Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] them in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes at least they seem to have reported to Stockholm independently of the chief under whom they served ; and in the later years of the eighteenth century Gustavus III sometimes tried to use them in this way as agents of a secret personal diplomacy . |
| 2 | My legacy to my children would be not to try to influence them in any way as to what they should study . |
| 3 | The first thing I thought of was that we 'd offended them in some way we did n't know — done a terrible insult to their gods or something . |
| 4 | I think , er you know , they 're just a , you know , if , if they were erm elm trees or something like that , or you know blackthorn trees here and you 'd taken them in this country , you 'd say , oh there 's a couple of blackthorn trees ! |
| 5 | Once the Chairman has signed the minutes no one is empowered to alter them in any way . |
| 6 | Now I do n't want to embarrass them in any way . |
| 7 | And you 've got to put them in that framework … |
| 8 | Frederica said obviously that the sky and the sea and the boats were uncannily like Van Gogh , and Hodgkiss said that of course they would never have seen them in this way before he saw them . |
| 9 | Do not attempt to organise them in any type of pattern other than under the major heading of asset or liability . |
| 10 | But whalers could have enlightened them in this respect , for they knew that whales possessed acute hearing , the constant ‘ twittering ’ of the White whale even earning it the name of the sea canary . |
| 11 | It is quite reasonable for someone to draw on specific groups and try to understand particular pieces of action , to use a wider theoretical framework in which to place these actions and try to understand them in this way . |
| 12 | He ( among others ) perceived adolescent labour as an obstacle to efficiency not only because it lacked knowledge of employment opportunities and the ability to distinguish between the merits of different occupations , but also because its inherent ‘ adaptability ’ was ‘ wasted ’ ( always a key notion in National Efficiency circles ) by the ‘ haphazard ’ nature of the transition which left too many youths in dead-end jobs and failed to enrol them in any form of further education . |
| 13 | And whoever took this four marb eight marbles had chucked them in this hole and if a even number come out it was mine , if a odd number came out then he 'd take the eight . |
| 14 | is n't that nice , they 've got them in all colours ! |
| 15 | Does presenting them in this way , grouped in the separate chapters , aid discourse type identification ? |
| 16 | So , getting down to specifics , the two species mentioned both make excellent aquarium subjects , the only cause for concern being whether they have been maintained in brackish water or already acclimatised to freshwater if you wish to maintain them in this environment . |
| 17 | He had read them in more languages , too . |
| 18 | Well , that must reduce trade as well , cos if , if prices are high in the domestic market , they 're not going to want to sell them in another market are they ? |
| 19 | All car controls are in place but subjects were not required to use them in this experiment . |
| 20 | I suppose the reason was one of policy really — they had the youngsters hooked and they wanted to keep them in that position by not rocking the boat . |