Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] them [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began jocularly by saying that he rose to address them with some apprehension , reminded of a piece of graffiti he had seen on a Whitehall notice board which had read , ‘ I used to be indecisive … but now I 'm not so sure , , which brought a few chuckles from the floor . |
| 2 | and he 'd done them like that in microwave for eight minutes and er , done sprouts then he 'd put this meat pie in oven |
| 3 | Although he said he 'd bought them from another dealer , the police proved he 'd been handling stolen goods . |
| 4 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today . |
| 5 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today |
| 6 | So he began to involve them in some of the decisionmaking about how their environment might be improved , their needs met . |
| 7 | He did feed them at one time , but they became so rampant he had to stop . |
| 8 | But he had locked them in last night and he had done so on orders from the Gruagach so they did not dare rely on him . |
| 9 | He had crossed them off one by one until there was no one left but Una O'Malley . |
| 10 | Always grumbling , he had threatened them with all kinds of dreadful punishment if he had caught them walking in St Andrew 's churchyard or sheltering in the porch . |
| 11 | Graham did n't mind Slater knowing about Sara — he had introduced them to each other , after all — but he wanted to keep this day private . |
| 12 | He had read them in more languages , too . |