Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb past] them [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , radicals with reservations about the socialist credentials of the USSR confronted the dilemma that every word of criticism aligned them with the ‘ reactionary ’ views dominant in the West : to attack Moscow , the acknowledged centre of international revolution ; was tantamount to sympathy for her capitalist enemies . |
| 2 | Cross and Bevan 's interest in the chemistry of cellulose led them to the study of the viscose solutions produced by treating cellulose with a strong solution of caustic soda and then carbon disulphide vapour . |
| 3 | Now only another thirty yards of lawn separated them from the side wall of the house . |
| 4 | ‘ The William S. Paley Collection ’ ( 28 February-16 May ) consists of eighty-four mainly intimate-scaled early modern works acquired by the late founder of CBS , and bequeathed to a foundation that in turn conveyed them to the Museum of Modern Art in New York , where Paley was chairman emeritus at the time of his death in 1990 . |
| 5 | A man in uniform directed them to the hall booked by Templeton 's . |
| 6 | The two prisoners , in their yellow raincoats , tried to get to the door , but the men in white knocked them to the floor and handcuffed their hands behind their backs . |
| 7 | As the hon. Member for Uxbridge ( Mr. Shersby ) pointed out , the courts and the public receive very confused and contradictory messages from the Home Office and from Ministers , whose words suggest that the police and the magistrates must be backed up , but whose actions have on occasion deprived them of the support that they need . |