Example sentences of "he [verb] 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 Oh he 's brilliant , he has them stuck on the side of his wardrobe door on big pages this size , you know , maybe this height , and it 's detailed right through the whole thing .
8 He wants them to share in the excitement of an excellent revenue week .
9 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 .
10 He heard them whispering by the door .
11 He watched them walk towards the car .
12 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 " .
13 But he praised their management techniques , which he urged them to share with the world 's business community .
14 He urged them to look to the future , to ‘ carry the spirit of Alton General on into Treloar and build on it . ’
15 Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down .
16 He was gratified , therefore , when he saw them come into the church at Gillamoor , accompanied by Victoria , and the three year old Hilary .
17 And then he saw them come into the amber flicker of the firelight with the flames lighting green lamps in their heads .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 He had them erected in the grounds of his house — now council offices .
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