Example sentences of "[v-ing] them [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both were short , dumpy and energetic and , seeing them scurry together down the street in their black garb , they looked like a pair of hunting spiders . |
| 2 | They got off to a blinder against the Sharks … catching them napping repeatedly in the first period to put six past them . |
| 3 | But it is also necessary to avoid keeping them standing outside in the rain , or waiting in draughty corridors feeling unwanted while the meal finishes or the speeches are in progress . |
| 4 | There was something else now ; something that had n't been immediately apparent to Cardiff , but had been seen by the others straightaway and which was causing them to back away from the wall . |
| 5 | By forcing the companies to reform their practices and structures , the Government is also forcing them to deal directly with the role of the unions in the ITV sector . |
| 6 | The hallkeeper will be asked to make an inventory of such goods and discuss with the school janitors the possibility of having them stored somewhere within the schools ‘ premises . |
| 7 | One reason is that women , particularly in the Third World , are often not aware of the real dangers of contraception because health staff and pharmaceutical companies keep them in ignorance for fear of making them stay away from the clinic . |
| 8 | Huy watched him retreat and then followed Taheb and Nephthys , finding them talking softly at the gate . |
| 9 | ‘ For , ’ she put down , ‘ I want to go there as humble McAllister who keeps the house clean , dressed the doll and made and embroidered the baby clothes , not as the American Princess doing the gracious , ladling our Papa 's money , not one penny of which I have earned , smiling and patronising those not so fortunate as myself , and then leaving them to go home to the embassy — to forget them ! ’ |