Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] them [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opportunity to buy two outstanding adjoining properties in that location was extremely rare and the Perots had the opportunity to acquire them both as a family compound . |
| 2 | Everyone was so kind and helpful when Copper had his accident , although they all thought I was mad , and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all , especially Cooper 's vet . |
| 3 | If you decide to go for a low-voltage set-up , work out how many lights you need and where they will be sited , so you can buy enough cable to connect them all up . |
| 4 | Although he has a large enough income to support them both , he puts most of it into a building society and also invests money in shares . |
| 5 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 6 | There simply was n't enough stock in the shops to give them any real choice . |
| 7 | In the second-half of the Second Test they recaptured their World Cup form and it will take a very good side to beat them this summer . |
| 8 | I shall try and arrange with Jean to get them that der , night . |
| 9 | THE dinosaur movie to cap them all . |
| 10 | In anomie theory the impetus that pushes people into crime is that the ambitions for status and pecuniary success that they share with everyone else are thwarted by the restrictions on the opportunities to achieve them that result from low socio-economic status . |
| 11 | She giggled with sheer delight to handle them all , so little , so pretty , the cats so catlike , the kangaroos ( with a baby in the mother 's pouch ) so expressive of the basically humorous nature of kangaroos . |
| 12 | ‘ And I suppose you only had to flash your smile at the women in the village to have them all falling over themselves to tell you more . ’ |
| 13 | Many 's the night I 've walked back late from town and stopped off in the New Earswick hedgerows to supply them some used beer … |
| 14 | The two acts which Oedipus committed , killing his father and having sexual intercourse with his mother , are forbidden in human societies because there is a strong desire to perform them both . |
| 15 | They had five sons and eight daughters , and Dresser 's hectic career was driven in part by the need to support them all . |
| 16 | Besides , ’ she added practically , ‘ it might take weeks to catch them all in . |
| 17 | Those who depend solely on their licensed dealers to find them another Polly Peck ( probably the most spectacular penny share success ever ) are probably doomed to disappointment If they are lucky , they will be the blind led by the blind . |
| 18 | He even despatches the C major and F major Preludes swiftly enough to feel the need to play them both twice over . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’ |
| 20 | Only when the children feel less threatened will they be able to relax , and it 's up to you and your husband to give them that security . |
| 21 | With a few possible exceptions , it is not worthwhile stocking up with other components in large numbers because it would either be too costly , or it would take years to use them all up . |
| 22 | The gentlemen in Virginia were in no position to do this ; they had very little money to spend in a gentlemanly way and no particular experience of colonization to give them any other claims to respect and obedience , as nothing got done and about 60 of the 100 initial settlers died in 1607 . |
| 23 | I think there 's another jacket that he 's got and there 's no room to keep them all downstairs on the hook hanging in the passage |
| 24 | My feeling was one of horror , mingled with a desire to take them all . ’ |
| 25 | We have received so many wonderful letters on Tailwaggers but I 'm afraid we have n't room to print them all here . |
| 26 | Leeds coach asks : Is sport right to ban them all ? |
| 27 | If some are negative and some positive , it may be possible to add a constant to make them all positive , or it may be necessary to consider treating the positive and negative numbers separately . |
| 28 | In the long term , alternative political and policy positions can be weakened — there will be no government framework to give them any institutional voice or credence . |
| 29 | Mr Abbey said the council applauded the existence of such groups , but there was not enough money to fund them all . |
| 30 | Woodacon has sponsored the team for the last four years and would like to take this opportunity to wish them all well for the future . |