Example sentences of "[vb -s] they [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Third Term ’ ( Deltic ) Re-released as a 12-inch , with the added bonus of a stunning acoustic version of ‘ The Newshound ’ ( an acute portrayal of the scum that litter the daily tabloids ) — and rightly so , because quite frankly this puts 90 per cent of single released this year into the shade and kicks them in the teeth to boot . |
| 2 | ‘ Third Term ’ ( Deltic ) Re-released as a 12-inch , with the added bonus of a stunning acoustic version of ‘ The Newshound ’ ( an acute portrayal of the scum that litter the daily tabloids ) — and rightly so , because quite frankly this puts 90 per cent of single released this year into the shade and kicks them in the teeth to boot . |
| 3 | Bureaux are polled annually for suggestions for rewriting parts of the system and the IPG weights these and builds them into the plans . |
| 4 | ‘ That old Plumpton has them in the baths — an hour , private-like , once a week . ’ |
| 5 | who looks them in the eyes and strikes |
| 6 | This section looks briefly at some of the basic ideas and illustrates them with the results of some laboratory experiments . |
| 7 | And she goes up to the two blokes and she grabs them by the balls and goes mm not bad , nice butt , you know ? |
| 8 | Rather than locking himself in his bedroom staring mournfully out of the window , Lemn reaches out to his audience , grabs them by the lapels , rapping and ranting his bitter sweet rhyming couplets . |
| 9 | The relatively high completion rates for the ‘ Other NSEs ’ reflects the fact that this includes students with ‘ professional , nursing , technical or secretarial qualifications ’ The pattern which emerges is that students who have been selected on the basis of success in some form of study which prepares them for the demands which will be placed on them in higher education respond as least as well if not better than the traditionally qualified A-level entrants , while those with less evidence of success of this kind find the transition to higher education difficult and are more likely to drop-out . |
| 10 | She attends to the reservations , and when people arrive she shows them to the chalets she 's arranged for them to occupy . ’ |
| 11 | This procedure computes the blackout and whiteout levels and stores them in the fields black , white of savedValues . |
| 12 | It takes them to the limits of physical endurance , then asks for more . |
| 13 | ‘ They have to be tougher than the average kid , I do n't like losers , but once they 're into boxing it takes them off the streets , away from the drugs and alcohol , ’ said Lol , 57 . |
| 14 | Keeps them off the streets does n't it ? |
| 15 | At least it keeps them from the dangers which await them on the streets . |
| 16 | Michael Johannsen plays in midfield , his brother Morton up front , and manager Benny Johannsen ( no relation ) regards them as the jewels in his crown . |
| 17 | After they have sung and danced , the sultan presents them to the amirs and the distinguished foreigners . |
| 18 | They derive narcissistic satisfaction from their cultural ideals when they compare themselves with others ; ‘ … the right to despise the people outside it ( their culture ) compensates them for the wrongs they suffer within their own unit ’ . |
| 19 | No one could exploit their myth better , because no one tells 'em like the Mondays . |
| 20 | Some observers also calculate that , if one takes account of the profits forgone from these enterprises in future years and sets them against the revenues raised now , the government may have sold the assets at too low a price . |
| 21 | The EEC 's attitude is somewhat baffling to the Višegrad trade negotiators : it lectures them on the merits of free trade , while closing its own markets . |
| 22 | Peter gives all new members of staff a document which tells them what their duties are and reminds them of the rights of the residents . |
| 23 | Havant take over the daunting task of challenging for the European Cup in Amsterdam , with Hounslow moving to the south of Holland to compete at Vught where a favourable draw puts them among the favourites to reach Monday 's final . |
| 24 | His own experiences crowd upon him , even from earliest infancy ; he recognizes them as the sources of his own creative powers ; it is as if doors were ‘ open ’ . |
| 25 | They and others who employ what I term the ‘ autonomous ’ model of literacy appear , then , to believe that this model insulates them from the arguments I have been discussing . |
| 26 | A third view treats them as the forerunners of a managerial class destined to impose its own oppressive rule upon peasants and workers . |
| 27 | A butterfly sticks them on the leaves of the particular plant that her caterpillars eat ; a blowfly on the dead flesh that her maggots will relish ; and some wasps , for the sake of their young , become body-snatchers . |
| 28 | Then she injects them into the nostrils of an unfortunate sheep where they quickly start feeding on the membranes lining their host 's sinuses . |
| 29 | but she leaves them with the neighbours or a neighbour , but I mean it 's all different to bringing them up yourself , in n it ? |