Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then suddenly he thrust his head between his owner 's legs and hoisted him into the trough with a resounding splash ! |
| 32 | After going to his parents ' home at about 5am , Abram , who had earlier been out drinking in the nearby Valkaries pub , washed his blood stained trainers and dried them in the microwave oven , it was claimed . |
| 33 | The moment it was free of debt they dissolved the partnership and replaced it by the limited-liability company she had suggested in the first place . |
| 34 | On the whole socialist feminists were suspicious of allowances on the grounds that they would undermine male wage-bargaining and preferred to argue , like Ada Nield Chew , for services in kind to support mothers in the ‘ drudgery ’ of child care ; Fabian women preferred direct payment to mothers in order to maintain their economic independence from their husbands and free them from the need to take on paid work which would distract them from their primary task of mothering ( Alexander , 1979 ) . |
| 35 | Frodo the Ring bearer does not really want to carry the Ring and offers it to the elf-queen Galadriel . |
| 36 | But when Mr Wray punched him , Youngs picked up the hammer and struck him across the cheek . |
| 37 | He had a hammer and banged it against the walls to restore order but nobody took any notice of him . |
| 38 | Turning her back , she weighed the hammer and smashed it into the centre of the clay skull at her feet . |
| 39 | ‘ Next moment , he pulls out this hammer and puts it through the glass . ’ |
| 40 | He then walked into a bedroom and shot himself in the chest . |
| 41 | As he crept in through the scullery window she would leap from her bedroom and conceal herself in the nettles , unconscious of the pain . |
| 42 | I ran to the bedroom and heaved myself under the bed , fighting blindly with the magazines . |
| 43 | He led her back into the bedroom and sat her on the chair while he rummaged in the chest . |
| 44 | He went to the lavatory , lifted a large tin bath off its wall hook , took it into the bedroom and placed it on the floor . |
| 45 | The retiring president , Mrs Beryl Abbott , welcomed Mrs Archer as the new president and presented her with the badge of office . |
| 46 | Must go back to the kids and see them to the bus . |
| 47 | ‘ So , ’ he was saying to the Prince 's chauffeur as Owen arrived , ‘ you picked the two girls up from the salon and took them to the river at Beni Suef ? ’ |
| 48 | She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind . |
| 49 | Selkirk stood , looked down at Corbett and patted him on the head . |
| 50 | The law student learns much of his or her law from decided cases , public attention is inevitably focused upon the adversarial contest , civil and criminal procedure is lengthy and complex , books on the English legal system ( including ours ) devote a considerable amount of space to litigation , and procedure tends to individualise grievances and tailor them to the adversarial model . |
| 51 | But in order to understand the problems faced in accounting theory students must often look to the literature on business organizations and apply it to the public sector context , albeit with great caution and common sense . |
| 52 | Benjamin drew three gold coins from his purse and placed them in the centre of the table . |
| 53 | There was a rustle beside her as Gladys removed a shapeless cardigan and hung it over the back of the adjoining chair . |
| 54 | Had the Presbytery been selecting candidates and foisting them on the DUP , Smyth 's view would be more plausible . |
| 55 | Nona stared at the grey river where the wind was picking up little waves and throwing them against the walls of the river walk . |
| 56 | I struck out feebly in self-defence and hit him across the chest , which increased his rage . |
| 57 | It is also the centre of a men-only pilgrimage in February , when local farmers bring in handfuls of hair cut from the tails of their animals and burn them before the sanctuary as an offering to St Blaise , as the patron saint of stock-breeders . |
| 58 | The pinder , whose job it was to round up stray animals and keep them in the pinfold , to be released on payment of a fine , was also known as the axeman . |
| 59 | They are always ready to rescue and support sick or injured animals and help them to the surface to breathe , in the same way that mothers and ‘ aunts ’ will help their young to take their first breath . |
| 60 | Can you name the animals and match them to the correct countries ? |