Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] to them [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | the thing is that something must happen to them by the time they reach the age of twenty three that makes us want to marry them . |
| 2 | And yet the story which the people of Dodona will tell about the black dove from Egypt becoming their oracle would surely arise because the foreign woman 's language would sound to them like the twittering of birds . |
| 3 | As these appear as themes threaded through the discussion it may be useful to identify them here , although I shall return to them at the end of the chapter . |
| 4 | Not that anyone in the company seriously questioned whether the new outlet would be successful ; they had seen American tourists ( although not necessarily Californians ) on holiday in England ‘ going crazy ’ over the designs and assumed people would flock to them in the States . |
| 5 | West Ham are one of the favourites to go straight up , but who can tell what the pressures of promotion will do to them in the final weeks . |
| 6 | Those social scientists who regard human actions as undetermined will look to them as the basis of counterfactual claims . |
| 7 | Now I 'll put a line to do a transcription transcription goes in an appendix , put your transcription at the back of your work , in according to Appendix A and number the lines , so that you can refer to them in the body or wherever . |
| 8 | Anyone wanting to get in touch with the Graingers can write to them at the above address . |