Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Middlesbrough were stronger defensively in the second half as , surprisingly , Swindon tried to upset them with a long-ball game rather , than with their usual slick passing style . |
| 2 | It just takes a smile or a joke , and Kriss Akabusi has won them round . |
| 3 | Cardiff moved to join them … and at last he could see what the others were seeing . |
| 4 | I only ask because Mr Hamlyn has made them look remarkably similar — the main difference is that Ms Rendell has a splendid pair of naked buttocks perched on her head where her hair should be . |
| 5 | The ex-running champ sprinted like her idol Linford Christie to try to catch them after they raided her home . |
| 6 | On and off the pitch United 's decade under the Maxwells has given them a brief but all too short taste of glory . |
| 7 | Isabel tried to yank them free . |
| 8 | Bernard has to keep them all in his study . |
| 9 | Even that buttock-licker Pybus seems worried that Pahdra Singh has replaced them with his shifty brothers but , as I told Crowe , having a property developer , an estate agent and a supermarket magnate on the board can only be good for the club . |
| 10 | They also insisted that they would blow up the mines if Ceauşescu tried to force them back to work . |
| 11 | But the conservatives , fearing a Mitterrand manoeuvre to split them , have denounced the proposed reforms as an attempt to distract voters . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In the recent cup tie at Stradey Park I was saddened to see their lack of commitment , but a recent big win at Newport has given them more confidence and I think that we should watch out for them next season . |
| 14 | Their other demands were met , or at least Ceauşescu promised to satisfy them . |
| 15 | Steve Royle says that Bert has won them many boat races . |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps Roman is just what Dana needs to bring them out , ’ Claudia said . |
| 17 | Lathes were introduced to China perhaps as early as the Ming dynasty and were still being used in the jade workshops of Peking when Howard Hansford came to study them in 1938–9 . |
| 18 | The other Rex turned to greet them . |
| 19 | Leonard Bilsiter enjoyed telling them all about Siberian Magic and hidden powers . |
| 20 | In May 1947 , after mounting disagreements , the Communists refused to support the government in a vote of confidence and premier Paul Ramadier decided to expel them from office . |
| 21 | With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid . |
| 22 | Cadfael went to meet them as Sulien lighted down to speak hurriedly to the porter . |
| 23 | 7 ‘ RAILWAYS : If Napoleon had had them at his disposition , he would have been invincible . |
| 24 | Dustin left to join them at 11.30 . |
| 25 | Only when they were sitting down in the chop-house and Dr Neil had ordered them soup and rolls , followed by lamb chops with seasonal vegetables , and a glass of red wine each — ‘ Good for your shattered nerves , ’ he said gravely — and they were waiting for the soup to arrive did Sally-Anne have time to look about her . |
| 26 | Of course , Matey was not best pleased that she had taken so long to come home — or so McAllister thought when the older woman came towards them after Dr Neil had let them both in . |
| 27 | The visitors were joined by the monstrous dog who 'd come from the main house : her name , Apanage had told them , was Fawn . |
| 28 | Donna had called them from Jackie Quinn 's house , telling Jackie there was nothing to worry about . |
| 29 | It was reported that Yazov , Kryuchkov , Baklanov and Tizyakov had flown to meet Gorbachev in the Crimea , where Gorbachev had had them arrested ( his 32-strong bodyguard having remained with him ) . |
| 30 | The terrible Human-hungry creature that Fael-Inis had warned them against … |