Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on them [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two liquid brown eyes gazed on them with mild curiosity , rising and falling with the pull of the waves . |
| 2 | Moreover , recent surveys have suggested that not so many members of these societies are ‘ literate ’ by the standards expected than had previously been assumed : in the UK it is now held that over one million people have an acquaintance with literacy that is insufficient for the demands made on them by this kind of society ( DES , 1980 ) . |
| 3 | It might require them to behave authoritatively , submissively , wickedly or shrewdly ; the role might be labelled explorer , prime minister , designer or archaeologist , but they will do no more than adapt functionally to the situation of the drama just as they would adapt to roles required in a game — just as they once learnt to adapt to the limited number of roles imposed on them in real life . |
| 4 | Lucifer turned on them with such ferocity that some actually fell backwards off their benches . |
| 5 | It was a delight to travel on them through exciting scenery that would otherwise have been out of reach . |
| 6 | Nobody but nobody commented on Maggie 's shapely form — not unless they wanted acid dripping on them from that sharp tongue . |
| 7 | The timber producing companies , the announcement says , would prefer to be respected for their integrity in the exercise of self-control without conditions imposed on them by other countries . |
| 8 | Because the racket has a diagonal string pattern , spin shots ( top spin and slice ) become easier to play , basically because the strings on such a pattern are longer and therefore the ball rests on them for longer . |
| 9 | Hitch , Morton and McCann stood over the other three men while they transferred the precious cargo , guns trained on them at all times . |
| 10 | Robin Williams , Dead Poets Society : see Critic 's choice Virginia Mayo and James Cagney in Raoul Walsh 's classic 1949 production of White Heat … even movies as good as this ca n't live up to the praise lavished on them by some film reference books : see Critic 's choice Hear no equal , see no equal … |
| 11 | When the eggs are cool , paint faces on them with felt-tip pens . |
| 12 | The Yugoslav media ( which claimed only four fatalities from these incidents ) said that police had acted in self defence after demonstrators fired on them with automatic weapons . |
| 13 | No-one can have shown Americans round cities such as London , Brighton or Bristol and not been subjected to gasps of horror when they see the depredation wrought on them by ill-sited high buildings and demolished streets . |
| 14 | RIGHT It is essential that excavated finds are washed clean and their context number marked on them with waterproof ink . |
| 15 | She said nothing and a moment or two of silence fell on them like one of the Moor 's deadly mists . |
| 16 | In defence of their position , local authorities pointed out that much of the upsurge in their expenditure occurred because of statutory demands for new or expanded services placed on them by central government . |
| 17 | One problem is whether companies will be able to bear the debt burdens heaped on them by leveraged buy-outs , particularly in the United States . |