Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] them [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little the High Elves can do to stop them at this point . |
| 2 | The Elves hid themselves in caves , woods and mountainsides and prayed to their gods that they would not be found , and that a hero would emerge to deliver them from this evil . |
| 3 | Frederica said obviously that the sky and the sea and the boats were uncannily like Van Gogh , and Hodgkiss said that of course they would never have seen them in this way before he saw them . |
| 4 | But whalers could have enlightened them in this respect , for they knew that whales possessed acute hearing , the constant ‘ twittering ’ of the White whale even earning it the name of the sea canary . |
| 5 | ‘ He would n't have to tell them at this time of night . |
| 6 | Dundee boss Simon Stainrod said : ‘ We are negotiating with a club to sell Leighton but I do n't want to mention them at this stage . ’ |