Example sentences of "them [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when I said I was family — well , yes , I know it was n't true but it seemed near enough the truth to use to persuade them neither of them would give her away . ’ |
| 2 | The Pru has half a million motorists on its books and is sending them each a booklet when their policies are renewed explaining the benefits of conversion . |
| 3 | She was a woman from an age quite different from Erika 's own ; separated by a gulf , a measureless chasm of experience distancing them each from the other as surely as though they were beings from two different planets . |
| 4 | He made them each a cup of tea , listing other jobs for which he was not suitable . |
| 5 | For various reasons they were wrong ; but illusion of continuity was easily available because they had at least some of their kinsmen at close quarters , met them and socialized with them each day . |
| 6 | After that Mr Jotter gave them each a long word typed on a piece of card . |
| 7 | She had enticed them in like an old witch , Val said , by talking volubly to them in the garden about the quietness of the place , giving them each a small , gold , furry apricot from the espaliered trees along the curving brick wall . |
| 8 | This approach recognises continuing activities as part of the School Development Plan , but forces justification of them each year . |
| 9 | A father instituted his son and daughter heirs and left them each prior legacies of certain lands and loan books . |
| 10 | They went into the hut and the Bārakotes gave them each a bowl of buffalo milk . |
| 11 | Anne Jay , who checks in the contestants and hands them each a medal for completing the race , said the average age of those taking part is twenty to thirty-five years — ‘ then they come to their senses ! ’ |
| 12 | When the children arrive you give them each a balloon and make up a convenient number of teams . |
| 13 | Indeed , she told me that she looked forward to practising them each evening as it formed such a peaceful interlude in her anxious life . |
| 14 | A lot of mums , however , still lay out their twenty-year-old 's washed and ironed clothes on the bed for them each morning and continuously clean up after them , catering for their every need . |
| 15 | But the new game she had invented of punishing one or both of them each time they were beastly to her made her life more or less bearable . |
| 16 | ( People drive cars despite knowing that thousands die in them each year . ) |
| 17 | If you need glasses or contact lenses to reach the eyesight standard , you must wear them each time you drive . |
| 18 | Both she and Patsy still had to sleep in a cot because their father had not bothered as yet to buy them each a proper bed . |
| 19 | Kolchinsky handed them each a dossier which contained details of their particular assignment ( to be destroyed after reading ) and , in Sabrina 's case , an airline ticket , maps of Beirut , written confirmation of her hotel booking , the name of her contact and a sum of money in Lebanese pounds . |
| 20 | But today he cut them each two thick slices , beautifully juicy with blood . |
| 21 | Mid morning he would yell out to the trainees during lulls in activity : " Everyone off the phone " When all had complied , he instructed them each to write on a piece of paper ten numbers out of the 40 that corresponded with the internal telephone lines . |
| 22 | One of the most important of these relates to their ‘ input ’ , in terms of the number of offenders who come before them each year . |
| 23 | It was estimated that families in Easthall were paying £1 million between them each year heating the sky above Glasgow because as soon as they turned on the heat , it went straight out their windows and walls . |
| 24 | But strange occurrences prompt them each to wonder whether Xorandor 's progeny may not again be interfering with human activities . |
| 25 | ‘ Time ’ had given them each other , and clearly that was as far as it was prepared to go . |
| 26 | This charity does magnificent work for children , caring for over 11,000 of them each year ; today they run 200 projects , about which I have written in previous diaries . |
| 27 | One of the Trust 's most precious assets is the experience , skill and commitment of its staff ; this has its reward in the standards of upkeep and presentation of the properties , and in the enjoyment which the members and wider public , in their tens of millions , gain from them each year . |
| 28 | It was the widow 's custom to leave a jug of milk for them each night after milking , she gave it as a gift in thanks , she said , for their support of an unfortunate woman on her own . |
| 29 | ‘ It is important that we break the system into manageable tasks and tackle them each in turn , in order of priority . |
| 30 | Lisa came back downstairs again after bidding her goodnight to find Alexander in the drawing-room , pouring them each a brandy . |