Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] them [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This entitled them to bring a patent action against the buyers to enforce the patent . |
| 2 | The tall pines surrounding the lough often produced a mirror-like surface , and whilst it was easier to see rising fish , it was almost impossible to tempt them to take a fly , no matter how carefully presented . |
| 3 | It was nearly impossible to get them to accept a surrender . |
| 4 | Most of the federal judges appointed by President Reagan are so convinced the market has its own fail-safe mechanisms for everything that it is hard to imagine them upholding a challenge to any merger . |
| 5 | ‘ Ashley 's hotel is in a different part of town from where everyone else is staying and it seemed unfair to expect them to take a detour , ’ his mother explained . |
| 6 | Our studies point strongly to the need of adopted children ( and all separated children in long-term arrangements ) to feel legally secure to enable them to develop a sense of belonging to their psychological family ( Triseliotis , 1983 ; Triseliotis and Russell , 1984 ; Triseliotis and Hill , 1987 ) . |
| 7 | And I popped out to the shop on Sunday the second of November and came back totally and utterly bemused to see them putting a christmas tree up and father christmas in the window and fairy lights all over the place . |