Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] them [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was good enough for them in the old days , and it will be good enough for them again , especially with THE woman out of the way . |
| 2 | And if you despair of ever getting the baby 's pushchair anywhere near clean , or perhaps those muddy football and rugby boots , just spend five minutes or so on them with the Steamatic . |
| 3 | Isabel 's gaze skittered nervously past them to the two men-at-arms , now held at the end of a very businesslike sword attached to the hand of the young man she had seen with Guy at the church . |
| 4 | This postulates that people have in mind a target income they would like to receive — set by the life style of their neighbours or those just above them on the social ladder . |
| 5 | The hounds , however , having wriggled under and through the gate , were still running , streaming away from them across the next field as the fox headed for the nearby covert . |
| 6 | He stood his own ground , deciding it would be better to let those at the rear who were awaiting their turn to descend , see his reassuring presence still with them on the upper floor . |
| 7 | Some were split and bent almost double by their own mass , which meant you could charge straight up them into the lower branches six feet above ground . |
| 8 | On summer evenings rowers on the lake have claimed that they have heard far below them through the still waters the sound of church bells tolling . |
| 9 | The county of Gloucestershire has seen some turbulent times over the centuries , not least of them in the present one . |
| 10 | Markby nodded towards the line of people ahead of them on the flagged pathway to the church door . |