Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] them [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
2 | Hell , I had a bumper sticker saying ‘ Have You Hugged Your Kids Today ? ’ and , sure , I hugged them every day I could , but nowadays I sometimes wonder just what in hell is going on inside their heads . |
3 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
4 | So I mean in the shop I , I did sell for the National Trust once but I s I sold them the . |
5 | They said they would not let my back into the village until I got them a ration card and some wheat . |
6 | Three of them floated in a sea of garlic and tomato and although I found them no better than chewy chicken my wife told me they were well up to scratch . |
7 | Actually I found them a lot more convenient than |
8 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
9 | ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow . |
10 | Later , when Frankie and Liza , my brother and sister , came in from playing I told them the sad news , but they did n't seem very upset . |
11 | I told them the truth — he visits me , but he does n't live here . |
12 | I told them the arguments put forward by Visual Effects , only to be told in return manufacturing a conical base would have been much easier as it could all have been done from one two-part mould in half the time . ’ |
13 | That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ? |
14 | I showed them the place where the monster had jumped into the lake . |
15 | But she added : ‘ The people at work think I 'm insane and when I showed them the video of the bungee jump it just confirmed their opinion that I 'm a lunatic . ’ |
16 | As I handed them the keys to their new home it was like unlocking the door to their future happiness . ’ |
17 | My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled . |
18 | I heard them no sooner I turned to walk away which I did after a brief moment 's hesitation when I wrestled with the foolish notion of somehow eliciting a confession out of the florid man that he was lying and that Leicester Square did indeed exist ; not realizing then that he was right , and that there really was no such place as Lei-cester Square . |
19 | In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married . |
20 | And I offered them a fiver to pay o for the van but they did n't take it . |
21 | For those who are wondering why I have this set-up , the three were introduced at a small size when I thought them a male and two females ; and I am unwilling to upset a settled pair by unnecessarily removing the decor and setting two with a net ! |
22 | After he left it occurred to me that Harrington and Lewis might also find my effort useful , so I took them a copy . |
23 | So I sent them a tape of stuff , and they liked that track . |
24 | So I sent them a tape of stuff , and they liked that track . |
25 | And they , the company wrote back and said it 's so much a policy and looks reasonable and I sent them a bloody cheque you see |
26 | You know , I sent them a card , Mark and Trish . |
27 | I sent them the recycling . |
28 | I gave them a three-hour lecture on the basic principles of stochastics , he said . |
29 | They took me to West End Central and , instead of telling them what had really happened , I gave them a story . |
30 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |