Example sentences of "[vb past] them [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next he led the spinnaker sheets aft to the cockpit and made them fast to the stern cleats with plenty of slack . |
| 2 | I met them leeward of the middle vehicle , where they lent a hand to tip the wheelbarrow into a stable position . |
| 3 | But as she washed her breakfast cup and saucer and rinsed them meticulously under the cold tap , she was anxious . |
| 4 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 5 | He raised them now at the two shaken women who sat facing him in the interview-room at Stowbridge police station . |
| 6 | For Christians , it is a grave mistake to confuse God with our inner desires , even if God placed them there in the first place . |
| 7 | John took the empty cups down below and placed them quietly in the small sink . |
| 8 | We met Audrey and Margaret on the way , and we saw them again at the next stop , Motueka , 60 miles to the north . |
| 9 | In his mind 's eye he saw them together in the brass-ended bed , his lovely Sweetheart with her silky hair and creamy-white skin , and beside her the grinning Tom Fish with one more cruel weapon to use against a little boy . |
| 10 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 11 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 12 | For a while he had stood there at his side studying how he worked , how he soaked the garments and slapped them rhythmically against the smooth stone slabs . |
| 13 | Stephen manoeuvred them away from the formal office seating around his desk towards some more relaxed sofas and chairs grouped around a low table . |
| 14 | she obviously took them both for the same thing did n't she ? |
| 15 | IT was out with the old and in with the new and despite the result , Darlington manager Ray Hankin still found much to praise about Quakers ' performance after another home defeat sent them closer to the Fourth Division . |
| 16 | He sent them all over the Islamic world to kill his enemies . ’ |
| 17 | I always liked them especially after the celebrated own goal incident back in 1992 . |
| 18 | Distillery made a bright start and Micky Boyle put them ahead in the early stages but Gregg beat keeper Robinson in a race for the ball to level the scores and soon afterwards put Omagh ahead with a right foot shot . |
| 19 | McCarrick put them ahead in the eighth minute and they should have settled it in the 67th when Muir had a penalty saved , but Rimmer made no mistake from the spot to level the scores in the 83rd minute . |
| 20 | Edward gave them only until the following morning . |
| 21 | She slipped them rapidly into the hot mouth where they were instantly consumed in a shower of Sparks . |
| 22 | A few minutes after Amiss had gone Sunil cleared up the fragments of cheese and biscuits , deposited them neatly in the waste-paper basket , picked up a couple of books and some blank paper and descended to the next storey . |
| 23 | Although the Greens increased their share of the vote from 2.9 to 4.9 per cent , this left them just below the 5 per cent threshold required for representation . |
| 24 | Sarah had made a pot of tea and left them together in the overcrowded room . |
| 25 | Yes , my husband wanted them exactly as the old ones . |
| 26 | In a side street behind the Tivoli Theatre , men in woollen hats and overalls carried flats painted with chandeliers , terraces , staircases , Cinderella 's kitchen , and pushed them nonchalantly into the dark interior of a parked truck . |