Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [verb] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There , men frequently migrate to the towns , leaving their families behind either to be visited at week-ends or to join them in the town at a later date . |
| 2 | He was running on three legs and holding me in the fourth . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She looked into his dark eyes and submerged herself in the bliss of being flattered . |
| 6 | To ‘ freeze-dry ’ his wigs , David simply applies gel to the wigs and places them in the freezer for 30 minutes ! |
| 7 | The researchers found that a change of curriculum from traditional academic subjects to topics of local relevance forced a change of roles for teachers and pupils ( the latter becoming knowledge-holders ) and a change of methods and time-tabling which in the end proved non-acceptable , least of all to parents who favoured the traditional approach as a gateway to success , and resisted innovation ( 17 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ These others , they want to cut you with their knives and throw you in the river . |
| 9 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |
| 10 | First , many patients in hospital have taken overdoses or injured themselves in the past . |
| 11 | Often Minoan worshippers tore branches or boughs from a sacred tree and venerated them on altars or planted them in the sockets between sacral horns . |
| 12 | But the plains , savannahs , rivers and hills , all the way from Samburu down to the Masai Steppe , proved fruitful and the Masai built up their strength through the acquisition of women and cattle so successfully that they chased out the other tribes who were obliged to cling to the mountains or secrete themselves in the forests , land useless for cattle . |
| 13 | When Isobel had gone — dear , patient , wise Isobel whom she loved and to whom she was often so unreasonable — Anna ran water into the empty coffee mugs and stood them in the sink . |
| 14 | The aim here is to look at its political and social repercussions and to set it in the wider context of central-local administrative relations . |
| 15 | Us kids were highly amused at all this , but I was distracted from the fun by Frankie who suggested that we gather up the bottles and hide them in the washhouse before they all got broken . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought he was perfect for the story and sent him a script with about as much hope as those who put messages in bottles and toss them in the ocean . ’ |
| 17 | He baited his baskets and set them in the water , he was so cunning ! |
| 18 | And they carry them in the rubbers and put them in the mangers . |
| 19 | But getting a job after years spent bringing up a family is n't necessarily an end in itself For many women , it 's all part of changing their lives and pointing them in the direction they want to go in-of being in charge of their own destiny . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I think I 'd best fill some of the 'ot water bottles an' put them in the bed right away , ’ said Mrs Beavis , ‘ just in case there 's a bit of cold about the sheets . |
| 21 | Downstairs , the old man gathered together the piles of coins and laid them in the tin chest . |
| 22 | ‘ People have very quickly got used to the idea of crushing their cans and putting them in the special bins provided . |
| 23 | Terry Dicks , not so well known , was crushing beer cans and tossing them in the direction of France . |
| 24 | As the half-stifled bees crawled drunkenly across the stone and straw , they swiftly cut most of the heavy slabs of honeycomb off the sticks and laid them in the leather sacks . |
| 25 | Place a sausage on each of the remaining cocktail sticks and put them in the other orange . |
| 26 | She tied up her sticks and wrapped them in the silk again . |
| 27 | In this arcade adventure the aim is to collect the correct objects and drop them in the right place at the right time . |
| 28 | Livid with rage , he grabs their cameras and rips the film from them , tearing it to shreds and throwing it in the fire . |
| 29 | However , we believe that unless there are exceptional circumstances , it is for people with local knowledge to look at individual proposals and to decide them in the way that best meets local requirements . |
| 30 | He removed his jacket , trousers , shirt , tie and underclothes and studied himself in the mirror . |