Example sentences of "a [noun] [noun] [verb] them [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Builder Paul Sharp , 27 , and joiner David Sweeney were left choking and with tears streaming down their faces when a kitchen hand bombarded them with burning chilli and curry powder .
2 A hawthorn hedge divided them on the left from the field belonging to Upmeadow Farm , while on the right-hand side their territory was bounded by a swift little stream .
3 ‘ Perhaps , ’ suggested Grimm , ‘ a Chaos storm warped them from whatever they were before ?
4 Yes it 's been understood that it was a routing thing to put them at the right side of Southwell to drive through the middle of it .
5 A sun umbrella sheltered them from the wan May sunshine .
6 Dobry 's proposal , in essence , was that the simple should be distinguished and treated expeditiously , though with the opportunity for some participation and with a safety channel to allow them to be transferred to the major category if this should prove appropriate .
7 It is said to function through the mechanism of the take-over bid so as to allocate the assets of companies to those managers who can put them to their best use , thereby disciplining managers to maximize profits or face the threat of a take-over bid ousting them from their jobs .
8 One strategy is to take a statement from them and tender it under the Civil Evidence Act to see if the other side serve a counter notice requiring them to be called .
9 Then a helicopter pilot flew them to an area of bare ice studded with dark rocks near the Allan Hills ( 76°S ; 156°E ) .
10 If you want to keep the existing pipes ( perhaps using a tap adaptor ) , use a bath/basin spanner to disconnect them at the top .
11 A radio link kept them in touch with the police emergency centre and the Superintendent in charge of the security arrangements .
12 PUPILS at De La Salle RC School , Carr Lane in Liverpool , will tomorrow be awarded a certificate from a health charity to reward them for their hard work in fundraising .
13 A sealing washer stops them from leaking but once they 're fitted the cartridge must not be removed until all the gas is used .
14 Many artillery men wear a leather jerkin to protect them from the discharge .
15 In my view the key to the solution of the present problem is to be found by recognising that in present day society people generally work with two principal aims in view ; the first is to provide themselves with an income available for current spending and the second is to provide money that will be put into a pension scheme to provide them with an income after their retirement .
16 a Services Division to support them for a transitional period
17 ‘ We will need a Company car to meet them on arrival and get them to Quinn at the apartment , ’ said Odell .
18 Without a pause Danny reeled them off ‘ Osgood , Woodcock and Ian Storey-Moore . ’
19 The Hispanized inhabitants of the lowlands viewed the unconverted pagans as little better than animals , whose lack of sophistication in dealing with a market economy allowed them to be exploited through debt bondage and coerced trade .
20 At three thirty , a Lieutenant Harvey joined them behind the trenches , by which time they were all on full battle alert .
21 Although no exact figures on EDS ' Italian revenues in 1992 were available , an EDS spokesman estimated them to be $20m , most of which are General Motors Corp-related .
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