Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] them [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Matthews and I got them in town , Dr Streeter .
2 " When these telegrams came I ran down and opened the door to the boy and I showed them to Mummy and she began very bravely , how lovely dear , and then began to cry and shut herself in her room .
3 And who bought them for Mummy ?
4 She stood there , tall , slim , striking , her hair catching light from the sun , and she told them about history or exotic religions — dramatically , humanly , but cleverly mixing in the dry bits with the drama .
5 William Smith 's friendship with Clapham was strong enough to license their toleration of his Unitarian views and he kept them in touch with more liberal and heterodox elements .
6 W. C. T. had been busy in other ways too , fathering a series of children ; three at least were to die young , and he took them for burial to his cousins , Baptist Chapel at Worship Street , Shoreditch .
7 And he gave thanks to God for the grace which had been vouchsafed to him , and said to his mother , that he did not think it good to keep the Kings in captivity , but to let them go freely ; and he set them at liberty and bade them depart .
8 Davies had a wife and 18 children , and he supported them in style .
9 Er they had a lock , made it a good lock and sent it to all the clients and this is what we can supply , and it used to meet the needs of clients and they 'd er they 'd erm buy it and it kept them in business , you see what I mean ?
10 Its story is well-known : its fretted neck allowed guitarists to relate to it , and it allowed them to double-up on bass if required .
11 My driving on was not a blind impulse , for I had reasons to stop with which I would have justified myself had I done so , but I discounted them in favour of other reasons for continuing .
12 But he sentenced them to life imprisonment .
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