Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [verb] they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Periodically we had lifted and turned them on the banks , where the sun and wind had shrunk and hardened them . |
| 2 | No sound , nothing but the gentle flurry of leaves as the wind lifted and scattered them like pieces of gold across the grass . |
| 3 | This is updated as the system works through the files to be offlined and copies them onto the media item . |
| 4 | When applications that year were made , Lauda and others were smart enough to realize that the licences had been so designed as to tie them to their teams , a move cleverly designed by certain constructors to lower the price war among drivers and to prevent desertions in the ranks . |
| 5 | We had seen and sensed them on our way up , their tentative postures , their unanimity of hesitation . |
| 6 | With the lines stretched out , have a friend apply tension on the ends to be prepared and scissor them to equal length . |
| 7 | Using the Public Windows Interface self-certification kits promised next month , independent software vendors which find their application(s) do n't run are being asked look at the source , find the undocumented Windows calls being made and give them to Sun which will add them to the PWI specification . |
| 8 | Here Ashley designed her tiles , painted and fired them in a small kiln . |
| 9 | For instance , does your " off-the-street " procedure for dealing with enquiries make the prospective clients feel wanted , well treated and leave them with an impression of an efficient , sympathetic firm capable of providing an expeditious service ? |
| 10 | Section 143 requires local authorities to compile registers of land that might be contaminated and open them for public inspection . |
| 11 | But I mean , a lot of people do n't glorify on the jobs they do , I mean Dinda she said you know , it 's awful being the one who 's getting all the all day long , kind of explained and help them with their problems , sympathise with , with something that does n't work she 'd much rather be outdoors than being a or looking after , but she said you know , it 's , it 's a secure job and these days I think well I 'm not I run my own car and they do n't really think that |
| 12 | And those if you would , for those who have not got them available , erm , we can have them copied and obtain them for you , but I suspect all of all of you sitting round the table will have P P G with you . |
| 13 | and criticizing the royal family , we have admired and criticized them in the course of the last half hour . |
| 14 | He considered him as he caused coffee to be produced and established them at the big table at the other end of his room . |
| 15 | IBM Corp and Blockbuster Entertainment Corp were yesterday due to launch their joint venture to market systems for duplicating audio compact disk recordings in retail stores : the idea is that record companies could eliminate the need to press hundreds of thousands of copies of major recordings — instead the store would tap into central databases at each record company to collect the tracks requested and record them onto a blank disk ; although no pilot systems have yet been launched , IBM said the system also could be used to make and sell computer software and video games on demand ; the IBM-Blockbuster system is expected to be designed to distribute albums in original form , rather than enabling customers to mix and match their choice of tracks , and negotiations are reportedly already under way with several record companies ; a typical CD would take about six minutes to make , complete with the glossy packaging buyers expect . |
| 16 | To furnish the interior authentically , the owner sought out period items — panelled doors , chimney pieces , etc — from local buildings that were to be demolished and installed them in appropriate positions . |
| 17 | The dealers snatch the baskets of produce they have bought and rush them to waiting lorries . |
| 18 | In typical Whig language , Ferguson concluded that the Sovereign having no other Ground of claim to any Power or Prerogative , save what he hath from the Constitution which hath settled and vested them in him , That Prince who goes about to overthrow this , does all he can to cancel his own Right . |
| 19 | These measures alone may be as effective a means of recognising house officers as an important part of the service provided as restricting them to one hospital site for their preregistration year . |
| 20 | Equally , it is also important for parents to apologise to their children when they have wronged or harmed them in some way . |
| 21 | They had leaflets printed and pushed them through everybody 's door to explain what was happening . |
| 22 | ‘ The Parliamentary system is n't there to give people a say in how the country is run but to delude them into thinking they have some power . |
| 23 | Her concern that the sisters living a life of contemplative discipline should in one respect be totally unrestricted — in their access to , and possession of , books — and the fact that , evidently , the brothers of the order both encouraged and instructed them in the knowledge of theological traditions , illuminates , and is symptomatic of , the problems faced by women who wished to live out their faith and give an articulate account of their experience . |
| 24 | The old woman came and silently cleared away , without once looking at me , even when I pointed at the few cakes left and praised them in my stilted Greek ; the hermit master evidently liked silent servants . |
| 25 | However , it is worth taking a calm and realistic look at the risks you might have taken and putting them into perspective . |
| 26 | She had discovered that mixing them with whisky heightened their effect , and my beautiful , fiery Mother became a zombie . |
| 27 | Once , in a moment of despair , he snapped his Bible shut and squashed them to a paste . |
| 28 | The books draw on the experiences of Christians in Guatemala , whose faith has strengthened and supported them through the hardships and challenges of recent years . |
| 29 | I had chosen and wrapped them with care . |
| 30 | Remove the pots as soon as the seedlings have germinated but keep them in a warm , light position . |