Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] them [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far from being an eyesore , local people get pleasure seeing them blowing in the wind . |
| 2 | Lucy watched them going down the lane . |
| 3 | Romany mimed them going about the boat , looking here and looking there . |
| 4 | These provisions gave rise to uncertainty largely because the courts showed a marked reluctance to interpret them according to the ordinary meaning of such words as ‘ void , and they also gave rise to injustice because under the Common Law an infant could still sue an adult upon a contract unenforceable against himself and incapable of ratification by him . |
| 5 | Sarah Fleming saw them coming through the window of the front room . |
| 6 | Commander David Tucker urged residents and visitors not to let the bombings stop them moving around the capital . |
| 7 | The major watched them walking down the corridor , holding hands . |
| 8 | 1987 's Locust Abortion Technician saw them dredging for the very dregs of sound . |
| 9 | Cliff , the concrete contractor , and Tessa , the schoolteacher , were flipped off the paddle boat in a suck hole and held underwater by the boiling currents for a few seconds before their life-jackets brought them spluttering to the surface . |
| 10 | If you choose one of these kinds of carpets they should be laid on the paper to stop them sticking to the floor . |
| 11 | Once into the trees , they lost sight of the sun and the sky and had to rely on the compass to keep them heading in the right direction . |
| 12 | This does n't apply , however , if you 're only offering them a small amount of food to keep them hanging around the sett for a little longer than usual . |
| 13 | For example , on Easter Monday , 27 April 1981 , the skins at Brighton were penned into a small groyne by the police to prevent them fighting with the mods . |
| 14 | It is believed the platform of the hoist toppled over the first floor balcony sending them crashing to the ground floor . |
| 15 | lock Peter Bell got them going with the opening score … |
| 16 | NOW THAT the Carry On series has them rolling in the aisles once more with Carry On Imperialism , NME takes a look at whatever happened to the original team . |
| 17 | Photographs show them beaming at the camera , oddly alike , almost a brother and sister likeness . |
| 18 | This non-drying adhesive stays very sticky for months and can be squeezed out onto a strip of tape around benches , staging , individual pots , or even across doorways to prevent them walking in the first place . |