Example sentences of "[to-vb] they [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would see Mama and Papa again soon , they were coming over well before the wedding , and what bliss to greet them as the future Marchioness of Blaine , beautiful blond Havvie by her side , eager to meet them — or so he publicly said — his private comments were somewhat different — more to the effect that he could swallow Sally-Anne and her dollars , but her parvenu papa was quite another thing ! |
| 2 | We had some discussion at somewhere , that we decided that erm to include them in the divisional training , Yeah . |
| 3 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 4 | I 'd like to see them in the first division . |
| 5 | You began to see them in the expensive cars . |
| 6 | Yes I w I I would think so I mean it it wo n't occur in five minutes of course erm and I I would still say that I would like to see them in the six yard box more often . |
| 7 | They may put the blame entirely on the teenagers for failing to respond to their advice or orders as they once did , but the fault may be theirs for failing to treat them as the young adults they have now become . |
| 8 | A health clinic has stepped in to help patients who ca n't find a dentist to treat them on the National Health Service . |
| 9 | They say they ca n't afford to treat them on the National Health . |
| 10 | The champions have tremendous belief in their own ability , and while it 's premature to compare them with the great Kilkenny sides they look well enough equipped to retain their title . |
| 11 | However it is a very difficult and time-consuming operation to read through the evaluations and to compare them to the original project document . |
| 12 | This recommendation was not accepted , however , and the authorities still have to balance the need to provide access to the parks with the need to preserve them from the increased pressure that results . |
| 13 | The arches will never be seen in their original form again ; To preserve them against the increased exposure to the elements which lowering the water level will bring , they 're to be sprayed with a fine layer of protective concrete , leaving no visible sign of their remarkable survival . |
| 14 | The carrier would have agreed to carry them for the same price at the carrier 's risk . |
| 15 | From time to time we still had meat , for cattle still had to be slaughtered and there was little transport , because of the fuel shortage , to carry them to the wholesale market . |
| 16 | This food was also an invaluable help to passage migrants such as the finches and buntings , helping them put on a few extra grammes of fat to carry them through the next leg of their long journey to winter quarters . |
| 17 | When he spied his guests , he jumped to his feet and called a greeting , straightening the chairs and holding them one after the other to steady them on the uneven gravel while they sat down . |
| 18 | Similarly , just as when expectations of inflation were zero actual inflation of 5 per cent might sufficiently fool workers to generate an unemployment rate of 3 per cent , now , if expectations of inflation are 5 per cent , actual inflation would need to be 10 per cent to fool them by the same amount as before and hence generate the same unemployment rate of 3 per cent . |
| 19 | Big companies have the cash to sustain them through the long vicissitudes of permit-winning . |
| 20 | Conversely , a long period may restrict the purchaser should he wish to make changes to the vendor management team ( either because they do not live up to first impressions or because he wishes to promote them within the enlarged group ) . |
| 21 | The right to wear them over the left breast pocket instead of on the sleeve was granted to those who had taken part in three trips behind the lines . |
| 22 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 23 | Why not , the mandarins decided , invite a few of our foreign friends over to reintroduce them to The True path . |
| 24 | Many are offered in garden centres and shops , loose or prepacked , from February onwards , but care must be taken to plant them at the right time or thy may fail . |
| 25 | Maggie clung to the privacy of her room , as small children do to their teddy bears ; she never invited her friends there , preferring to contain them in the large sitting-room below . |
| 26 | Its primary concern is to find out what its customers needs and wants are so as to meet them with the highest level of customer satisfaction . |
| 27 | What is more , we have sought to identify areas of disability that in the past have not had the attention that they deserve , and to meet them with the new benefits . |
| 28 | Their phone call came to my home in Hampstead inviting me to come to Toronto to meet them on the following Sunday . |
| 29 | Hewett despatched Charlton around the outside of the inn to meet them at the outside door , while he and the landlord hurried through to the tap room . |
| 30 | We have yet to integrate them one with another , and we have yet to relate them to the practical demands of learning and teaching foreign languages . |