Example sentences of "[v-ing] them [adv] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By imparting his enthusiasm to his pupils , impressing them most earnestly with the importance of their calling , he sent them out into the world with a store of self-respect which greatly contributed to uphold their position , and gave them an impetus to endeavour to raise its standard , which was often crowned with the most happy success ’ . |
| 2 | The cymbals are then ‘ damped ’ immediately after striking by drawing them sharply back against the player 's body . |
| 3 | What they were doing , the old vixen was walking them higher up into the mountain for safety . |
| 4 | They took a number of other unrelated objects , and finally they took both Mr and Mrs T in separate police cars , driving them very fast over the adjoining islands where the sea lapped the famous barriers , to the mainland . |
| 5 | Julius quickly sorted through them , tossing them carelessly on to the floor as he continued his fast but thorough search . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , really ? ’ says Freddie , bending his lips upwards on one side of his face into a suggestion of general benevolence , but moving them only sparingly for the purpose of articulation . |
| 7 | She wrenched the lid off the biscuit tin and tipped her mother 's letters into the range , stuffing them well down with the poker until there was nothing left of them but black ash . |
| 8 | To hammer home the point , he denied his players from having a late Christmas dinner by taking them straight back to the club 's training ground . |
| 9 | ‘ We saw police taking them away early in the morning , ’ said a next door neighbour . |
| 10 | We are now integrating them more closely into the businesses , which will in future pay for all the research and engineering they require . |
| 11 | He liked taking them apart and putting them together again in the wrong order to make new toys and would do this all day until he had forgotten what they looked like in the first place . |
| 12 | He commented on the smell of petrol that came from them and made an elaborate joke of not putting them too close to the flames . |
| 13 | This wider context for LMS makes clear the government 's intention of creating a more competitive environment for schools by putting them very firmly in the market-place . |
| 14 | The squirrels would be collecting them all very soon , Miss Honey said , and storing them away carefully for the bleak months ahead . |