Example sentences of "[vb pp] them [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon she had formed them into a big circle , like this : — |
| 2 | These might be wild animals who possessed particular strengths and had little contact with man , like a lion , jackal , hawk and crocodile , or might be animals whose usefulness placed them in a special relationship with man , like the crow , ram and cat . |
| 3 | It is also probable that the many forest tribes who were familiar with orang-utans simply regarded them as a different-looking lot of wild people . |
| 4 | Every officer must have noticed the figurines , yet no-one had considered them as a possible murder weapon . |
| 5 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 6 | Their habits have probably always been similar , and if survival is to be taken as a measure of success , their conservative way of life has ensured them of a leading place in the evolutionary marathon . |
| 7 | Some have seen them as a fine declaration of faith , but they are not . |
| 8 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 10 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 11 | Having decided to show all the four seasons in one picture ( as opposed to other occasions when I have made them as a matching set of four separate pictures ) , I had to find a mount that would blend well with all the seasons and colours , so chose an earthy brown . |
| 12 | They behaved as though the European exchange rate mechanism had equipped them with a monetary policy and had left no point in discussing the subject further . |
| 13 | And recently in April , when two young girls from one of the refugee camps in San Salvador were captured , we put their names across on the programme every day until they were eventually transferred from a secret prison to the Women 's prison , We regard it as a triumph to have got them into a public prison , although they are minors , and now we are demanding their release , of course we exhaust all the legal channels as well but these days we just think of it as a formality , There have been occasions when we have presented a Habeas Corpus petition to the Supreme Court of Justice and the official concerned has simply torn the paper up in front of us and told us to get out . |
| 14 | Now you can see Body Shop 's here , I 've got them in a nice box now . |
| 15 | Some people have had them with a solid roof |
| 16 | I should have thought they might have had them in a separate house really but I suppose there wo n't be enough of them to begin with |
| 17 | He then delivered a heavy hint of the need for reform : ‘ We know the Germans , we 've known them for a long time . |
| 18 | Their desperate League form this season has consigned them to a similar predicament , while Chelsea are on the crest of a wave . |
| 19 | A mere two hundred miles from Washington had brought them into a different season although it was obviously the first hint of real autumn in New York : around them others were hurrying because they were too thinly dressed or tugging at coats and gloves that were unfamiliar and awkward after half a year at the back of the closet . |
| 20 | They had converted them into a fine house , which had been requisitioned by the Germans : the officer in charge was a Captain Foghel who , by the time we were taken to Tabiano , had already been transferred to Bologna . |
| 21 | Their one real clue from the Executive killings had led them to a small Ping Tiao cell in the Mids fifty li south of Bremen . |
| 22 | It 's left them with a 5-year nightmare . |
| 23 | It 's left them at a loose end at home . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've totally removed them in a single market , but there are still elements of harmonisation to be completed . |
| 25 | They had indulged them with a capricious dominion , sometimes over the one , sometimes over the other object of desire . |
| 26 | I 'd spotted them in a second-hand shop and immediately began saving feverishly to make them mine before anyone else got their hands on them . |
| 27 | This is particularly important if a ‘ traditional ’ training has kept them to a limited understanding and repertoire . |
| 28 | The North have never been whitewashed in the Championship , but they now look vulnerable as injuries , defections and selection switches have deprived them of a consistent team . |
| 29 | If people want to better themselves , they are entitled to enjoy this sort of instruction : it should not be denied them in a civilised society . |
| 30 | Furthermore , the margin scheme applies only to goods sold by taxable dealers who have acquired them from a private individual or a very small dealer or a body exempt from VAT . |