Example sentences of "[to-vb] them [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what a sight it was to see them day after day , night after night , huddled in corners , crowded around drinks machines , arguing and agreeing , debating and disclaiming . |
| 2 | Five or six in one part of the hall would create a din , and when Blackshirt stewards approached to eject them scores of Red colleagues would arise to join in the battle . |
| 3 | Or trying to erm save but who wants to wear them kind of trousers ? |
| 4 | Is she alright now without them or does she have to wear them part of the time ? |
| 5 | you know , give them a lift home , and they felt that it was a bit discourteous to be asked to write them name in the book every time , and it it I mean it seemed to be quite reasonable that we 're |
| 6 | There were moves yesterday to find them accommodation in local hotels and guest houses . |
| 7 | Most of the climbers are equipped with Oxygen cylinders to help them breath at high alititudes . |
| 8 | I would hope to look them eye to eye and speak to them as one of humanity as I am , as people who have suffered as I have , and as have 3,000 people in Northern Ireland and as the Balls now have in Warrington . |
| 9 | By this valley of the Glen water Douglas had surely intended to make his way back to Kelso , for he had brought his army out of the cleft of Wooler close under the hills , bearing west , and only when they were clear of the town and close to Homildon village had they become aware of the English army drawn up facing them , closing this route , and in a position also to deny them access to the more easterly route by the Till . |
| 10 | ‘ Does the profession — preparers and auditors — want the new regime to give them principles on which they can use their professional judgment or are they looking for a cookbook ? |
| 11 | No , you 're not supposed to give them loads of veg ! |
| 12 | To give them life by thinking them again is hard enough . |
| 13 | Do think the rest of us in , in , in the Western world have a duty to give them money to , to help sort out the pollution problem ? |
| 14 | All of these guidelines , many of them well-intentioned and prepared with care , have been aimed at making primary schools fulfil a predetermined function — to prepare young children for the secondary stage and to give them enthusiasm for learning . |
| 15 | Allen pulled one back for West Ham to give them hope of at least a point . |
| 16 | A group of children were using some workcards designed by the teacher to give them experience of working independently and helping one another over difficulties . |
| 17 | By involving everyone , the teacher included certain children who were frequently excluded from spontaneous groups , to give them experience of cooperative work . |
| 18 | The MP said it was the duty of the Government to ask the Saudis to give special consideration to Britons working in their country and , in effect , to give them dispensation from certain of the Islamic punishments . |
| 19 | Sean Robinson , Middlesex 's full-back , scored two tries in the final five minutes to give them victory over Hertfordshire by one point , 22-21 , in the Toshiba County Championship at Croxley Green to go into the London play-off . |
| 20 | They expected the angels to come down and join battle with them — ‘ the sons of light ’ — against their enemies — ‘ the sons of darkness ’ — and to give them victory over all other peoples . |
| 21 | There was then a nervous wait for Ray Younger who finished in 35th place as fourth scorer to give them victory by two points over North Belfast with Albertville a further two points adrift . |
| 22 | The supreme quality of marine pearls which caused the Romans to give them priority among all other materials for jewellery is their lustre or ‘ orient ’ , counterpart of the ‘ fire ’ of diamonds . |
| 23 | Ken Hunter , the youngest national chairman in BAIE history , has two main aims during his year in office : to listen to what members say and to give them value for money . |
| 24 | To pay the bank daily to do things with it and then to start adding to those costs which a bank charges by using all these sophisticated methods when we can in fact do what most staff want , which is to give them cash in a little brown envelope on a Thursday . |
| 25 | Her aim had been to get the girls excited about mathematics , and to give them confidence in their own ability . |
| 26 | ‘ We need two points and if we refuse to give them time on the ball then I do n't see why not . |
| 27 | I asked Jeanne to find as many friends as possible to accompany her on walks with Moby , and to give them control of the lead and take him away to explore without her if they felt confident . |
| 28 | Nor is it enough to give them details of exercise and sport and then assume that they will simply become more active . |
| 29 | As the oil majors integrated forwards into petrochemicals , some chemical companies such as Du Pont bought oil companies to give them access to captive sources of petrochemical feedstock . |
| 30 | The project proposes to find out how far the thinking of these pupils can be advanced , over a period of two years , to give them access to concepts which hitherto they would not have had . |