Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] them [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Kenyons say Neil Brown 's victory has given them immense satisfaction . |
| 2 | Many will have been wearing a special costume for their childhood which has given them particular concealment . |
| 3 | But the jolt to his players ' system kick-started them back into life and Monday 's 1-0 victory over Arsenal has lifted them level with United and three points behind leaders Norwich . |
| 4 | The detachment is part of 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company whose task , in Northern Ireland , of neutralising terrorist bombs ( IEDs ) or Improvised Explosive Devices , as they are officially known ) has earned them worldwide respect . |
| 5 | The League says Swindon 's football has earned them widespread admiration this season and Hoddle is a suitable and exciting choice . |
| 6 | The homes of this minority tribe are built over the water on stilts , its vegetable fields float on the lake 's surface and its fishermen propel their long narrow boats with a unique leg-rowing motion that has made them famous . |
| 7 | In addition , the precipitous decline in the real price of many products has made them accessible to many more people in the developing world . |
| 8 | ‘ That icy wind has made them rough , the hand-cream will soften them . |
| 9 | Such left-wing gaucherie has made them easy meat for a largely right-wing press anxious to show that extreme political dogma is a left-wing monopoly and determined to deny the left the social concern and humanity that lies behind some of the left-wing philosophy . |
| 10 | Some of these shots could not be taken today in this , either because building has made them impossible or simply because the crowds who congregate to nowadays to take these shots would detract from the scene . |
| 11 | These locus control regions ( LCR ) were first defined for the β-globin system ( 14,15 ) and their ability to orchestrate lineage specific expression of sequences linked in cis has made them key elements in the development of gene therapy technology . |
| 12 | 2 Most socialists have become increasingly critical of the monopolistic and authoritarian role of Communist parties in one-party systems in a way that has made them cast doubt on the desirability of insurrection . |
| 13 | For example there are echoes of colonial discourse in the way the boys make a distinction between the ‘ good blacks ’ ( who accept the verdict of the first , lost fight ) and the ‘ bad blacks ’ who cry foul and fight back , trying to reverse the verdict of a society which has made them permanent losers . |
| 14 | The long struggle to reclaim what was theirs has made them cold and deadly . |
| 15 | The heartache and suffering over the centuries has made them tough and strong and it 's been a slow evolution . |
| 16 | Anyway , Corps commander has promised them immediate action , which being translated means : a couple of your pilots will have to face the music , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 17 | My intrusive collapse has rendered them homeless . |
| 18 | But the absence of an analysis ; of sexism and heterosexism has rendered them unable to develop any anti-heterosexist perspectives within their work . |
| 19 | Goldfish have the remarkable ability to survive conditions which would have seen most other fish off long ago — a fact which has laid them open to much abuse . |
| 20 | Some people claimed that I had another job lined up but time has proved them wrong . |
| 21 | Some people claimed that I had another job lined up but time has proved them wrong . |
| 22 | Where mystics like the author of The Cloud of Unknowing and Walter Hilton insist that their apprehension of the divine brings with it a calm joy that has nothing to do with either physical or emotional sensation , these prophetic visionaries feel , like Julian , that the shock of the divine impact has brought them close to death . |
| 23 | Anyone who has recently taken up some form of exercise will tell that it has brought them enhanced mental energy and concentration , the ability to sleep more deeply and a feeling of well-being . |
| 24 | But Rufus has held them close , and I ca n't tell him he 's wasting his time . |
| 25 | So whether he did n't believe that I , I 'd got them right or not I do n't know but the answers were there . |
| 26 | This suggests to me that it may not always be the lack of children that causes the distress — I 'd watched them childless , enjoying life enormously — rather , it is the realisation that biologically , they will not now be parents . |
| 27 | If Esmonde ever asked me how I enjoyed the evening 's ‘ specials ’ I could always say I 'd found them warm and soft ; comfortable to land on . |
| 28 | I knew because I 'd climbed them drunk before now . |
| 29 | I told you I 'd left them handy . |
| 30 | Large figure-of-eight shields were depicted on the walls of the East Wing of the Labyrinth , possibly to indicate that the building was under divine protection ; the dappled hides of which the shields were made presumably came from the bull , the sacred beast , and this may have given them additional prophylactic value . |