Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to 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 | We always referred to them as those ladies of the stage . |
| 5 | They will want to place the promises that Labour is now making to them in that historical context . |
| 6 | Their customers often come to them under considerable stress , dependent , short of money , embarrassed and afraid of rejection . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Fathers took pleasure and pride in their sons ' successes , but did not publicly defer to them on that account . |