Example sentences of "not [verb] them [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I think we tend to eat much faster , if you like , and , and to take more snacks , and I think it 's interesting that the rise of the use of a coffee table ties in a lot with the rise of people having televisions in their front rooms , because introducing the television made all kinds of changes into , just the way people arrange their chairs , not centring them round the fire any more , and a coffee table 's a very neat addition to that kind of arrangement .
2 This suggests that something is amiss with the job definition and , by implication , also with education and training which does not prepare them for the reality .
3 His mother had not joined them for the meal , bowing in this regard to the T'ang 's wishes .
4 For this reason , the fact that three of the forty women had paid domestic help does not disqualify them from the title ‘ housewife ’ .
5 But Mr Oteng added : ‘ It is up to the media to try to dispel racist stereotypes , not push them to the forefront .
6 Orthodox constitutional theory bestows on individual members the right of independent action and does not regard them as the representative of the party without which they would not have been elected ; over-solicitude for the wishes of their constituents would probably lead them into conflict with the party in parliament .
7 They were in a similar position to the person coming along on a standby basis for an airline seat as against the passenger paying a full fare , and without the full rights of a standby passenger , in the sense that the decision whether or not to accommodate them in the college was entirely discretionary .
8 But you must not build them on the graveyard .
9 This would still be so even if Members of Parliament were persuaded to settle issues with Health Authorities and not raise them in the House of Commons when dissatisfied .
10 He could not trust them to the dairymaids , because if the cows were badly milked their milk would simply dry up .
11 They were able to be original in their methods precisely because the Labour movement was weak and did not trap them in the confines of established institutions and procedures .
12 Jessamy had promised faithfully not to open them until the morning of her birthday , and she had kept her promise .
13 When taking notes it is important to write down any new words or concepts , even if you do not understand them at the time .
14 Once outside , she breathed a sigh of relief , and strolled with Theda around the left of the house , next to Switham Thicket , so that Araminta would not see them from the window of her parlour .
15 He need not return them to the seller , who if he wants them must come and collect them , section 36 .
16 Theologically , if we are going to accept cremation at all ( given our belief in bodily resurrection ) should we not at least commit the ashes to a grave and not scatter them to the winds ?
17 And they 're not getting them at the moment .
18 In a day-long hearing students who oppose the plan say academics broke college rules by not consulting them about the plan .
19 The people in the street outside may tell the market researchers that they are more confident than they were six months ago , but that does not take them into the shop , put their money over the counter or pay the staff wages of the retailer .
20 He added that this order would leave it open to the Press to deal with the questions of principle so far as they did not apply them to the facts .
21 The campaign has been given additional clout this weekend , with referees under instruction to dismiss instantly anyone guilty of head-high tackles on or off the ball , and not to send them to the sin-bin where they have gone too often in the past .
22 where goods are so ] d by a person who is not their owner , and who does not sell them under the authority or with the consent of the owner , the buyer acquires no better title to the goods than the seller had , unless the owner of the goods is by his conduct precluded from denying the seller 's authority to sell . ’
23 and I 've we 've taken the the old settee down to Carrie 's and moved the two seater and the armchair down this end and they flew in tonight straight up on the sofa , I said to it 's gon na be tough for a week or so but they 've got ta get used to staying on the floor , I 'm not having them on the furniture all the time cos they just absolutely ruin it !
24 But at £2 each , they are expensive and last year the Department of Health ordered GPs not to prescribe them on the NHS .
25 The Latin American ministers urged the EC countries not to forget them as the demand for aid from eastern Europe and the Soviet Union became more pressing .
26 Connor said later that Cripps pointed out unlawful payments recorded in the books to Bromley but promised not to mention them outside the club .
27 If mail did not reach them by the time of their discharge from care , it was not intentional .
28 They do n't achieve because they have to choose , and the only way to get women achieving in a sort of relaxed way is not to force them with the choice between occupation success and families .
29 Does he agree that it is now essential that he withdraw the Asylum Bill now under consideration and instead institute a proper system of legal appeal that gives automatic rights of appeal to political asylum seekers and does not leave them at the mercy of his erroneous decisions ?
30 In a democratic society , this means that the public needs to have a basic understanding of science , so that it can make informed decisions and not leave them in the hands of experts .
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