Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pickets were unable to communicate with the strike-breakers as they were whisked by — peaceful persuasion was not possible . |
| 2 | It 's a privilege to meet with the students as they seek God 's direction for the future . |
| 3 | People had to flee into the bush , seeking to hide from the bandits as best they could , coming into the village only by day . |
| 4 | Opera managers , for once , are not simply weeping and wailing ; they are trying to adjust to the cuts as best they can . |
| 5 | this method was essential as the vast majority of targets had Commonwealth forces bounded on each side , ready to pounce on the bandits as they attempted to flee from the air attacks . |
| 6 | Perhaps they were justified in recalling early days in makeshift cinemas and perhaps they had to mingle with the masses as they went in search of Chaplin movies , but they must have been aware that prestigious down-town and suburban theatres were now largely being patronized , not exclusively by a lumpenproletariat , but rather by a mix of social classes and perhaps above all by young people who were moving up the social scale into more respectable occupations . |
| 7 | There will be considerable opportunity in this kind of shared activity to talk with the children as they play and for the teacher to discuss the mathematical ideas involved . |
| 8 | There was little time to reflect on the implications as Prince Charles had already asked her to Balmoral for the weekend of the Braemar Games early in September . |
| 9 | Refusing to cower behind the racks as she usually did , she walked boldly along the centre aisle . |
| 10 | At the major shows , winners are often exposed to the glare of television lights , and expected to parade for the cameras as well , before journeying back home after a long day . |
| 11 | Corbett dismounted slowly , ordering Ranulf to look after the horses as he went to meet the chamberlain , who had come out to greet him . |
| 12 | She had been asked to help behind the scenes as would any girl in her own home . |
| 13 | The principles contained within the 1984 Act are designed to comply with the principles as stated in the Council of Europe Convention on Data Protection . |
| 14 | So Deborah had to be content to ride on a tree branch every Saturday morning on her way to Pack Meeting but she did long to be on the back of a real pony again and to help in the stables as she used to do , and learn how a pony should be shoed , cared for and fed , and to know and do the other things required to pass the Pony Rider test . |
| 15 | But erm I remember er we used to play in the houses as they were |
| 16 | Leeds continued to pile on the points as Iro burst through for loose forward Hanley to score a seventh try . |
| 17 | She liked to look at the visitors as they arrived and try to match them with the patients . |
| 18 | If Mr Yeltsin tries to play by the rules as he moves towards a new constitutional order , he will fail , because parliament can make up the rules as it goes along . |
| 19 | Finally , check the upper hall and then the staircase , remembering to go under the stairs as well , which is a weak point for woodworm and damp . |
| 20 | They talked nonsense until there was sufficient calm in the stalls and circle to allow them to continue with the lines as written in the script . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , it has no effect on the larval stage in the eggs and further applications may need to be given to cope with the larvae as they hatch . |
| 22 | Although he was convinced that there was conclusive evidence that Japanese intelligence organizations were behind the Vietminh and their revolt , he also said that throughout their handling of the situation the French appeared to lack every vestige of imagination but , ‘ provided the French are prepared to deal with the Annamites as human beings and not as chattels for exploitation as in the past , there is every reason to believe that the leading Annamites will not only listen to them , but will help them … ’ |
| 23 | He says that they try to deal with the complaints as they come in , but getting enough evidence for an arrest takes time . |
| 24 | After that , there being no predestination , it is up to the human being concerned to deal with the problems as they arise — successfully or otherwise . |
| 25 | In the unlikely event that there are no restrictions in the lease prohibiting alienation , the tenant will be free to deal with the premises as it so wishes , whether by means of assignment , underletting , charge or otherwise . |
| 26 | One person must remain at the nets all the time to deal with the rabbits as they become entangled . |
| 27 | Prise it away carefully , and have some timber offcuts handy to pop into the gaps as the board comes away . |
| 28 | Without our help they might not have been able to fight off the Germans as they did . |
| 29 | It seemed futile to go to the police as they appeared to be in the plot . |
| 30 | Out of doors , if it is being chased by a rival cat , a dog , or some human enemy , it will try , as always , to scamper up a wall or a tree , using its non-existent claws to cling to the surfaces as it leaps upwards . |