Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] them [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before this single , the rather distanced American rock press failed to probe deeply into the phenomenon of The Smiths and had constantly referred to them as some kind of wacko gay outfit , English eccentrics playing lightweight rock . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , perhaps you 'd better talk to them about that . ’ |
| 3 | To add to these burdens , the 1340 tax of a ninth of corn , sheep and wool , from which the clergy had obtained exemption by their grant of a normal tenth , was nevertheless applied to them by many local officials at first acting on their own initiative , but after January 1341 on the king 's orders . |
| 4 | He 'd lie on his bed at three or four in the morning just looking at them with rapt concentration , not reading them , just laying them out , changing which one was next to which one , as if determining some sequence or some relationship between the writers . |
| 5 | The mottled old man two beds away stared at them with poached eyes . |
| 6 | We always referred to them as those ladies of the stage . |
| 7 | Though it must be remembered that this is no a priori scheme imposed upon the appearances , but rather an interpretation gradually distilled from them by prolonged contemplation . |
| 8 | What we 've done , won one of the points I think that is worth er making perhaps is that on er over the last few years we 've seen a complete change in world export philosophy where not only are the Russians exporting all over the place but clearly er there are a number of western aircraft in different parts of the world and therefore what we have also done is to , in comparing er our aircraft against other western ones , we 've also looked at them as potential threats because it 's possible that er erm western aircraft in certain hands could end up being used against us so we have also compared those . |
| 9 | It was tacitly agreed between them from long experience . |
| 10 | ‘ I see , ’ he said with a quick look at the clerk , who was now staring at them with both eyes well open . |
| 11 | They will want to place the promises that Labour is now making to them in that historical context . |
| 12 | Their customers often come to them under considerable stress , dependent , short of money , embarrassed and afraid of rejection . |
| 13 | Everybody 's completely different and there 's such a tendency not to study people really and to simply think of them as all exactly the same , ‘ You 're 75 and you 're old and you 've got to put up with that . |
| 14 | When teachers , matrons , the housemistress and finally the headmistress all started to show some concern and more disapproval at my unco-operative ( anorexic ) behaviour , I refused to answer their questions , or even to talk to them at all , and during the course of their homilies I merely stared out of the window or smiled to myself in a superior , scornful sort of way . |
| 15 | ‘ We had builders here for six months before we moved in , and then lived with them for another year , ’ says Sally , who was not only busy with their two young daughters , but was also running a full-time interior decoration business in Cirencester . |
| 16 | Most children learn about epilepsy when they first see their parent having a seizure , and it is vital the condition is fully explained to them at this time . |
| 17 | What I was able to do in that instance was play all the symphonies through with the orchestra and then forget about them for three months . |
| 18 | If any readers have any information about this legendary team , in particular personal recollection , I should be very grateful indeed to hear from them at this address . |
| 19 | Arrange one or two suitable shrubs that grow with a relaxed , arching habit , and then fill between them with large patches or drifts of herbaceous plants en masse . |
| 20 | I was one of those people who used to be sort of potty about someone and then go off them within two weeks . |
| 21 | It has been brought to my attention that that money , which patients regard as pocket money , is sometimes taken from them by private residential homes to be used as payment . |
| 22 | Rather than taking the piece as a whole she broke it down into smaller parts and then worked on them with separate hands and at varied rhythms . |
| 23 | Accordingly , he considers that individuals have no procedural rights to participate in what are plainly policy decisions , beyond their right to participate periodically in the election of governments — unless , of course , such rights are specifically conferred on them by some statute . |
| 24 | Fathers took pleasure and pride in their sons ' successes , but did not publicly defer to them on that account . |
| 25 | The rumour is one of the caretakers was happily waving at them for 5 minutes before somebody told him they were n't real . |