Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take the baskets that hold them out of the pool and allow them to drain for an hour . |
| 2 | There will eventually be 10 zones in all , each of them designated in an area of particularly high unemployment . |
| 3 | Resolved , That this House , believing it is in Britain 's interests to continue to be at the heart of the European Community and able to shape its future and that of Europe as a whole , endorses the constructive negotiating approach adopted by Her Majesty 's Government in the Inter-Governmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and on Political Union ; and urges them to work for an agreement at the forthcoming European Council at Maastricht which avoids the development of a federal Europe , enables this country to exert the greatest influence on the economic evolution of the Community while preserving the right of Parliament to decide at a future date whether to adopt a single currency , on issues of Community competence concentrates the development of action on those issues which can not be handled more effectively at national level and , in particular , avoids intrusive Community measures in social areas which are matters for national decision , devlops a European security policy compatible with NATO and co-operation in foreign policy which safeguards this country 's national interests , increases the accountability of the Commission , enhances the rule of law in the Community including improved implementation , enforcement and compliance with Community legislation , improves co-operation between European governments in the fight against drugs , terrorism and cross-border crime , and through these policies secures the long-term interests of the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | But when we ask children to write , we often ask them to work in an atmosphere where all sorts of noises compete for attention . |
| 5 | so they must 've been fairly sure of their support to allow them to come into an area of villages . |
| 6 | Like many carnivores , Killers seem to be adaptable , taking whatever prey is available and are not averse to salmon if they find them massing in an estuary prior to spawning . |
| 7 | Men offered a diplomatic post could not be blamed , as one writer put it , for " choosing rather to fix themselves near to the person of the Prince ; because the recompences for that service are much greater , and much more frequent , and because those that are absent are commonly forgotten , which makes them look upon an embassy as a sort of an honourable exile " . |
| 8 | But for Allan and Barbara Bland a daily visit to their son 's hospital bedside makes them wish for an end to his twilight world . |
| 9 | A good agent really understands the route a band has to take and must have a great relationship with his or her promoters to persuade them to believe in an artist . |
| 10 | I try and make women 's history clearer , because obviously they 've done history A level so they 've probably learnt about wars and all the male sort of things , so what women were doing and thinking and the way in which that has been suppressed ; as much as possible I like to teach by not putting very much of what I think across but trying to get other people to produce it … also encouraging them to share as an experience and personal responses and talking about things one would n't normally talk about in the department , the emotional side of things , in quotes ‘ irrational ’ , ‘ intuitive ’ and all of that , and valuing that … try and make it a space where people can say whatever they want to say ; I suppose value things that would not be valued elsewhere . |
| 11 | One prime minister was assassinated by the Brothers ; they failed in an attempt on Nasser himself . |
| 12 | The closest they got to an opinion on the two campaigns was when Andrew said that Labour 's campaign organisers had been ‘ more laid back ’ than the Tories , but his brother immediately disagreed , saying that perhaps the Conservatives had shown more flexibility in their poster plans . |
| 13 | The testers , used to assessing corporate managers , were unnerved by the odd readings they got from an entrepreneur . |
| 14 | Initially Mitterrand pressed for a rejection of the Senate 's amendments on the grounds that they amounted to an attempt to elevate the powers of the indirectly elected Senate to those of the directly elected National Assembly . |
| 15 | Thirdly of course , Table 6.1 shows that even people with some recognised degree of dementia cost much less to sustain at home ( in terms of community service costs ) than if they lived in an institution . |
| 16 | Eventually they agreed on an appointment at nine o'clock the next morning , but Indenbaum was still convinced that Modigliani would not turn up . |
| 17 | They agreed upon an exchange of plants and later Watts journeyed to Holland , with a grant from the Company of £10 , towards travelling expenses , to collect plants for Chelsea . |
| 18 | When the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales , and the Gwent and Brecknock Wildlife Trusts met council officers and their advisers they asked for an assurance the council would proceed with the bill ( 2 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 20 | They passed through an archway into a display of great sporting figures . |
| 21 | In what follows I am going to use a general procedure for reading texts to examine specific features of racist discourse to be found in ‘ Fighting talk ’ and ‘ The last laugh ’ and to suggest a series of questions which they raise as an agenda for further research and debate . |
| 22 | A charge of £15 is made for infants under the age of 2 years on departure date , provided they sit on an adult 's lap during the journey . |
| 23 | They fought for an hour and it seemed that neither would have the mastery . |
| 24 | They pick on an accountant because an accountant needs a good name and has been partly in control of the funds anyway . |
| 25 | They suffer from an abundance of irrelevant information . |
| 26 | A middle-sized species of whale , they grow to an average of 7 metres ( 23 feet ) long , and weigh up to 2 tonnes . |
| 27 | The age of trees can easily be calculated if they grow in an environment where there are distinct seasons . |
| 28 | On the third night they stopped at an inn which was attached to a relay station . |
| 29 | They stopped at an orchid farm , spending an hour just wandering through vast greenhouses , filled with blooms of every conceivable colour and variety , some headily perfumed , others with no scent at all . |
| 30 | However , where the two colours merge there is a less distinct division as they mingle in an area of dots . |