Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two other boys were sitting neatly on a sofa in the distance but they failed to acknowledge them . |
| 2 | The G M B and other unions , but principally the G M B cos that 's one I 'm concerned about , needs to pressurize councillors and officers because councillors and officers have been bombarded with almost as much legislation as the trade unions have had from the Tory government and most of them actually just want an easy time , so you 've got to hassle them , you got to harass them what they do . |
| 3 | Logging remains crucial to the economy in the central provinces of Binh Dinh and Gia Lai and the bans are seen as being largely for international consumption , with little effort made to enforce them on the ground . |
| 4 | Ashley took a hasty look around , but failed to spot them . |
| 5 | A scuffle broke out as boys fought to claim them . |
| 6 | But neither of them saw Captain Meredith coming from the opposite direction on his way to visit Lawyer Loveitt , and he failed to see them as he crossed into Frog Lane seconds after they had left it . |
| 7 | He refused to contemplate what would happen if he failed to provide them . |
| 8 | We have found in the past that visitors have been most appreciative of the efforts made to inform them and have also been most complimentary on what they have seen . |
| 9 | And I know they got to palletize them , wrap 'em and shift 'em and everything but er as our lot more than . |
| 10 | Over the summer , the Secretary of State and I met to encourage them to adopt best practices in dealings with their tenants . |
| 11 | But Humphreys , who was not legally represented , said the warnings about the chemicals had been sent by fax to a 17year-old trainee at his office who failed to pass them on . |
| 12 | Absentees and truants welcomed quietly back to school and efforts made to re-integrate them socially and academically . |
| 13 | Several new types of homebuilt are on the way which will tax the minds of authorities expected to certify them . |
| 14 | ‘ Those people just had something special and we got to know them well , ’ Andrew said . |
| 15 | He got to know them well : years later when they appeared suddenly he could remember who they were . |
| 16 | We saw so many of these bomber boys pass before us — we got to know them slightly and then they were gone . |
| 17 | All who have kept wild animals as pets or got to know them in the wild have come to realize that they each have their own personality and manner of expression , within the constraints of that species ’ natural instincts . |
| 18 | When I was a child we had two bay-coloured horses , and I later got to know them very well . |
| 19 | They were ‘ all right , once you got to know them ’ . |
| 20 | We so enjoyed having friends to stay and got to know them so much better than in London . |
| 21 | And er but er we got to know them eventually , but for the first few weeks , whilst we were in Devon , I think the five foreigners sort of got landed . |
| 22 | Er until they actually met them and got to know them . |
| 23 | And you had to do all that dusting and keep it and you 'd read over all these things , every time you dusted until you got to know them . |
| 24 | this turned out to be the standard stuff of innumerable intelligence reports , as Carrington got to know them better . |
| 25 | I played everywhere , and because we , in the Music School , were taught by tutors in men 's colleges I got to know them well , and went in and out in defiance of the chaperone rules — which were then still in force … |
| 26 | But as she got to know them |
| 27 | Well now , although it was not much more of a job really than an errand boy 's , but as I did that for five and a half years I got to know the people at the pawnbrokers , the cycle agents I got to know them so well , I knew the staff , I got to know the people who were pawning clues and that regularly , I was getting more information every year . |
| 28 | Mrs Ford said primly , ‘ I never got to know them well in their child-bearing years . ’ |
| 29 | I got to know them , erm can you remember |
| 30 | I tried to thank them , but I had nothing to give them . |