Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even more gripping than this documentary feature is Apted 's fictional movie based on the same incident , Thunderheart , a tight , concentrated political drama which the director got off the ground thanks to the backing of Robert De Niro . |
| 2 | The small professional garden design team offers an attractive range , called Tropical Shades , to keep you cool during the summer months . |
| 3 | I then went on to an Orion double bed , followed by a pink Passap ; I still wanted a single bed for speed — we ran a guest house and I was deprived of all knitting during the summer months . |
| 4 | The tenrecs look very much like the hedgehogs and have a similar defensive armour , with fine spines that can be erected as the animal rolls into a tight ball . |
| 5 | The urban poor , who burn kerosene to cook , for example , suffer as the end users if their government puts a levy on imports of petroleum . |
| 6 | Computer Horizons Corp 's largest shareholder , CGI Informatique SA , itself under agreed offer from IBM Corp , is seeking to persuade other shareholders to overturn corporate policies that it thinks deter potential acquisition offers for the Mountain Lakes , New Jersey company . |
| 7 | Only in the late nineteenth century did these contracts generally disappear and instead the land was sold or let and the old people lived off the cash proceeds . |
| 8 | Then over to see about the feed stores . |
| 9 | Close bonds developed between the crew members as they lived and worked together on the 67-foot steel vessel for 24 hours a day , sometimes in life-threatening situations . |
| 10 | and I just got through the traffic lights first thing in the morning and there was two light |
| 11 | The erm , we did invite Ingy to come to this meeting just to report about the festival things , but er she , when I saw her , down at the Lyceum , she was sort of doubtful , erm just because you know |
| 12 | Numerous disputes arose between the Forest officers and the owners of lands and woods they had re-afforested . |
| 13 | Distinguish between the rainwater drains and foul drains by flushing toilets and observing the manholes , then by pouring a bucket of water into external rainwater gullies . |
| 14 | I tried several places before they tumbled through the ballroom doors . |
| 15 | The thermostat , which fits between the element loops , is usually sold separately — so make sure you have got one . |
| 16 | Bleed holes within the dam allow water levels to equalise as the cistern refills , which prevents stagnant water build-up . |
| 17 | Concern may also arise about the employment opportunities for a relocated spouse and school and future work opportunities in the area for children . |
| 18 | Postgraduate research in the UK is currently dually funded by Government ; by project research grants through the Research Councils , and by block grant from the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) , formerly the University Grants Committee ( UGC ) . |
| 19 | Pebble Island is situated off the north shores of West Falkland , and has a lot to offer the birdwatcher : large colonies of penguins , king cormorants and other cliff- and shore-nesting species including several pairs of the superb red-backed hawk . |
| 20 | With finance coming partly from the Parent-Teacher Association ( PTA ) and partly from capitation , the library was gutted , refurbished and painted during the summer holidays , the labour being provided by teachers , fifth-form and sixth-form pupil librarians , the caretaker and a parent who was a builder . |
| 21 | But they did manage to get as far as Wales , where the foothills of Snowdonia passed for the Karakoram mountains . |
| 22 | ‘ Paddock grazing ’ , in which the grassland is divided into small paddocks , grazed hard for a short period and then rested for up to three weeks , is a very good system for the control of parasite worms , the life cycle of which is broken during the rest periods . |
| 23 | Then at the last minute she swung round , her heart bursting inside her , just in time to see him disappear through the terrace doors . |
| 24 | • Complex computer-based games have been developed so that scores for manipulative skill , decision-taking , vigilance , etc. can all be calculated as the game proceeds . |
| 25 | He came back without warning , overriding his own harbingers and flashing through the opening gates and straight to the hall , heralded only by the flag streaming above him . |
| 26 | And you 'd hear the tracer bullets rattling about the tin sheds . |
| 27 | Boy looked through the glass of the living room window , or at the glass of the television screen , with the same fierce attention that he had stared through the shop windows . |
| 28 | Many Americans who lived through the war years and remembered quite vividly the virtual hatred and perceived Japanese treachery fuelled during the war probably stiffened at the presented Japanese viewpoint but it remains , for the most part , historically accurate . |
| 29 | It is possible ( though cumbersome ) to chain up such valves , but perhaps easier is simply to saw off the grab handles . |
| 30 | In addition , over 700 students and trainees in these centres are likely to be registered for the Skillstart awards . |