Example sentences of "that they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot did n't want to hurt its face so she placed her knees carefully to one side of the lamb so that they pressed into the sewn field of flowers on the edge . |
| 2 | Now the audit industry was in favour of that at the time because it saw itself as able to get its fingers into local authority audit so they were prepared to accept that they could do it then , it 's only now er when it 's proposed on what 's been their traditional prerogatives , they er er they audit of banks and private sector er er companies that they balk at the proposition and say ooh it 's horrendous we ca n't do it . |
| 3 | We hope to juxtapose paintings that they painted at the same site at the same time ’ . |
| 4 | Initially , they simply put together a series of guidelines , concerned with scale , height and the street network between the buildings , which amounted to two sheets of paper that they sent to the developer . |
| 5 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 6 | Flexing his fingers so that they popped with the cold , he looked around tensely . |
| 7 | Will my hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to Mr. Martyn Rands , chairman of Basildon commuters ' club — and to his hard-working committee — who met my hon. Friend this morning and presented him with a petition , signed by 5,000 people in my constituency , complaining about the disgraceful service that they receive on the Fenchurch Street line ? |
| 8 | that they receive from the rest of the taxpayers . |
| 9 | When adult the males are larger as are their dorsal and oral fins in that they reach beyond the base of the tail whereas the fins of the female barely reach this point , or even stop short . |
| 10 | These trends were supposed to be so powerful that many groups were driven to extinction as once-useful organs became overdeveloped to the extent that they interfered with the animals ' ability to cope with the environment . |
| 11 | Hankies , me mam was on about the bogeys that they pull on the , back behind their bikes |
| 12 | But but prior to doing that they met with the branch that had put the resolution in . |
| 13 | And he took two boards and fitted them to the body , one to the breast and the other to the shoulders ; these were so hollowed out and fitted that they met at the sides and under the arms , and the hind one came up to the pole , and the other up to the beard ; and these boards were fastened into the saddle , so that the body could not move . |
| 14 | But does n't every band from that area maintain that they met in the Hacienda ? |
| 15 | ‘ Provided , ’ Nicholas said , ‘ that they take in the wagons tomorrow . ’ |
| 16 | It is helpful for them to recognize that if they intend to carry through what they say , they may need to reduce the number of demands that they make on the child . |
| 17 | It was only when Dexter parked the car back at the Yard that they noticed in the paintwork of the boot two long , deep scratches . |
| 18 | She says that they banged on the doors , and got them out . |
| 19 | Under such circumstances characteristics of adult language input would be reflected in differential rates of progress only to the extent that they coincided with the child 's existing ‘ style ’ of learning language ( Gleitman et al . |
| 20 | ‘ Well over one third of those questioned in our survey said that they waited for the sales to make major purchases . |
| 21 | ‘ Tell them that they waited in the dark for us ? ’ |
| 22 | Like Cobbett , many suffragettes would have said that it was not so much the vote for its own sake that they sought as the improvements in the status and conditions of women which they believe would be achieved as the result of women 's enfranchisement . |
| 23 | Ursula Block reports that they melted on the way . |
| 24 | The only possible savings would be from reductions in the number of teachers in the maintained schools , which would come about if parents were to stick to the survey preferences that they indicated for the independent sector . |
| 25 | Late morulae are generally regarded as 16- to 32-cell embryos which have not cavitated and it is at this stage ( -84 h post-hCG ) that they pass through the uterotubal junction from the oviduct into the uterus . |
| 26 | My parents once told me that they lived on the Canary Islands for a little while but I do n't think I was born just yet . |
| 27 | I used to take them home on quite a number of occasions if I 'd known that they lived in the immediate vicinity . |
| 28 | Now that they know about the money , there is always a possibility that they 'll tell the Germans . |
| 29 | Their holders would adopt the same position of relative irrelevance that they hold in the republican democracies of Europe . |
| 30 | One idea was that they roll downslope from the submarine volcanic vent like plastic bags full of water , before piling up on top of one another ; another was that they whizzed along the sea bed , supported by a cushion of collapsing steam bubbles ; while a third suggested that ‘ pillows ’ are n't separate entities at all , but long , worm-like tubes whose thickness varies along their length . |