Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] them [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were they paid just for tying the boats up or for bringing them up the estuary as well ? |
| 2 | Ideas exist in our own minds and we need to master the skilled techniques for bringing them forward for evaluation and application to our problems . |
| 3 | For the day , for bringing them down . |
| 4 | I was just worried that you 'd be furious with me for bringing them down here when you were out of the country . |
| 5 | But it is by no means certain what the law is when the goods are on the premises of one who was not responsible for bringing them there and who has committed no tort with respect to them . |
| 6 | I 'm all for bringing them in . ’ |
| 7 | Anyway , on a brighter note … apparently the Arsenal mailing list are pissed off by the Scum mailing list for slagging them off . |
| 8 | One reason for including them here is that the bombings and assassinations of today are the legacy of the civil disturbances of the 1960s . |
| 9 | One can imagine some teachers using the same figures as evidence for using them less . |
| 10 | Since I had taken her from her people , I felt in some degree responsible for seeing them together again . |
| 11 | These arguments are not self-evident and it may be worth spelling them out . |
| 12 | ‘ My reasons for so soon destroying my drawings were these ; though I dare say that they do n't appear so rational to any one but myself : I was obliged to limit the work — in order to get more subscribers — & to erase the drawings — because the expense is considerable for keeping them on , & I have pretty great difficulty in paying my monthly charges , — for to pay colourer & printer monthly I am obstinately pre-possessed — since I had rather be at the bottom of the River Thames — than be one week in debt — be it never so small . |
| 13 | It is still touch and go whether Americans will go into the election feeling better off than four years ago or whether they will still be blaming their President for keeping them comparatively poor — that 's to say , better off on average than anybody else in the world but not by as much as before . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's got a bee in his bonnet about keeping them out of remand homes and prison . |
| 15 | Loving both Augustus Egg and Pablo Picasso and visiting them for decades under the same roof , I feel sentimental about tearing them asunder forever . |
| 16 | I think we 've probably been a bit lax about checking them out . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Which is not surprising , ’ said Narouz , returning after chivvying them out . |
| 18 | Some radiometer readings became corrupted after writing them down and are wholly or partly lost . |
| 19 | Mums found their babies sucking the studs after pulling them off . |
| 20 | But after turning them over to reveal the palms , he declared : ‘ But the palms are so beautiful , the lines so clear and simple , the shape so pure . ’ |
| 21 | After towing them back to their ship we were friends for life and the word soon went round the fleet . |
| 22 | They would fill the waggons from the hoppers at the shaft stations on Deep Level , then after coupling them together , say , in sets of three , the horse would be hitched on and the train hauled out to the grizzleys at the dressing floors . |
| 23 | When the tea was over Maggie brought out two deck chairs from the summer house and after putting them up she pointed to one , saying , ‘ Make yourself comfortable , I 'm going to help Aunt clear up . |
| 24 | Here I have used a soft pencil to describe the birds after tracing them out . |
| 25 | Each client is matched with a trained volunteer who will give support , advice and companionship to that young person through meeting them regularly . |
| 26 | Typically of experienced teachers recognising the potential weakness of the whole venture ( it will in fact only succeed if the pupils are determined to make it succeed — not something one can often rely on ! ) , precautions were adopted such as warning them beforehand to mark out the route they take , and ( the final card up teacher 's sleeve as pupils start to get killed all over the place ) to come in as narrator saying , ‘ Suddenly , for no apparent reason , the danger passed and the members returned to safety ’ ! |
| 27 | We got ta give them back to her ? |
| 28 | He had deeply resented the questions about himself as a personality , but had accepted Kegan 's whispered warning about antagonizing them again , and had submitted with the best grace he could muster . |
| 29 | Where such pupils also have speech impairments , there may be a case for exempting them altogether from — or modifying — some of the assessment arrangements , even if they continue to pursue the attainment targets and programmes of study . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not a great one for carting them all around the country , so Will only contests about a dozen competitions a year ’ . |