Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dancer , on her way back to the United States , took Dana in her VW to Lisbon , Porto and Bilbao , where I met them , then we drove all the way to Paris . |
| 2 | So I set about a solution which has led to healthy plants which remain where I want them — despite being planted in very high flow undergravel filters . |
| 3 | If I 'm going anywhere where I want them to see me as a ‘ teacher ’ you know with all that that implies , then I 'll wear my wedding ring . |
| 4 | Although I draw them all for you , |
| 5 | Although I had them , I did n't have anyone . |
| 6 | P.S. Although I hate them , one has to admit that there is a touch of class in the fact that 30 of the 160 arrested have just managed to escape . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | No-one said much to me at tea , although I caught them looking at me sometimes as they sipped at their mugs . |
| 9 | before so I lent them , so he 's gone in I go by the same time as him we both got ta sign them |
| 10 | She s still got the fag and matches in her hands , so I take them away from her . |
| 11 | I 'm quite a lazy person so I ignored them . |
| 12 | ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot . |
| 13 | The family could not speak English and my schoolboy French was almost exhausted so I bade them good afternoon but managed to make them understand that I would have dinner with them one evening soon — ‘ An English dinner . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ There are no provisions for new ideas , so I keep them posted in my office until I need them , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Not all mine did , so I left them all as thick as possible and matched the thick with the thin later . |
| 16 | She likes the flowers and plants in her room , so I left them there . |
| 17 | ‘ Corsages were kept in a little drop of water , ’ Harry explained , ‘ but you ca n't plunge a bouquet in a drop of water , so I put them over a bowl of water supported by two canes . |
| 18 | I was afraid of getting an arrow in my eyes , but I suddenly remembered I still had an old pair of reading glasses in my pocket , so I put them on and continued my work . |
| 19 | ‘ Mike thrust them at me before I left , so I brought them with me . |
| 20 | ‘ After The White Lion won they gave me £6,000 and told me to get them another , so I sold them three shares in Rambo 's Hall — who I 'd bought cheaply in a job lot as a yearling — for £1,500 each . |
| 21 | I did n't want to but I was frightened they would think it was true , so I let them do it . |
| 22 | I was jealous and confused , so I let them twist me up — distort everything . |
| 23 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 24 | After he left it occurred to me that Harrington and Lewis might also find my effort useful , so I took them a copy . |
| 25 | ‘ She 'd put Peter Pan collars on them , so I took them off again , and fortunately there was enough stuff left to finish the neck lines . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Until recently , ’ Carl said , ‘ there were no provisions for new ideas , so I kept them in my files until a need arose . |
| 27 | Although the garden is not arranged to a precise colour scheme , Connie has strong views on colour , ‘ I ca n't be doing with strong , deep reds so I use them only in moderation . ’ |
| 28 | Little grains of dry sand stuck to it , so I brushed them off . |
| 29 | I got quite a lot of reading done — John managed to persuade one of the nice Italian staff at the British Council Library to let me have two more books than my five allowed , so I had them on her ticket ! |
| 30 | One of the kids asked about the foal and it suddenly occurred to me they 'd like to see all the mares , so I had them brought inside specially for visitors ' day . " |