Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite both giving reasons for their withdrawal — Smith describing the awards as ‘ self-congratulatory ’ and Conran labelling them ‘ muddled and confused ’ — the anti-Rifat gossip was soon swelling . |
| 2 | Gorbachev , shortly before his resignation , sent a message to the representatives who were gathering in Alma Ata urging them to consider a form of Commonwealth citizenship so that all the former citizens of the USSR would feel their rights were protected in whichever republic they were resident . |
| 3 | Well you know it was one of those happy combinations of Johnny writing them , John coming with those fresh arrangements and me sort of the naivety and the joy of being in the business , it was so exciting and happy that it was one of those lucky things where the combination of the three of us worked . |
| 4 | United got off to a flyer with Richard Hill giving them a lead after just eight minutes . |
| 5 | Neil Webb and Danny Wallace will also figure , while the foreign players will be Brian McClair , Mark Hughes and Peter Schmeichel , with assimilated players Ryan Giggs and Denis Irwin joining them . |
| 6 | BNFL chiefs got an injunction against U2 threatening them with arrest if they turned up at the plant gates . |
| 7 | A ‘ strong ’ letter will also be sent to the WBO asking them to consider a re-match with Jimenez because of the close nature of a verdict in which German judge Norbert Krosch scored the fight even at 115 points each . |
| 8 | They landed at Inverkeithing and made their way up the cliffs , the summer sun warming their backs , past Aberdour onto Kinghorn Ness , Corbett showing them the place King Alexander III allegedly fell , before going down the path to the royal manor . |
| 9 | She could see Dennis watching them from one of the stables behind Bill . |
| 10 | This may turn out to be possibly the most innovative airshow scenario staged anywhere this year — detailed down to Flyco flagging them off the ‘ deck ’ . |
| 11 | The Immigration and Nationality Department of the Home Office has asked through the Scottish Education Department that we write to all governing bodies in Scotland reminding them of the difficulties created by urgent requests for naturalisation shortly before international sporting events . |
| 12 | Lanfranc 's authority over the Irish Church had been confined to Dublin , but shortly after his consecration Anselm wrote generally to all the bishops in Ireland urging them to establish canonical discipline , concluding with the words : |
| 13 | The navigator had survived with head injuries but the third crew member was O.K. I signalled to Athens asking them to designate the nearest airfield where I could pick up Brown and White in a Maryland . |
| 14 | At each stage of the research we interviewed people all over Scotland asking them to tell us three things : |
| 15 | And he sent er memo after memo to the commanders in Korea advising them of what the guidelines were , what they were allowed to say , what they were n't allowed to say and so on . |
| 16 | And that night when Linnet , face to face with her own reflection in her solitary looking-glass and the stark realization of how much it had really meant to her , had been unable to sleep Tristan had walked with her for hours in the manor garden , Gemma watching them from her bedroom window as they paced beneath the chestnut trees , engrossed , almost entwined , like turning to like , intent wholly and exclusively upon one another . |
| 17 | Town won 2-0 with Duncan Shearer hitting them both . |
| 18 | Also behind him were fifteen hundred of his own men on foot , with Bishop Jon leading them . |
| 19 | A letter was sent to the parish officers of Kempston informing them of the gross impropriety of their conduct respecting the patient and the institution . |
| 20 | Detectives believe terror gangs have been renting flats in London and the Midlands using them as a base for operations and then moving on . |
| 21 | Club sources said he had sent a fax to FIFA in Zurich informing them of his move . |
| 22 | ‘ Imagine gettin' knocked down by a tram in the middle of Lime Street wearin' them things . |
| 23 | ‘ In those days you had Charlie Griffiths chucking them like a 90mph dart and I was bowling slow left arm . |
| 24 | When Benny and Eve came out of Healy 's Hotel , they saw Sean Walsh watching them from the doorway of Hogan 's across the street . |
| 25 | Pete Garrett , 54 , wrote to the DSS telling them he was going to stay with a friend in the city — the fifth largest in Britain . |
| 26 | The trio were so utterly absorbed in each other for the next half hour that none of them noticed Rose Williams watching them from some little distance , her face screwed into a sour smile of bitterness and longing . |
| 27 | Ca n't have Ed watching them . |
| 28 | The peace campaigners were on trial for cutting a fence and painting a B52 bomber at RAF Fairford.Protesters supporting them were outside the court in Cirencester . |
| 29 | Oxford , at 34 , with coach Pat Sweeney urging them on from the Oxford launch , began to assert their full power off Duke 's Meadows , drawing ahead while Cambridge , at 35 , began to look vulnerable . |
| 30 | And when I saw Oliver holding them I still believed that was the most probable explanation — Stuart had sent Oliver round with the flowers . |