Example sentences of "[vb past] them [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she could n't forget , as the lights twinkled on around the entire hillside , that this man owned them all , every last apartment , every cypress , every swimming-pool and tennis court . |
| 2 | A tap on the door made them all start . |
| 3 | An unfamiliar young woman entered the sauna and , the moment she walked through the door , began to order everyone about ; she made them all sit closer together , then picked up a pitcher and poured water on the stones . |
| 4 | She gave a loud , bitter shout of laughter that made them all stare . |
| 5 | The Lord God made them all . ’ |
| 6 | The Lord God Made Them All . |
| 7 | The failure of any of the interviewers to ask the politicians about these dangerous and difficult matters made them all seem like collaborators in the politicians ' games . |
| 8 | Biddy did not speak for some time , and stood considering them in a way that made them all feel about half their usual size . |
| 9 | The sound of heavy boots sliding down he crumbling bank made them all glance up . |
| 10 | Jill : Well , I made them all with four things on one of those round things . |
| 11 | An account of an ancient intra-uterine device , implanted twenty years before and never since then disturbed , made them all laugh once more . |
| 12 | It made them all laugh when Peter said that come to that , what he did with him was against the law since Jay was not yet twenty-one . |
| 13 | The lights came back on and then a thud overhead made them all jump . |
| 14 | The melodic contour would suffer if we made them all equally prominent , so we have to decide on their relative importance and stress them accordingly . |
| 15 | The girls were , however , very much alike : wide-eyed , glossy-haired , with a hunch of shoulder and ease of hip that made them all the sisters they longed to be . |
| 16 | Mr Cavendish adapted the hymn with great enthusiasm : My meat 's fresh and flavoursome , All creatures great and small , All things roast and barbecued , The Lord God made them all — and bang ! down came the cleaver and the blood trickled away down the special channel . |
| 17 | Polished parquet and a narrow scarlet runner made them all look the same . |
| 18 | In newspapers I 've been called bland and ‘ smoothy-chops ’ so often that it almost goes over my head now , and people go on about my baggy eyes as if I made them that way myself — which I suppose I did , in a way . |
| 19 | He made them each a cup of tea , listing other jobs for which he was not suitable . |
| 20 | It made them both giggle . |
| 21 | While he was still searching for the right question to ask , the sound of a key in the padlock made them both jump . |
| 22 | A huge steel crane hook suddenly descended quietly between their faces and made them both leap back in alarm . |
| 23 | There was a certain constraint in his manner now which made them both ill-at-ease . |
| 24 | He joked with them like a cheerful , older brother and sang one or two shockingly rude Army songs that made them both giggle . |
| 25 | Carrie stood knee deep in the dry , sweet-smelling hay and helped Albert take Frederick 's huge forkfuls that were so heavy , sometimes , it made them both stagger . |
| 26 | Let down , their elation leaking away , they had decided to give up , and taken a taxi back to Alice 's mother 's house , where Alice made them both coffee and scrambled eggs . |
| 27 | The noise of a lock operating somewhere made them both look along the companionway . |
| 28 | She smiled at them again , and one of the young men leant towards his companion and said something which made them both laugh . |
| 29 | Melissa was about to retort that as she had only known Bonard for three days he could hardly be described as a friend of hers , when a surprised , ‘ Well , what do you know ? ’ from Jack made them both glance round . |
| 30 | A sound from the doorway made them both turn . |