Example sentences of "they [vb base] them [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To a lesser degree they still exist nearer home ; in the Alps herdsmen take their cattle to the ‘ Alm ’ meadows where they tend them during the summer , and in Scotland and Wales the hill sheep spend half the year on the mountain commons whilst the lower , enclosed land grows winter keep . |
| 2 | But especially when they put them at the end of a sentence where they should be putting a full stop . |
| 3 | ‘ Then they put them in the sun to dry out , and when the meat curls away from the shell it 's put into sacks . |
| 4 | The C E C when they 're talking about motions sometimes say that they accept them with the qualification and I 'd like to say to Congress this morning will you accept a qualification from the branch moving this to say that we are talking about groups of members and their needs not individuals ? |
| 5 | They guide them with the flick of a thin stick or a gentle word . |
| 6 | Course , they had n't had lorries in them days , they drive them on the road and you see old shepherd coming along with a couple of dogs and goodness knows how many sheep ! |
| 7 | I give them lollipops , so they perform enthusiastically , showing us the speed of their boats as they skiff them through the water and how many stones they can carry before sinking . |
| 8 | At home , while Ministers are careful not to use such words as ‘ green shoots ’ in public , they use them off the record all the time to political journalists , who dutifully pass the message on to the reading public . |
| 9 | they leave them in the cloakroom |
| 10 | Walsh , who plays Sicknote , says : ‘ The shots of fire exploding flashovers as they call them in the trade were absolutely mind-blowing . |
| 11 | Ask Tracey how , whether they order them by the box or whatever |
| 12 | ‘ You know , ’ he explains , ‘ they have them on the radio . |
| 13 | Mind you do n't your tongue with that I tell you what they had in er Woolies market as well , I do n't know whether you 've seen them and I do n't , I 've not got you know an old Argos catalogue to compare prices , cos they 've not got it in the summer one , but they have them in the winter ones , it 's like a , a tool box , but it 's on wheels and you make it up , you , you know all the screws and the wheels come out and you 're not , it 's all plastic , I think it must be from age three , because of the little bits , and it 's like erm , I 've seen it somewhere , where I 've been , it has little figures sat in this erm , what would you , it 's like erm , a bit like a truck , yeah , and it 's got the , the figures in it |
| 14 | They beat them at the end of last season thanks to a Chrissy Allen goal , and the winger was on form in the opening home game against Portsmouth . |