Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The lacewing 's ears are at the base of each forewing , and cause the wings to fold whenever they pick up the bats ' echolocating sounds . |
| 32 | They sometimes fancy they pick up the voices of the past , answering their prayers , and after presenting their gifts of flowers and fruit , they come away filled with hope that the great loas have agreed to grant whatever they were being implored to do . |
| 33 | And they pick up the tunes of the language . |
| 34 | And when they get the answer they pick up the the tro treasure the treasure . |
| 35 | They pick up the treasure . |
| 36 | So there 's no , even talking if necessary , once they get onto the fire engine , they pick up the receiver then and book-on mobile which tells the Control where they are going , and once at the situation then the conversation is done by , by radio telephone . |
| 37 | and the they pick up the text in that way . |
| 38 | Cut notches in end boards so they fit around the uprights . |
| 39 | But , if the supporters are agreed on the principle of rotation , they disagree over the detail . |
| 40 | In fact they lick up the nectar by flicking their tongues rapidly into the flower , in the case of hummingbirds as swiftly as thirteen times a second . |
| 41 | ‘ Most include plant extracts which have a stimulating effect on the circulation so they top up the benefits of a massage and boost your blood flow for a little longer . |
| 42 | When a circus comes to town they send in the stars … so who better than Desert Orchid to lead the festival parade into Cheltenham … |
| 43 | But they gloss over the ambiguities in the concept of the subject which underlie these difficulties . |
| 44 | They slip off the tongue too easily . |
| 45 | And they build up the old . |
| 46 | So they warm up the water sometimes , they either blow warm air through or at Stoke Bardolph they whip up the erm sewage with fans which beat air into the water , and the aerobic bacteria digest some of the harmful substances in the sewage . |
| 47 | also newcastle fans have two HUGE flags which they transport around the ground , everyone lifting the flag around — i think it 's the only english club iv'e seen doing that — you see this kind of flagging from time to time around europe ( even up here in Trondheim ) |
| 48 | They fly over the high peaks of the Himalayas and exist in surprising numbers on the permanent ice caps of the Poles . |
| 49 | By describing , for example , the histories of western psychological concepts of the Madonna-like good mother , who is present , sensitive , and , currently , stimulating , and the bad mother , who is the reverse , they map out the political and ideological origins and currencies these concepts have , beyond the biologized significance which traditional psychology gives them ( e.g. Adams 1983 , Hardyment 1983 , Riley 1983 , New and David 1985 , Urwin 1985 ) . |
| 50 | You know the open topped buses where they go round they hold up the traffic . |
| 51 | With each of them individually playing Herbert Thunder , they act out the first part of the story : Herbert finds a lonely spot for himself , and there he cries himself to sleep . |
| 52 | We can organise them and lead them through highly prescriptive sessions in which they act out the teacher 's scenario . |
| 53 | Before you throw away the plastic strap which holds a four-pack of cans away , snip each ring the straps can end up in ponds and rivers , where they catch around the legs of waterfowl and wildlife , with potentially lethal consequences . |
| 54 | And you have to pay the little boys to guard your bikes otherwise they let down the tyres . |
| 55 | They walk up the cleft in the hills beside the stream and begin to climb above the valley . |
| 56 | They walk round the outside of the chairs . |
| 57 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ Phil tells Howard one day , as they walk along the street eating fish and chips out of a Greek newspaper , ‘ I think it 's probably going to be the spitting image of you . ’ |
| 58 | Notice is set to go up in the local regsistrar 's office on Thursday , just 48 hours before they walk down the aisle . |
| 59 | As they walk down the landing all you hear is , ‘ Nonce , nonce , nonce , nonce . ’ |
| 60 | There is a marked difference in colour between the dusty grey-brown of these mounds and the bright , light blue colour they spread over the vineyards . |