Example sentences of "to [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Angrily , Martha flounced into the yard and flushed the chickens out of the bushes and into the pen where they passed the night , fiercely calling ‘ shi-shi ! ’ to the birds with the resentment she felt towards her unreasonable grandmother . |
| 32 | This is probably so , but may be offset by the fact that the fields are left to the birds more quickly , enabling subsequent broods to be reared undisturbed . |
| 33 | Now , I 'm all for the members of the Great British Public knowing a great deal more about the nostrums they consume , and having the information needed to help them share in deciding which are worth having and when , and which are best left to the birds . |
| 34 | The ferrymaster was absent across the Forth so Corbett told his escort to rest ; they opened their provisions , ate and drank and then lay on the sand-strewn grass , enjoying the warm noon sun and listening to the birds overhead and the constant chatter of the bees and crickets . |
| 35 | Night netting can be carried out after dark around well stocked game covers with only minimal disturbance to the birds in places where both shooting and ferreting the rabbits would be far more of an interference . |
| 36 | At the scene of the attack police found a plastic bag holding the pint of milk and four sausages he had bought for his tea — and some of the breadcrumbs he scattered to the birds each day . |
| 37 | ‘ To the birds , I mean ? ’ |
| 38 | Inside lurk three songs of head-wobbling grandeur and limb-twitching turmoil : blame the pseudo-tribal beats , or Brett 's falsetto flurries , or Bernard 's bonkers guitar , but ‘ The Drowners ’ , the massive ‘ To The Birds ’ and ‘ My Insatiable One ’ all ooze intelligence , drip with drama and spurt forth dollops of sexual , erm , spunk . |
| 39 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 40 | G. M. Henry , in his classic A Guide to the Birds of Ceylon , puts forward this argument to explain why the birds that have developed as separate species and subspecies are found in the southern , mountainous half of the island . |
| 41 | N : The best things in life are free but you can give them to the birds and bees |
| 42 | This is especially valuable to the birds in winter when supplies of ‘ natural ’ food are at a premium . |
| 43 | The name tystie , which comes from the old Norse language , may refer to the birds ’ high-pitched , ‘ reedy ’ call . |
| 44 | Important as they may be to the birds and trout , they can be very annoying to humans and , although they may not bite , the sheer numbers of midges and blackflies have been known to send birdwatchers — and particularly photographers — into paroxysms of rage and frustration . |
| 45 | However , lack of cover leads to the birds feeling insecure so they tend not to stray too far from the hen house . |
| 46 | This problem causes the available land to be used unevenly , and can lead to the birds ' droppings saturating the ground surrounding the house . |
| 47 | Holm oak and tamarisk withstand the wind and salt spray and give shelter to the birds . |
| 48 | Such oddities can often been spotted , because to the birds and animals a power station is simply a secluded often borne refuge from a hostile world |
| 49 | This evening , Francis preaches to the birds . |
| 50 | It was as natural to them as to the birds . |
| 51 | It was applied to the birds by the ornithologist William Swainson ( 1789–1855 ) , who wrote extensively and produced a number of well illustrated works . |
| 52 | Edward , dealing out Puffed Wheat to the birds , swung round sharply . |
| 53 | The most interesting thing for me was walking alone and quietly in the forest and listening to the birds singing , watching them make their nest and feed their chicks . |
| 54 | R wanted to talk to the birds ( yet again ) . |
| 55 | From that moment Tess found she could whistle tunes to the birds just as Mrs d'Urberville wanted . |
| 56 | They sat around the fire , letting the horses graze freely with Rimir and Darmid to look after them , and listened to the birds that sang in the reeds thronging the riverbank . |
| 57 | The corn of Italy that was sown in Tigre has been reaped by Abba-Dagnaw and given to the birds . |
| 58 | I listened to the birds singing and watched a curl of grey-blue smoke rising into the sky from the station 's brick chimney , and winter and the war seemed unbelievable . |
| 59 | The sheep were very curious and made a bee-line for me but I managed to push my way through to the birds . |
| 60 | Both are harmless to the birds and fall off with weathering and as the ducks moult their feathers . |