Example sentences of "the men [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not many of the men connected with this place can account for every hour of that afternoon , though the women can . |
| 2 | The men looked at each other for a moment , then glanced away quickly . |
| 3 | The men looked at each other , then dropped their eyes . |
| 4 | The men called to each other across the floor or wandered from group to group , while their womenfolk exchanged their own news in undertones . |
| 5 | They had come back as a fleet , their sails bellying out under the south-westerly gale , the men shouting to each other across the water to compare catches , and their womenfolk waiting on the beach to help with the unloading and to make a start on the gutting and salting and packing . |
| 6 | On the twenty seven part-time stations where the people are not on the station , they 're at home , they 're at work or elsewhere , each one carries a little alerter with them , erm tiny little gadget in his pocket , and by means of this erm radio communication I was talking about earlier , by pressing the right button for the appropriate station , er er it triggers off these alerters and the men respond to that call , come to the fire station , where the telephone is live waiting for them and the message is passed on that way . |
| 7 | But outside there was the sound of a bulldozer on a nearby site , the men yelling to each other above the racket . |
| 8 | Considerable physical demands were made on the men engaged on this work . |
| 9 | The men working on this pumping station would often work 114 hours in a week , for a wage of 3 3/4d per hour , maintaining a regular output of 7 1/2 to 9 million gallons per week . |
| 10 | and the men heaving with less fuss |
| 11 | And the men worked without these essentials because work was food , and food was life . |