Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] them [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm it was ex ex it was great having Chris along because erm he went out and grabbed everybody in the street , pulled them in onto the stall and er and got them got them to sign on the dotted line so to speak . |
| 2 | I heard them talk about the ‘ good creature ’ who did these ‘ wonderful ’ things . |
| 3 | I heard them whispering to the other sailors several times , but I did not suspect what they were planning . |
| 4 | I left right , right , I ran off I jumped out the car because I heard them driving round the corner |
| 5 | Quite soon I heard them coming up the stairs . |
| 6 | ‘ I heard them scavenging along the road somewhere in the mist . |
| 7 | You see , to let you understand , this was maybe about four or five years after nationalization and prior to nationalization of course , was under the L M S , Street Station and were under the L M S and was under the L N E R. But when I arrived at , I heard them talking about the Callie see , the Callie railway . |
| 8 | I urged them to listen to the voice of their individual conscience . |
| 9 | I watched them decide on the wrong place and paint the first mark carefully round a sapling 's trunk . |
| 10 | More rarely , I watched them diving in the sea for sea urchins or other easy prey . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The wind had blown some dead leaves through the door into the church , and I watched them dancing in the sunlight near the grave . |
| 13 | I saw them gleam in the lamp-light . |
| 14 | ‘ I saw them spooning on the beach , ’ she added , rather wistfully . |
| 15 | When my mother and a friend came to visit me at Wolverton I brought them to Cambridge and , with the confidence of inexperience , I took them punting on the river . |
| 16 | I had them processed at the one-hour place , cost me a fortune but … |
| 17 | The central position which the Communists occupied in these campaigns was a result of their international connections , which made them appear as the principal opponents of Fascism . |
| 18 | But because these interests in land were protected by personal and not by the real actions , they developed a set of legal characteristics which caused them to differ from the interests classed as real property . |
| 19 | The nuns led them through a series of exercises which encouraged them to think about the good in themselves , and to know that God , in His love for them , has forgiven their sins . |
| 20 | On the feet were home-made boots with double tongues : ‘ They were made by the village cobbler and cost fourteen shillings : they 'd last about two years if you got them clumped at the end of the first year . ’ |
| 21 | The prevention of purprestures was his responsibility : he threw down houses , sheepfolds and other buildings and enclosures erected without licence in his bailiwick , and attached those who made them to appear at the next Forest Eyre . |
| 22 | When Maggie returned she found them locked in the strained silence . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | When Ella came in , exactly three minutes later , she found them standing on the hearthrug , hand in hand . |
| 25 | As he turned to close the door of the tower behind them , she let them fall to the ground again . |
| 26 | As she watched them disappear into the distance she shivered with the chill of her own isolation . |
| 27 | An impressive feature of the early post-war Palace sides was the triumvirate of Alderson in goal , Little and Ernie Rhodes at full-back , and those who watched them play for the Palace will tell you of an understanding between them that bordered on the uncanny . |
| 28 | A witness says she saw them knock on the door . ’ |
| 29 | She saw them standing at the window looking at someone in the garden with great interest . |
| 30 | " Mrs Mott 's brownies " , said Sara when she saw them emerge from the picnic basket . |