Example sentences of "or [verb] them [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It must relate directly to the facts in issue in a case or be relevant to those facts in that it tends to prove or disprove them in some way .
2 If you are planning to run the new cables temporarily on the surface up or down the walls , simply clip them in place with cable clips , or run them in slimline plastic minitrunking stuck to the wall surface .
3 For all its strengths , the game has a few flaws — you ca n't drop objects or give them to another character .
4 In a smart purple and green gift box for £2.50 , they make a lovely present , or enjoy them with after-dinner coffee .
5 It would be impractical to attempt to review or catalogue them in this study and , although we will mention some specific products , we will confine this section mainly to illustrating general authoring issues .
6 Such transfers need to be undertaken with care to avoid damaging the fish or subjecting them to sudden temperature changes .
7 Serve them chilled either as an aperitif or try them with white meat , poultry dishes and cheeses .
8 If a frost-free greenhouse or shed is not available , place them on trays indoors for a week , then pack them in peat or vermiculite , or surround them with screwed-up newspaper .
9 Send me letters here still and I shall ask my new friend Mr ( wall-eyed ) Wood ( prop. ) to sit on them or speed them to another valley by pigeon post .
10 You can paint or stain them to any colour you want .
11 Their main advantages are : wood is an excellent insulator ; the windows come in an wide range of standard sizes ( and non-standard ones are easy for a joiner to make up if necessary ) ; they are , generally speaking , the cheapest type of replacement window to buy ; and you can paint or stain them to any colour you want .
12 They move around the tank , scattering the smaller fish in all directions , although they do n't attack or harm them in any way .
13 This was partly because each brand of typesetting machine tended to have a different way of preparing the bit-map , but it also had to do with the very nature of the technique : rotating the letters , making them larger or smaller , or altering them in any way involved a new bit-map .
14 The Conclusions are circulated very promptly after Cabinet , and up to that time , no minister , certainly not the prime minister , asks to see them or conditions them in any way . ’
15 Equally , it is also important for parents to apologise to their children when they have wronged or harmed them in some way .
16 Even the DGSE might have baulked at letting them drown or shooting them in cold blood .
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