Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually he decided to give them their marching orders , and one spring , just before the birds were due to arrive , he nailed wire netting and a large dustbin bag along the eaves to stop them building their nests in the usual place . |
| 2 | A scrip alternative , if offered to ordinary shareholders , will enable them to increase their shareholdings in the Company without incurring dealing costs and , to the extent that ordinary shareholders elect to take new ordinary shares instead of cash , there will be enhanced cash flow and increased liquidity to the Company . |
| 3 | The obvious advantage is that they provide sack-loads of fun and laughter , and the disadvantage is that you sometimes have to wait three hours for them to find their boots in the morning and finish flossing their teeth . |
| 4 | In another case , headlined as ‘ The Alleged Hooligan Tragedy ’ , a man died after a street-fight and it was reported that on arrival at hospital he had made a statement to the effect that , ‘ I got my injuries in the Borough through being kicked to death by Hooligans . ’ |
| 5 | While walking the Pennine Way I cooled my feet in the beck before continuing south to Airton and Gargrave . |
| 6 | I sat on the quay with my hands down beside me and my fingers over the edge as I put my feet in the boat , ready to get in . |
| 7 | When I put my hands in the pockets I felt bank-notes . |
| 8 | I hang my clothes in the wardrobe and put on the plastic gown . |
| 9 | They might laugh when I wave my hands in the air , but what they do n't understand is , my fingers are dancing to high hat rhythms . ’ |
| 10 | Oh , no , Bros Will I , will I be I can when will I see my pictures in the paper . |
| 11 | There 's no when will I will I be famous , when will I see my pictures in the paper . |
| 12 | I know my colleagues in the creative department do not agree . |
| 13 | I rearrange their bedclothes in the night , hoping they 'll wake up and recognize me . |
| 14 | I spent my mornings in the Education Department teaching basic subjects such as reading and English . |
| 15 | He pounded along the passage and I heard his shouts in the Kitchen " Tristan ! |
| 16 | I need someone to share my duties in the parish , someone with understanding of family problems and poverty , and a love of children . |
| 17 | I cleaned my teeth in the washbasin , then sat reading until perhaps eleven-thirty . ’ |
| 18 | I wore my goggles in the swimming pool |
| 19 | I wore my goggles in the swimming pool , good |
| 20 | One word they kept repeating was the Latin ‘ Luciferi ’ and I remembered my assailants in the alley . |
| 21 | I splashed my hands in the water but he was n't a bit cross . ’ |
| 22 | I left his hours in the pre-pack |
| 23 | For the same reason I dictate my memoirs in the centre of a maze . |
| 24 | Instinctively , I dipped my fingers in the holy water and crossed myself , remembering the Catholic aunt in South Armagh who 'd raised me for a while as a child and had anguished over my black little Protestant soul . |
| 25 | These catfish have been bred in captivity in tanks containing African Rift Valley cichlids , although there have been one or two reports of them scattering their eggs in the substrate in the usual Synodontis fashion when no cichlids were present . |
| 26 | They had been in Spain , or Italy , or France … the only thing in common was how little of the language they had learned , how monstrous the children they had had to mind had been , and how late everyone ate their meals in the evening . |
| 27 | The Argentines are still ethnically the same , the population still predominantly Italian , most of them havin' their roots in the south of Italy and in Sicily . |
| 28 | Even councils which modernised their trams in the 1930s , such as Glasgow and Leeds , abandoned them in the 1950s . |
| 29 | Any extinguishing agent which develops its effects in the same direction must be capable of overtaking the flame front if it is to have an acceptable limiting influence on potential damage . |
| 30 | They , exclusive of all other species , are free to choose , and in the final analysis , that instinct which has its origins in the mammalian family life is most likely to take precedence , and humans will choose to live with the relatively small family group as the ultimate refuge . |