Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] them [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only Tranmere have beaten them in the league this year . |
| 2 | The teacher had helped them with the capital letter to begin the sentence and the full stop at the end . |
| 3 | This is the second skirmish in a brief cross-border raid for Edinburgh 's Joyriders ( the previous evening had seen them on the charity gig trail with Mega City Four in Tufnell Park ) , out to bludgeon the capital 's callow youth into line with their handsomely appointed tuff-pop manifesto . |
| 4 | We had a bachelor party on board , who were out for a little merrymaking : an island marriage ball had wooed them from the desk of the counting-house , and having had a taste of the free air of these parts , and being good fellows well met , a few more days of healthful roving have a gleeful appendix to the gaieties of the wedding . |
| 5 | By the time the taxi had delivered them to the restaurant Fabia was feeling on more of an even keel . |
| 6 | The first revolution had liberated them from the oppression of the Tsarist regime and reinforced their perennial dream of autonomy … |
| 7 | Others who were less impressed by what they knew about Law were surprised by what they discovered of his actual abilities , perhaps because his anonymity had prepared them for the worst . |
| 8 | In founding Lampsacus they killed off all the natives , but they did it in self-defence ; the daughter of the local king had warned them of the impending attack . |
| 9 | The devil had booked them into the same room . |
| 10 | News had reached them of the happenings at the manor and they rightly assumed that with Tom in charge of the manor farm they were not likely to be evicted from their forest camp . |
| 11 | Their hazardous journey has taken them over the mountains between Metkovic in Croatia to Zenica in Bosnia . |
| 12 | But the archaeologists ' obsession with the past had blinded them to the real cause of the lamentations they witnessed along the river . |
| 13 | Worst of all , seamen rapidly came to the conclusion that the service and suffering to which the union had committed them in the name of Britain and the Empire did not extend to the shipowners , and especially not to those who were fortunate enough to escape requisitioning of their vessels by the government . |
| 14 | We wondered what stupid idiot had left them on the Tube . ’ |
| 15 | With automatic professionalism Folly had carried them into the bathroom and begun to hunt around for a suitable container before her mind turned back to the question of who could have sent them . |
| 16 | If they had given the matter any thought , however , and some incident had alerted them to the dangers of being too relaxed , there was no doubt they would have strained every muscle to elude the worst poverty . |
| 17 | Outgoing BAIE national chairman Phillipa Burrow , who appeared with her in the BBC studios at Pebble Mill in Birmingham , said the number of cot deaths had fallen by 60 per cent since Anne Diamond had brought them to the attention of the public and the Government . |
| 18 | They also knew that the arrested men were respectable and law-abiding and they were highly indignant when they heard that an official spokesman had smeared them with the suggestion of criminal activities . |
| 19 | British exporters have been extremely successful and that is because the Government have provided them with the right framework for success . |
| 20 | All Governments use guillotines , but no Government have used them with the frequency of this Administration . |
| 21 | The letter had brought them to the surface , where they could hurt more . |
| 22 | Less than half an hour had taken them to the motorway ; after that it was easy — they were heading north . |
| 23 | Sister had heard them from the S.C.O . 's office and was already beside me . |
| 24 | The fact that so many insurance products contain a substantial savings element has brought them within the scope of the Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 25 | Less than an hour in their company had brought them to the boil . |
| 26 | ‘ As your guesses instantly become convictions … ’ she shrugged , not bothering to complete it , and neither of them spoke again until a commissionaire had ushered them into the foyer of the building housing the restaurant and they were inside a lift . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , the designer has integrated them in the text , and while this might be admirable for coffee table books or even guide books , it is quite wrong here as it makes them look cramped and mean . |
| 28 | Dedicated to St John the Evangelist and St Wenceslas in 1367 , the latter 's remains were reburied here , near the site where his murderous brother had lain them in the 10C . |
| 29 | If their historical interest had saved them from the pick , the swinging steel ball , and the bulldozer , their intractable lay-out had discouraged renovators who might have put them to some use . |
| 30 | Their mother had left them in the vehicle while she put a birthday card through a neighbour 's letterbox . |