Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] them [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My feeling now after driving them all again is that the direction , the aspirations of the range , are as middle of the road as ever . |
| 2 | Mrs Browning had declared it was all too bad , too dreadful an imposition to have been responsible for and that she would not be able to look the Ogilvys in the eye ever again after causing them such vexation . |
| 3 | After supporting them all day I could use some support myself . ’ |
| 4 | South Korean President Roh Tae Woo dismissed two members of his Cabinet and the governor of North Chungchong province on Sept. 19 , after holding them responsible for the massive damage which resulted from severe flooding earlier in the month in Seoul and the central region of the country . |
| 5 | After asking them all about their latest film , their hobbies , their lovers , wives , husbands , children , and anything else of interest , our researchers will come back with their tape-recorded notes , pick out the best bits of their interview and write up a biography . |
| 6 | The 25-year-old striker scored 13 goals in 50 games for Norwich after joining them two years ago from Port Vale for £925,000 , but has been left out of the squad for the past 11 games . |
| 7 | And she was subjected to the same technique Courtney used to ensnare women he assaulted after offering them drugged wine . |
| 8 | We may even feel , as certainly I do , that some of the later cantos are of such a nature that it 's hard to conceive in any age of a way of encountering them other than the way we 're here embarked upon . |
| 9 | There are various ways of using them one way , to look through which yo , which you have to see the light , you know , otherwise you wo n't see it ! |
| 10 | I 'm sick of seeing them all ! |
| 11 | " It 's the old story of catching them young , " he said . |
| 12 | It will be a complete change to report these facts instead of keeping them secret . |
| 13 | While the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the British Medical Association counselled caution on closures , the impressive period architecture of asylums has attracted the interest of architects in the possibilities of preserving them intact with a resident population . |
| 14 | You should ask them both questions on the card , that way we 've got a better chance of getting them bloody card for yourself in n it ? |
| 15 | You may yet find a way of getting them both . |
| 16 | At that time the young ferrets are being handled regularly and this process of getting them accustomed to human touch and handling continues through every cleaning-out stage . |
| 17 | Any chance of buying them all a pair of slippers each ? |
| 18 | If the adventurers are not very knowledgeable about Constant Drachenfels , this is a novel way of feeding them some more information . |
| 19 | The other men were standing well to one side expecting violence and the soldier finished his cigarette and put his hands into his pockets instead of holding them high . |
| 20 | With the family reaching working age it seemed sensible to take advantage of the expanding market for organic produce and increase the chances of supporting them all from the farm . |
| 21 | Every such case demands serious consideration , and the burden of considering them all must be substantial . |
| 22 | Within the past hour has announced that a review is being launched into the future of three pits in Yorkshire with the intention of closing them all down . |
| 23 | These will probably be things that they would have kept as a matter of course in their store cupboard in earlier days , but have gradually dropped off their shopping list as they grew older and only had themselves to cook for ; so there is no question of giving them new ideas — only trying to revive old ones , which may tempt them to prepare more varied and nourishing meals to achieve a balanced diet . |
| 24 | Getting children talking about texts in groups after reading them is one way of giving them this power with texts . |
| 25 | It appeared that Josh Cohen had no intention of giving them any trouble — just as Hardy had predicted . |
| 26 | Instead we need to reflect on them , ponder and wonder , find out all we can about them , learn to appreciate some of the time-honoured ways of approaching them such as meditation and prayer , and be prepared to think about these matters in all sorts of different situations and moods . |
| 27 | You should re-write the sentences below making them non-discriminatory . |
| 28 | He had no way of carrying them all off , but two of the volumes were dated to cover the period of the insulin project as Diane had described it . |
| 29 | The phrase " factory system " was already entering the language when , in 1807 , Davies Gilbert MP , a distinguished scientist , declared : However specious in theory the project might be of giving education to the labouring classes of the poor , it would in effect be prejudicial to their morals and happiness : it would teach them to despise their lot in life , instead of making them good servants to agriculture and other laborious employments to which their rank in society had destined them ; instead of teaching them subordination , it would render them factious and refractory , as was evident in the manufacturing counties . |
| 30 | The effect of making them arrestable is that it gives the police certain powers of entry and search under section 17 and 18 while investigating the offences in question . |