had told any of their scientific colleagues . |
| 18 | The work also voiced taboos and silenced areas in an attempt to make visible shared and common experiences , revealing their roots in the social and cultural rather than the personal . |
| 19 | It is at least worth a footnote to any textbook on handling disputes that few employers have to contend with their management arm solemnly sitting down and condemning the negotiating strategy and then publicly relating their views to the press . |
| 20 | Judges sat behind closed doors and took only written evidence , basing their decisions on the records of preliminary investigations conducted by the police . |
| 21 | Collectivist solutions go further than this , basing their arguments on the differences in the nature of consumption and accountability in the public and private sectors . |
| 22 | The new men were not aping the landed gentry ; they were basing their careers upon the infrastructure provided by urban Britain . |
| 23 | Besides the more obvious areas for employment , actuaries are to be found applying their skills in the academic world , in computer development , operational research and as business consultants . |
| 24 | The slaves pressing their tintacks into the tree whisper : |
| 25 | Oh , they were my daily joy , Dirty Dick , Harry , Bert , Prickwillow , working on the green baize under the bench lights , the elastic band round the grey heads holding the jeweller 's eyeglass or checking their tolerances with the white-coated draughtsmen , or rouging the last tenth of a thou from a newly-turned and bored brass centimetric attenuator . |
| 26 | Their animals , richly caparisoned for the tourists , were munching at green piles of clover and swatting their tails against the early flies . |
| 27 | They were walking their horses among the sand-dunes south of the castle , and on their left hand the sea ran high and grey , and the gulls were uneasy , aware of coming wind . |
| 28 | It is alarming to hear how many relatively inexperienced pilots seem completely unaware of the risks they take when pitting their skills against the forces of nature . |
| 29 | And finally , surfers and canoeists have been pitting their skills against the biggest River Severn tidal wave of the year . |
| 30 | Many top speedway riders will be pitting their skills in the National motor cycle grass track meeting . |