Example sentences of "i [vb past] them [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent . |
| 2 | ‘ I met them at the same time , ’ Tim recalls . |
| 3 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 4 | That 's what I should have done but I got them in the wrong order . |
| 5 | I observed them with the silent attention a tiger must give its approaching prey . |
| 6 | I 'd heard that American Music Club were something wonderful , but when I saw them at the Grand in Clapham recently , I was n't that impressed . |
| 7 | I saw them through The Fat Controller 's eyes — they were gauche and dowdy , crammed into suitings so ill-fitting that they looked like bolsters stuffed into pillow cases . |
| 8 | Then , arranging the largest red roses at equally spaced intervals around the circle , I balanced them with the large single pink roses — it is always important to introduce both light and shade into a design , otherwise it can look very dull . |
| 9 | I took them to the dry cleaner 's this afternoon . ’ |
| 10 | And as part of the deal , I had some petty cash with which to buy them all sandwiches and coffee so they could get changed or dressed while they ate and I took them to the next job if they had one , or wherever they wanted to go . |
| 11 | It gives me special pleasure to be present at the wedding of my good friends Annabelle and Steven , because I introduced them at the Dashing Disco/Royal Hotel/Country Club and because I have known both of them for many years at school/the tennis club . |
| 12 | Gradually these dreams came less often until they stopped altogether , although I still do n't know why I had them in the first place . |
| 13 | I left them in the self-induced bedlam of a Harvey Nichols changing room , and promised to meet them later at the flat to examine our spoils , then went to meet Dee . |
| 14 | These are n't my lecture notes they I cribbed them off the social psychologist and made copies last night . |