Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] them [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expect them to finish in the top two . |
| 2 | ‘ I found them wrapped in a brown-paper parcel with ‘ Dirty Books ’ scrawled on the outside with a purple pencil . ’ |
| 3 | More rarely , I watched them diving in the sea for sea urchins or other easy prey . |
| 4 | They would never stay in my bedroom very long , but you can imagine my excitement each lunchtime as I watched them arrive in the garden , enter the house and quack their way up to me , as regular as clockwork . |
| 5 | The wind had blown some dead leaves through the door into the church , and I watched them dancing in the sunlight near the grave . |
| 6 | I , i it used to be something I put up with when I was younger , now , if my parents come to visit I ask them to smoke in the corridor , go out of the door , open a window , something , because I found it affects me so badly ! |
| 7 | I saw them gleam in the lamp-light . |
| 8 | I saw them standing in a crowd ; they told me ‘ We want to prove something , show them something . ’ |
| 9 | This is the challenge facing community educators : a challenge which requires them to engage in a process of reflection on their action : to clarify their views of the crisis facing the working class : to face up to certain contradictions in their practice : to sharpen their sense of social commitment . |
| 10 | In Adrienne Bennett 's classroom pupils work on mathematical activities which enable them to respond in a variety of ways and at a range of levels . |
| 11 | Closer to home , in their statement of educational principles , for example , a group of teachers from Wigan included the following : ‘ Education has the responsibility of operating within a democratic system ; of respecting and nurturing democratic principles ; of being open to change by democratic process ; and , perhaps , most importantly , of encouraging within the young those qualities and skills which enable them to participate in a democracy and ultimately to develop or change it ’ ( Department of Education and Science , 1983 , p. 27 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Because I 've already told Mr Priest we just do n't have room for any more , unless you want them to sleep in the cellar . |
| 13 | When Maggie returned she found them locked in the strained silence . |
| 14 | She remained in the room for a long while but although Carrie went there twice with tea for them , she found them talking in the Romany language and did not understand anything they said . |
| 15 | But , who let them loose in the launderette |
| 16 | No , you put them hidden in the |
| 17 | ‘ She gets them made in a factory in Hong Kong . |
| 18 | She had them hidden in a box , in the store room . |
| 19 | She meant Hepzibah and Mister Johnny and how she owed it to them to let them stay in the house because there was nowhere else they could go , not with Mister Johnny 's shy ways . |
| 20 | In our mind we watch them happen in the future . |
| 21 | Now what I 'm wondering is this : instead of thinking that staying put is natural , and then having to introduce a force of gravity — which then mysteriously pulls on everything to make them behave in the same way — why not start out by saying that falling is the natural thing to do ! |
| 22 | He is at pains to assure us that he will do so We are privileged to share in these Machiavellian plans ( the word ‘ reach ’ has such connotations : ‘ overreach ’ is when the Machiavel attempts too much ) , and we see them fulfilled in the brilliant wooing scene that follows . |
| 23 | Like many carnivores , Killers seem to be adaptable , taking whatever prey is available and are not averse to salmon if they find them massing in an estuary prior to spawning . |
| 24 | They allow them to live in the communikty and report to police daily or weekly |
| 25 | Later they had them set in a row near the climbing frame . |
| 26 | And he let them help in the shop ( Carrie loved that : measuring out things on the scales and giving the change ) until Nick stole some biscuits one day and he came in and caught him . |
| 27 | I wanted to try them on right there but for months he let them dangle in the closet upstairs , growing the wrinkles and airpockets that would finally fit his shape , the peculiar wishbone of his shanks . |
| 28 | He wants them to share in the excitement of an excellent revenue week . |
| 29 | Outdoor play is particularly important because it helps them develop in a whole variety of ways . |
| 30 | He had them erected in the grounds of his house — now council offices . |