Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The memory will always be with me of those lads ' faces , even though at the time I was only twenty years old myself , to see them sat on the floor of the aircraft , and some of the trying to negotiate the main spar , and the cheers and tears when we came over the white cliffs of England . |
| 2 | Their nimble dexterity even made them preferred in the manufacture of buttons and in lacquering and japanning , although it did not bring them the wages of skilled male artisans . |
| 3 | The bomb-bay of a Mosquito was too small to accommodate so large a bomb , and they had to carry them slung underneath the fuselage with the bomb doors open . |
| 4 | In the week after the election we asked our panel to look back Over the whole campaign and tell us how useful they had found television , the press , and other sources for : ( 1 ) helping decide what party leaders and personalities were really like ; ( 2 ) keeping them informed about the issues ; and ( 3 ) helping them decide how to vote . |
| 5 | The light beams say the target moved forward 25 centimetres ; I say they curved through the air by 25 centimetres . |
| 6 | Organisers say they complied with the conditions of their licence , but the district council says there have been breaches of the conditions . |
| 7 | Regulars at the hotel share the owners indignation … they say they fought for the flag in the last war : |
| 8 | Electrodes , that 's what they were ; she had seen them used on the baby in the next cot to Jenny in the hospital , just a few days before she had died . |
| 9 | One assumes they meant in the way of financial backing and key personnel , but the apparent snub led to accusations of anti-Semitism and xenophobia . |
| 10 | The work and support they gave to the Enterprise Centre was greatly appreciated . |
| 11 | Left alone in solitary splendour , I could see them crouched behind the car , the flash of a hip-flask indicating that inner man and inner woman were being warmed . |
| 12 | POLICE hunting the killers of Paul Sheldon are studying 200 leads they received after the release of likenesses of two suspects , writes Graeme Wilson . |
| 13 | GRIDIRON : London Monarchs yesterday drew 17–17 with Birmingham Fire to leave them anchored at the bottom of the European Division of the World League . |
| 14 | When the news finished they bent over the Guardian TV page , deciding what to see next . |
| 15 | Just aye , aye , oh they did n't have them in the in the summer , and of course in them days well the the bars shut at ten o'clock which meant you know they came into the dance hall just after that where nowadays the bars shut at twelve o'clock and |
| 16 | Ah but he means put a bath in a bathroom in , the way you know they did up the Donegal Road . |
| 17 | I would guess they went through the roof , causing stress on all the fish and subsequent disease . |
| 18 | We have erm er just bought Saboo Saison out so er the twenty percent share holding they had in the airline we 've now bought back in-house . |
| 19 | Without speaking they walked through the gap of the east window and on to the edge of the cliff and saw only the moon-bleached beach stretching north and south , the thin fringe of white foam . |
| 20 | By a letter of 17 October 1991 those solicitors asked the local authority to keep them informed about the progress of the assessment that was being undertaken of the father and his partner . |
| 21 | By so doing they colluded in the evils that they would have wished to remedy had they faced them fair and square . |
| 22 | Even as she watched they disappeared over the edge , leaving her in a watery isolation . |
| 23 | How do you think they felt about the children 's adventures : a ) immediately afterwards b ) when they met Flupper c ) when they found out about super penicillin ? |
| 24 | What did you think they lacked at the time ? |
| 25 | No not for the , I do n't think they went for the day . |
| 26 | Round and round they staggered like the end of some ghastly marathon , Luke dragging Maldita upright and along by her headcollar , supporting her with his body , Perdita propping up her other side . |
| 27 | I noted the small bunches of flowers laid in the Place de la Concorde in memory of Resistance fighters , and thought how especially fragile and touching they seemed in the immensity of that noble square . |
| 28 | I , I mean they did on the farms . |
| 29 | Anyway they got they got in the end and they |
| 30 | These players will wear their prices as conspicuously as the plugs for Rank Xerox , Mars , Esso , Candy which , even on the field , keep them locked into the culture of commercial transactions . |