Example sentences of "he [vb past] them [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | He made them sound like the Famous Five |
2 | He made them sound like the Famous Five . |
3 | Bonington was impressed with the Darc Star climbers when he met them training on the Scottish peaks last winter . |
4 | He let them trail on the ground . |
5 | And he let them help in the shop ( Carrie loved that : measuring out things on the scales and giving the change ) until Nick stole some biscuits one day and he came in and caught him . |
6 | I wanted to try them on right there but for months he let them dangle in the closet upstairs , growing the wrinkles and airpockets that would finally fit his shape , the peculiar wishbone of his shanks . |
7 | He told them to go amongst the people of the land and offer them their service , to defend Minginish instead of conquering it ; for the most earth a man ever needs is what is piled in his grave . |
8 | He heard them whispering by the door . |
9 | He watched them walk towards the car . |
10 | Accepting that " if the Slovaks want to live in an independent state , they have the right to do so " , he said nevertheless that he saw " no indication " that a majority of Slovaks wanted to secede , and he urged them to remain within the federation and not to succumb to " nationalist narrowmindedness " . |
11 | But he praised their management techniques , which he urged them to share with the world 's business community . |
12 | He urged them to look to the future , to ‘ carry the spirit of Alton General on into Treloar and build on it . ’ |
13 | Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down . |
14 | He was gratified , therefore , when he saw them come into the church at Gillamoor , accompanied by Victoria , and the three year old Hilary . |
15 | And then he saw them come into the amber flicker of the firelight with the flames lighting green lamps in their heads . |
16 | Then he saw them lying on the ground , but not complete clubs , just the heads with their covers on , protruding from a detachable section that could be removed to expose the empty cylinder of the golf-bag . |
17 | Dulé passed them and remembered how he had only felt wonder , not this stab of pleasure , when first he saw them sleeping on the ground near Ariel 's cabin that long year ago . |
18 | He had them erected in the grounds of his house — now council offices . |