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 . |