Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] them [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of warriors collect from the huge Masai district to have their heads shaved by their mothers before undergoing rituals to launch them on their new — somewhat dull — life as elders . |
| 2 | The tendency to render horrific incidents of this sort into funny tales or ‘ atrocity stories ’ ( Dingwall 1977 ) , told ritualistically within the occupational culture of the station , is a further attempt to strip them of their emotional hold . |
| 3 | Rhodri watched them with his hooded , wary eyes , and said nothing . |
| 4 | When the young are older , able to run with her , the vixen shepherds them to their new home , induces them to move in and somehow makes sure that they are disciplined enough to stay underground in this new home even when she is not with them . |
| 5 | On this basis he maintains that these adults should not be seen ‘ as agents of social control repressing the young — as reductionist social history might suggest — but as agents of socialization preparing them for their future roles as citizens in a society to which most adolescents gave unthinking and willing allegiance ’ . |
| 6 | The law had them in her cloudy embrace and was spilling out of their eyes and lips her deathly must . |
| 7 | Even in the half-tones of night she could see the narrowing of those dangerous sapphire eyes , see sparks of desire bringing them to their full colour . |
| 8 | Of course in order to be effective anti-viral agents they must at some stage be dependent on a viral enzyme to convert them into their active form , or they must selectively inhibit viral enzymes directly . |
| 9 | The obvious unfairness of such poverty side by side with conspicuous affluence reminded them of their vulnerable parents back home . |
| 10 | The two men told Mrs Robinson to take them to her rich friends . |
| 11 | ‘ So we find ourselves moving this new technology to consumer markets , co-operating with entertainment and TV companies , and at the same time working with [ information technology ] consulting firms to help them with their key applications . |
| 12 | It is tempting to buy a small unit of Wolf Riders and use them to race ahead of your army , move around the enemy 's flanks , and maybe to attack his war machines before he has a chance to use them on your main force . |
| 13 | PUPILS at De La Salle RC School , Carr Lane in Liverpool , will tomorrow be awarded a certificate from a health charity to reward them for their hard work in fundraising . |
| 14 | Just as the concentration on individual managers isolates them from their proper context and makes them almost personally responsible for local policy variations , so the concentration on the processes of local politics isolated these from other sets of socio-economic processes . |
| 15 | The Marshal slipped them into his top pocket . |
| 16 | This is the ‘ psychic trailing ’ phenomenon , when a cat that has been left behind by its owners follows them to their new home . |
| 17 | As the first land-based creatures would need a tougher , armoured skin to protect them from their new environment , it is likely that these were the first amphibians . |
| 18 | Passengers liked them for their smooth ride , comfortable seating and the good views they gave from their many windows . |
| 19 | Shortly after the Salon des Indépendants , the Societe des Artistes Indépendants of Brussels invited the French painters to join them in their yearly show , which was to open in June . |
| 20 | Several different facts about cuckoos fit them to their parasitic way of life . |
| 21 | After a long time , a familiar voice woke them from their lazy reverie . |
| 22 | Some also organised meetings for chairpersons and for training coordinators to help them with their new roles . |
| 23 | Such competitions kept the country stations on their toes , provided the service with valuable publicity , and gave to the travelling public a pleasing and uplifting sight to welcome them to their rural destination , the ideal blending of technology and nature . |
| 24 | The Belgian team ADR are to sue Greg Lemond after the American left them for their French rivals Z. Lemond , the Tour de France winner and world champion , was lured to Z in September for a record £3.5million fee , having served only half of his two-year contract with the Belgian team . |
| 25 | The Belgian team ADR are to sue Greg Lemond after the American left them for their French rivals Z. Lemond , the Tour de France winner and world champion , was lured to Z in September for a record £3.5million fee , having served only half of his two-year contract with the Belgian team . |
| 26 | I would humbly propose that the contemporary artist be laid to rest along with his works : a royal burial of the kind once given to emperors in eastern lands , whose slaves and worldly possessions accompanied them on their final journey into the unknown . |
| 27 | It also provided an opportunity for Course Leaders to discuss some of the crucial problems and issues facing them in their pivotal role as course leaders . |
| 28 | In other cases which have attracted recent headlines , trainee firemen in London were hosed with cold water and left in the street in baby doll nightdresses , a young policewoman in Manchester was handcuffed to railings through a freezing night , and army recruits in Colchester were forced to call out musical notes as a sergeant hit them on their naked buttocks with a baseball bat . |
| 29 | In recent years the popularity of the computer has soared , few people never come into close contact with computers , but a surprisingly small number use them to their full potential . |
| 30 | Hills were also delighted and sent Royal Scottish a letter congratulating them on their professional handling of the entire process . |