Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [noun pl] [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a slow day , Quigley just goes through the newspapers and rambles on about whatever comes into his brain . |
| 2 | The cloud is like a magnet so the water goes through the cracks and goes up . |
| 3 | It starts behind the Treib-haus and takes just under an hour for a climb of 370m ( 1,214ft ) altitude difference . |
| 4 | Unlike the natural sciences , where discussion often starts with the results and ignores the methodology of the research , the social sciences — and increasingly anthropology — have developed an elaborate argument about the practices of doing research . |
| 5 | We obviously on top of that want to make sure who lives in the camps and see if they match our descriptions . |
| 6 | She stitched satin ribbon under the bust , bows at the hips and tied a silk cravate . |
| 7 | She looks at the fighters and curses to herself , ‘ Waste , waste , waste . ’ |
| 8 | Robert Tyerman looks at the causes and assesses whether the fall has further to go . |
| 9 | A track runs east from the car park , alongside the magnificent Water of Nevis , starting off benignly enough to lure bored coiffured teenagers in high heels along it until they come a cropper as it climbs through the woods and becomes rocky . |
| 10 | He seemed bereft of sense as he pulled ribboned holly sprays from the walls and fed them to a sulky fire , cheering as they crackled and spurted heatless flame up the chimney . |
| 11 | Anne Jay , who checks in the contestants and hands them each a medal for completing the race , said the average age of those taking part is twenty to thirty-five years — ‘ then they come to their senses ! ’ |
| 12 | For example , his mother finds it almost impossible to prepare Veronica 's tea , which she likes to feed to the child , because John empties cupboards upstairs , turns on taps , climbs on top of the wardrobe , hangs from the banisters and shouts at the top of his voice . |
| 13 | Trim the leaf ends from the aubergines and immerse them in a large saucepan . |
| 14 | His back to us , he concentrates on the pictures and comes straight to the point . |
| 15 | It can protrude from its body a soft , slimy stomach which then glides between the spines and invades the centre of the sea urchin The victim 's body is slowly digested before the stomach is withdrawn again to the interior of the sea star . |
| 16 | The player who trespasses against the rules or ignores them is a ‘ spoil-sport ’ . |
| 17 | The chlorine is picked up as aerosols droplets containing salt for example from breaking waves taken up by the atmosphere , carried over the land , rained down again , gets into the rivers and ends up back in the sea . |
| 18 | She said there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called … bromeliads , I think , and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and once you know the world is full of things like that your life is never the same . ’ |
| 19 | And there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called bromeliads and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and the world is full of things like that and now I know about them and I 'm never ever going to be able to see them and then you , ’ she gulped for breath , ‘ want me to come and live with you in a hole and wash your socks ! ’ |
| 20 | For purposes and in a style which conforms with the objectives and upholds the dignity of the Association : and |
| 21 | A gap appears between the cells and enlarges , pushing them towards the sides and forming the blastocyst . |
| 22 | Ariel clasps Roukoubé and runs towards the sea ; the shadows conceal her , she hears the shot , but then she splashes into the shoals and turns to run along the tideline to keep her bearings in the dark . |
| 23 | Now she too buckles on the hookboots and turns a graceful cartwheel to bring their hooks , with a faint clang , against a couple of the walking rings in the ceiling . |
| 24 | He turns to the others and gives the good news : ‘ We going to need two guards at a time , starting now . |
| 25 | In late October and November Harry goes over the shelves and selects the choicest dessert apples and wraps each in waxed paper . |
| 26 | Everybody goes to the movies and watches television . |
| 27 | But then , about one year in six , some fortunate swirl in the currents brings them back to the island where they first fell into the water a month earlier and at a high tide in December , a horde of tiny crablets no bigger than ants suddenly emerges from the waves and marches valiantly up the beach and on inland to restock the forest . |
| 28 | But the old guard in the leadership sends in the tanks and introduces a new phase of vicious repression . |
| 29 | Pheromones circulate in the bloodstream and escapes through the pores and sweat glands in the armpits and groin , where it is modified by skin bacteria . |
| 30 | The real solution therefore is to constri construct an orbital relief road system so as to reduce traffic flows in the towns and to provide scope for implementation of a balanced package of transportation measures within the urban area . |