Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] them [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were gradually weaned off the drugs and Valnet treated them with internal doses of essential oils instead . |
| 2 | Although his groups , ‘ Tiddlers ’ , ‘ Ritz ’ , and ‘ Boys ’ , reflected increasing involvement in delinquent activities , they served the same function of enabling young people to achieve the sort of reputations and images denied them in mainstream society . |
| 3 | Before they left at the end of their week , Alastair and Stuart presented them with Scottish Nuclear baseball caps and T-shirts . |
| 4 | As they moved from one high-ceilinged panelled room to the next , signs of disorder and decay met them at each open door . |
| 5 | They even got the transparency of the house the wrong way round in their ‘ Country Homes ’ magazine , but their name and reputation insulated them against such elementary errors . |
| 6 | Poland was surrounded by neighbours who were contemptuous of its existence and anything but trustworthy , and Poland treated them as such . |