Example sentences of "they under " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To find the correct homeopathic remedy for any condition , the symptoms are diagnosed in those terms , and the Materia Medica places them under those headings : location , sensation etc . ’ |
| 2 | Two-year old bantam hen Betty was so taken by a pair of new-born Jack Russell pups , she decided to take them under her wing . |
| 3 | He played tennis with them under the willow-trees by college , playing not well but with a brisk gusto . |
| 4 | It would be virtually impossible to bring them under the control of one super-agency . |
| 5 | Great news , you might think , for Aunt Agatha , who had begun to fear that , instead of taking young Billy Whizzquid 's advice and putting her savings under the professional management of a unit trust , she would have done better to put them under her mattress . |
| 6 | The oversized designs of the Italian team Dolce & Gabbana are such a big hit in Britain that the mainstream menswear companies keep them under scrutiny . |
| 7 | He dropped the lot into a shoe box and pushed them under the bed . |
| 8 | It was a mixture of strange colours and the knitted ties felt scratchy where Gloria knotted them under Dot 's chin . |
| 9 | His legs were beginning to get twitchy and fidgety , the way they always did when it was particularly important for him to keep them under control . |
| 10 | Richardson drove to his ‘ one-room place ’ in McLean with the photocopied papers , including the rogue memorandum , locked in the boot of his car ; took them out , put them under the bed ‘ within arm 's reach ’ ( as secret agents would ) and went uneasily to sleep . |
| 11 | She put them under her raincoat in the basket and looked at the receipt the chemist had handed her from the till ; there was no evidence that she had paid for these items . |
| 12 | I only hope that the civic authorities have them under better control than they seem to be here . |
| 13 | Certainly there was no question of putting them under any duress and no one said there was a problem . ’ |
| 14 | Highly toxic pollutants could be safely disposed of by burning them under water , Prof Keith Bartle , of Leeds University , told the conference . |
| 15 | Dreaming of moths that drink them under the moon ; |
| 16 | The stomach cramps had been coming back , off and on , all day , but so far she had been able to keep them under control . |
| 17 | All around him his friends and contemporaries were exhibiting and selling their work , some of them under contract . |
| 18 | Shops took incandescent bulbs off the shelves and kept them under the counter ; the only light bulbs in sight were the high-efficiency versions . |
| 19 | Again the root of the problem was perceived to be the cultivators or pastoralists themselves , and that blame originated from land use by them under their own free will . |
| 20 | You need not hurry them away to lie in your sewing-basket or run upstairs to fold them under your handkerchiefs . |
| 21 | And yet the truth is , we accept persons such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane to be great , though most of us can not claim to have ever scrutinized them under such conditions . |
| 22 | And they have led them under the false belief that a negotiated solution was seriously pursued . |
| 23 | Our mountains have survived for millions of years , bearing witness to a history of violent , volcanic activity , glaciation and erosion , but ironically it 's the invention of the internal combustion engine and lightweight waterproof clothing that has put them under the most severe pressure yet . |
| 24 | came unto the workmen and beat and terrified them , threatening to kill them , if they would not leave their work , threw some of them in the river and kept them under water with long poles , and at several other times , upon the Knelling of a Bell , came to the said works in riotous and warlike manner , divided themselves into companies , to take the workmen and filled up the ditches and drains , made to carry away the water , burned up the working tools and other materials of the Relator and his workmen , and set up poles in the form of gallows , to terrifie the workmen and threatened to break their arms and legs , and beat and hurt many of them and made others flee away , whom they pursued to a town with such terror and threats , that they were forced to guard the town . |
| 25 | So the Act provides for the appointment by the Prime Minister of a Tribunal with very limited powers to regulate the way in which Ministers use the very extensive powers given to them under the Act . |
| 26 | An example of such a clause is the following which was found in the Foreign Compensation Act 1950 , a statute setting up a body known as the Foreign Compensation Commission : ‘ The determination by the commission of any application made to them under this Act shall not be called in question in any court of law . ’ |
| 27 | It took several minutes to gather them back and put them under starter 's orders . |
| 28 | She inspected them under the warehouse light , her gimlet eyes roving over their grotty tack , the horses ' condition , the state of their shoes . |
| 29 | I place the rod in the rest and begin to feed pinches of flake into the current in a spot which will carry them under the raft . |
| 30 | I stuck them under my armpits . |