Example sentences of "they [vb base] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then dropping not one , but two balls will be an effective strategy because the gravitational forces acting on them converge toward the centre of the Earth as in Fig. 2.1 . |
| 2 | Without doubt , close and loving physical contact between child and mother , or surrogate mother , promotes both physical and emotional well-being in the infant ; while cursory and uncomfortable handling , lack of communication and the signs of " non-loving " implicit in them make for the opposite . |
| 3 | However , to the extent that our assumptions for thinking about them remain within the framework which derives from Weberian thought , we may well not recognize them for what they may be . |
| 4 | I step on a few and watch them crack in the middle like a sheet of glass . |
| 5 | Most of them correspond with the list your boys drew up at the UN . |
| 6 | Note has been taken of these and some of them appear in the panel 's revision . |
| 7 | He watched them walk towards the car . |
| 8 | A common denominator both of these critiques and of positivism and natural law theories , is that most of them speak about the law — even if this is seen to have many facets . |
| 9 | This practice , borrowed from the United States , recognises that until shares are issued they confer no rights at all , and that the rights ultimately attached to them depend on the company 's decision at the time when they are issued . |
| 10 | Fry the onion gently in the butter until soft , add the lovage and continue for one or two more minutes , them mix in the flour , and add the stock gradually , stirring all the time and bring to the boil . |
| 11 | And there — how clearly he remembered it suddenly — there , watching them climb into the dark , was the boy , smiling beatifically , his big , dark eyes filled with wonder . |
| 12 | Outside the months of breeding all but a few species disappear to wintering grounds well south of the Arctic Circle ; thus the arctic has over 150 species of breeding land birds , but only eight of them reside on the tundra all the year round . |
| 13 | Two boys who were rescued from the fighting in Lebanon are back tonight at the hospital that rebuilt their bodies and gave them hope for the future . |
| 14 | I can easily walk out onto the streets to do some shopping : the centre of the town is crammed with funny little shops of all kinds , bars , cafes , etc. , many of them open to the street , there was even a shop selling nothing but plastic bags ( they did n't seem to be doing much of a trade ) . |
| 15 | All of them add to the quality of life of the residents , and many of them may also help you enjoy your work too . |
| 16 | In our mind we watch them happen in the future . |
| 17 | We watched them disappear into the dusk as we anchored at the little island of Likangloe , where we had witnessed our first python hunt . |
| 18 | As she watched them disappear into the distance she shivered with the chill of her own isolation . |
| 19 | ( Hence when the evangelist has the women discover the empty tomb , he does not have them witness to the resurrection but rather go and tell the men . ) |
| 20 | They would never stay in my bedroom very long , but you can imagine my excitement each lunchtime as I watched them arrive in the garden , enter the house and quack their way up to me , as regular as clockwork . |
| 21 | interviews were taken on tours and I saw some of them go down the hill |
| 22 | Many of them go through the freedom of Grendon , only to be returned to the rough and tumble of ordinary jails to finish their sentences . |
| 23 | of them go to the weight training at . |
| 24 | But there are quite a few contracts which are still temporary , most of them go to the end of June . |
| 25 | It took different forms ; , but all of them turn on the idea that ‘ God ’ means something like ‘ supremely perfect being ’ , and that supreme perfection must include the fact of actual existence . |
| 26 | It was at a dinner party in the flat , when they were in the kitchen together fetching yogurt and raspberries , that I heard for the first time one of them turn on the other in anger . |
| 27 | They watched them turn towards the house . |
| 28 | These form the start of a speech by the prophets and patriarchs in Hell , who appeal for an Ambassador — this is before Christ 's Advent — to bring them rescue from the deorc déabes sceadu , the ‘ dark shadow of death ’ . |
| 29 | In their first scene together , where Fluellen begins with a feeling of respect for Pistol 's bravery at the bridge ( how obtained we know not ) , they dispute about the iconography of the goddess Fortune , Pistol in verse , Fluellen in prose , more coherently ( III.vi.20–60 ) . |
| 30 | There also needs to be a plan for evaluating the project and the librarian and the teacher should discuss the evaluation of the pupils ' ability to use the microcomputer ( technical skills ) and their ability to make use of the information they gain from the microcomputer ( information skills ) . |