Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So takes it up and knits it on the back . |
| 2 | First , the testator takes a blank piece of paper and signs it at the bottom . |
| 3 | ‘ Third Term ’ ( Deltic ) Re-released as a 12-inch , with the added bonus of a stunning acoustic version of ‘ The Newshound ’ ( an acute portrayal of the scum that litter the daily tabloids ) — and rightly so , because quite frankly this puts 90 per cent of single released this year into the shade and kicks them in the teeth to boot . |
| 4 | ‘ Third Term ’ ( Deltic ) Re-released as a 12-inch , with the added bonus of a stunning acoustic version of ‘ The Newshound ’ ( an acute portrayal of the scum that litter the daily tabloids ) — and rightly so , because quite frankly this puts 90 per cent of single released this year into the shade and kicks them in the teeth to boot . |
| 5 | He wrenches his cigarette from his mouth , glares at me and grinds it into the ashtray , disconcerted by the firecracker element . |
| 6 | In the different sense of the priest ‘ representing ’ the people to God in worship the role is more that of an intermediary or go-between — a role more akin to that of a Member of Parliament who understands the needs of his constituents and represents them to the Government in Parliament . |
| 7 | Frodo the Ring bearer does not really want to carry the Ring and offers it to the elf-queen Galadriel . |
| 8 | Aptly named Swing Shift , John Frieda takes looks of the past and transforms them into the sleek , set styles of today — with a little from modern technology of course ! |
| 9 | She tells me the ambulance is on its way , then she fetches Ma downstairs and sits her by the Rayburn . |
| 10 | He brings the teddy bear and sits it on the windowsill where it can watch us . |
| 11 | The ownership of productive property defines this class and separates it from the rest of society . |
| 12 | Bureaux are polled annually for suggestions for rewriting parts of the system and the IPG weights these and builds them into the plans . |
| 13 | This corkscrews the opponent backwards over his supporting leg and dumps him on the mat . |
| 14 | Human computation is wonderfully sensitive to context ; it captures the spirit in the message and turns it into the appropriate letters . |
| 15 | The operation of the wheel is unusual , being a variation on the overshot type in which water falls on to the top of the wheel and turns it in the same direction as the water 's flow . |
| 16 | The body has an organising intelligence that orders it and runs all the processes and functions of the parts and integrates them into the whole . |
| 17 | But the location is , as it were , accidental , and contributes nothing to the tension between Circe and Persephone as it has been teased out , in this passage along with others , by Guy Davenport ( see his ‘ Persephone 's Ezra ’ , in New Approaches to Ezra Pound ) . |
| 18 | Often the wonderful natural natural story-teller in Walker breaks through the marshmallow and has us on the edge of the chair , but finally and lamentably this is a failure . |
| 19 | When the nest is complete the female approaches the male and nudges him in the flank to gain his confidence . |
| 20 | In particular , he suggests that the educational system has a marked effect on the production and reproduction of scientific knowledge , and criticizes it for the ahistorical way in which it teaches scientific problems , theories , experiments and proofs . |
| 21 | He hands me the silver tube , lights a match and holds it under the foil while I suck in and follow the smoke . |
| 22 | To undertake strategic research , which takes the new ideas coming out of basic research and develops them to the point where the possibility of commercial application can be identified . |
| 23 | The man takes my hands in his and places them within the box and around the point of life . |
| 24 | To ‘ freeze-dry ’ his wigs , David simply applies gel to the wigs and places them in the freezer for 30 minutes ! |
| 25 | I was particularly taken by Patricia Routledge , unmistakeable even looking through a letter box , and by Lionel Jeffries for his affecting rendition of : The troops are ready to mutiny , The colonel is missing or dead , When up steps a bold , young lieutenant And places himself at the head . |
| 26 | A university congregates together that type of personality and places it at the disposal of the succeeding generation . |
| 27 | The leader then calls for items , and the first person from one of the teams brings the article and places it on the chair . |
| 28 | The literary text may negotiate with its containment ( as Shakespeare 's do ) , but its contemporary subversive force has been compromised by the political dominance of state power which excludes it from the centre and places it on the margins of socially sanctioned institutions . |
| 29 | It provides also for management of resources outside the EEZs , both high-seas fish stocks and the resources of the sea bed ; the latter it declares to be ‘ the common heritage of mankind ’ and places it under the control of an International Sea-bed Authority . |
| 30 | It is a problem which seems curiously common to left-arm spinners , and manifests itself with the bowler either failing to release the ball , or propelling it vertically into the air . |