Example sentences of "them [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headmaster would not allow them to go into the sixth form here . |
| 2 | But perhaps a better title might be how to prevent things going wrong , on the argument you know that prevention is better than cure and rather than trying to put problems right which have already happened , it might be better to try to prevent them happening in the first place . |
| 3 | This non-drying adhesive stays very sticky for months and can be squeezed out onto a strip of tape around benches , staging , individual pots , or even across doorways to prevent them walking in the first place . |
| 4 | The prevention of purprestures was his responsibility : he threw down houses , sheepfolds and other buildings and enclosures erected without licence in his bailiwick , and attached those who made them to appear at the next Forest Eyre . |
| 5 | Two of them came in the first half as Bolton tore Watford to shreds . |
| 6 | Two of them came in the third round . |
| 7 | This will force them to progress to the fifth stage of the information process . |
| 8 | How far anyone is convinced by them depends in the last resort on the themes of the last two chapters — on imagination and experience . |
| 9 | Charles 's charters include 19 grants ( 15 of them dating from the second half of the reign ) of rights over markets , often specified as weekly markets rather than annual fairs . |
| 10 | But because he was n't , I worked as hard as I could until dark , about night time , to get them done for the next day . |
| 11 | The numbers involved are about 700 and most of these job losses have now happened and indeed the bulk of them happened on the last Friday of the financial year which was last week when about 150 people took early retirement . |
| 12 | Even the Committee felt low , not one of them arrived at the next schedule meeting ! |
| 13 | It reached a point where a number of people 's art collections began to be more valuable than the businesses that had allowed them to buy in the first place . ’ |
| 14 | In Britain from the 1820s all attachés had to have a letter of appointment signed by the secretary of state ; and from 1815 a number of them began for the first time to be paid . |
| 15 | The notice to the creditors must state a time and date , not more than four days before the meeting , by when the creditors must lodge their proofs of debt ( Form 6.37 in Sched 4 to the rules , see App C , form 34 ) and , if applicable , proxies , in order to entitle them to vote at the first meeting ( r 6.79(4) ) . |
| 16 | It is providing an early dealing service to society members , allowing them to deal on the first day the shares are traded . |
| 17 | It is providing an early dealing service to society members , allowing them to deal on the first day the shares are traded on the stock market . |
| 18 | With this in mind , she had taken Charles with her when she went to see them perform for the first time . |
| 19 | He could see them grazing in the next field , further up the slope . |
| 20 | ‘ If we can keep them contained for the first half then we 've got a chance of pinching a couple of goals . ’ |
| 21 | I imagine that the brunt of this will be borne by younger voters , many of them voting for the first time , who possibly do not realise that in addition to voting they must also pay poll tax . |
| 22 | Obviously , it is easier for them to develop in the Second Division rather than the First Division . ’ |
| 23 | Jarvis saw them get into the next car and on an impulse he jumped up and followed them . |
| 24 | He did n't want them jailed in the first place . |
| 25 | An antediluvian handful of hon. Members , many of them retiring at the next election , are not keen on these matters , but they are a diminishing and insignificant number . |
| 26 | So it still was n't gon na meet the actual need that prompted them to occur in the first place . |
| 27 | The Pumas path to the final saw them account for the second Hallamshire squad represented at the weekend , thus ending any aspirations of Yorkshire success . |