Example sentences of "them [conj] they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local folklore has it that in prehistoric times men drove wild cattle to their deaths over Combe Scar and ate them where they fell at the foot of the crag ( cattle bones are reputed to have been found there ) . |
| 2 | Notice that it is customary to indicate the parameters best varied to achieve balance by drawing an arrow through them where they appear in the double balance equations , as done here . |
| 3 | ‘ Tell them that they waited in the dark for us ? ’ |
| 4 | If you start with small frogs , make sure the fish are too small to eat them if they fall into the water . |
| 5 | As far as most Sussex people were concerned , it was probably a struggle which only affected them if they got in the way of one of the opposing forces . |
| 6 | It is usual to have a closing pleasantry , but you should only use them if they add to the letter in a positive manner : Please let me know if I can be of further assistance . |
| 7 | What it basically means is that an extrovert tends to tends to have a wide area of interests but wo n't investigate them as much as perhaps that that deeply , and that includes friends as well , and that includes people around them and they look at the wideness rather than the depth . |
| 8 | The woman handed her what was left of Donald , and Angelica said , ‘ People feed them and they wander into the road … it 's not surprising they get hurt . |
| 9 | The breakers sometimes overturn them and they lie in the sand , with their legs waving , their stiff tails slowly swivelling , in an effort to lever themselves back . |
| 10 | I would birch them like they do on the Isle of Man , and not give them time off for good behaviour . |
| 11 | The persons alleged to have picked up the letter then chase the accusers round the circle and try to catch them before they sit in the empty space , as in the previous game . |
| 12 | ‘ Or do we hit them before they come to the boil ? ’ |
| 13 | Scum could nt beat them when they went to the Sty with the same negative defence . |
| 14 | At common law the possessor of ‘ cattle ’ was strictly liable , independently of scienter , for damage done by them when they trespassed on the land of his neighbour . |
| 15 | What happened to them when they got to the other end I have never dared to ask , but perhaps these few illustrations ( pages 82–83 ) will convince you that Doc Winfield actually sat in this contraption and was hooked from a completely static position by an aircraft into the air and probably ( and I never found out ) delivered to some hospital none the worse for the experiment . |
| 16 | But nobody bothered them when they returned to the white salon . |
| 17 | I think it would be much more effective if the one who was meant to be the hardhat and who might be expected to let the other one drown in fact saves the other one even though he thinks his ideas about the Indians and his plan to baptise them when they get to the Orinoco are blasphemous . |
| 18 | We can not expect voters to leave their conscience behind them when they go to the polling booth . |
| 19 | But even Joanna 's courage was shaken at the sight and sounds that confronted them when they mounted to the walkway at the top of the curtain wall . |
| 20 | Savage Orcs are wild fighters , whooping and screaming as they attack , calling upon Gork and Mork to help them as they crash into the enemy ranks . |
| 21 | Willie watched them as they ran through the graveyard and climbed over the wall to the lane . |
| 22 | United have now taken just three points from a possible 12 and manager Alex Ferguson 's only consolation is that the defeat of rivals Aston Villa at Carrow Road means it is now Norwich who hold a twopoint advantage over them as they go into the last seven games . |
| 23 | Klift spoke for all of them as they looked around the sloping entranceway . |
| 24 | The smell hit them as they slithered to the bottom of the slope and McLeish resolutely took a breath before walking over to where the swollen body lay . |
| 25 | The savoury smell greeted them as they went through the door . |
| 26 | It 's the resting place of 4 of the 5 youngsters who died when a speeding car went out of control in Akers Way and hit them as they played at the side of the road . |
| 27 | He went to meet them as they scrambled from the bus , hand extended in welcome , greeting them individually by name and exchanging a few words with each one . |
| 28 | Felipe was out of the water and waiting for them as they arrived at the place where the lake quietly lapped the path . |
| 29 | His father , once satisfied that the intensive care nurses were doing their best , left his own men to watch over them as they watched over the boy while he , too , was persuaded to rest . |
| 30 | Our plan was to simulate the view of a vulture by mounting a camera on a model aircraft : we would wait near a fresh lion kill until the vultures started soaring , and then fly the model aircraft among them as they descended on the carcass . |