Example sentences of "was [adj] [to-vb] them [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 So they progressed back again , Sir George clutching the letters , Maud the opened cocoon of linen and silk , and Roland the three dolls , out of some vague fancy that it was cruel to leave them in the dark .
2 Hooker replied that it was right to admit them to the Church 's Communion service , which , when he wrote , they were indeed obliged to attend by law .
3 Prisoners offered the choice very rarely preferred death to the colonies but , because they were essentially treated in the same way as indentured servants , they could only go to America if a merchant was willing to take them on the basis of a calculation that he could sell their services at the other end .
4 Breeze had already heard the family mentioned the day before , at the Vicarage , and was interested to see them in the flesh .
5 The police questioned the three ‘ crew ’ , who were far too well trained to give anything away , and although forensic samples were taken from the Ouvéa it was impossible to examine them on the spot .
6 Because the cattle were the principal users of straw , it was important to have them near the barn .
7 She was able to repeat them at the trial of the young man — and he was sentenced to seven years in prison .
8 The staff were amazed at how quickly she grasped the various issues and was able to slot them into the incredible filing system of her memory .
9 I had seen them with the eyes of a young buy , but Edward who knew them well was able to interpret them with the mind of a man .
10 Die Entführung was being performed all over Austria and Germany , and , according to Leopold , the Berlin papers were advertising the new quartets , saying that Mozart 's name alone was sufficient to recommend them to the public : no other guarantee of quality was needed .
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