Example sentences of "[vb past] them [vb infin] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days , life was simple in schools in the sense that if pupils did n't do what they were supposed to do you thrashed them , or made them stand in the corner , or expelled them . |
| 2 | Downstairs the Disco provided a large crowd with the sounds that made them get on the floor and bring a whole new ball game to the w world of the Barn Dance . |
| 3 | He let them trail on the ground . |
| 4 | I wanted to try them on right there but for months he let them dangle in the closet upstairs , growing the wrinkles and airpockets that would finally fit his shape , the peculiar wishbone of his shanks . |
| 5 | And he let them help in the shop ( Carrie loved that : measuring out things on the scales and giving the change ) until Nick stole some biscuits one day and he came in and caught him . |
| 6 | As he turned to close the door of the tower behind them , she let them fall to the ground again . |
| 7 | Boldly he kicked loose stones off the ledges and heard them clatter into the silence below . |
| 8 | Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down . |
| 9 | I saw them gleam in the lamp-light . |
| 10 | A witness says she saw them knock on the door . ’ |
| 11 | Cos we saw them walk down the road after , sort of after him and I said |
| 12 | " Mrs Mott 's brownies " , said Sara when she saw them emerge from the picnic basket . |
| 13 | He was gratified , therefore , when he saw them come into the church at Gillamoor , accompanied by Victoria , and the three year old Hilary . |
| 14 | We found the taxi driver who took him and the girl to the station and witnesses who saw them get on the train . |
| 15 | And both men put their arms round the children , and felt them flinch from the touch of strangers . |