Example sentences of "them come " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
| 2 | He went up there a couple of times and stood outside on the pavement forcing leaflets on people , trying to get them to come inside . |
| 3 | The two of them clung together , soggily , hugging closer and closer until Rachel knocked on the door and asked them to come out . |
| 4 | For all her encouragement to them to come at any time to her house , Rose herself was wary of calling at Great Meadow . |
| 5 | If they do , it is thought unwise to allow them to come and settle in this country by and large . |
| 6 | ‘ The ball is now in Scotland , we wait for them to come back , ’ he said . |
| 7 | We did not go in search of miracles , we invited them to come to us . |
| 8 | ‘ In the end we asked them to come and sit at the back of the stage , ’ Miss Picon recalled . |
| 9 | For the Autumn 1955 issue , Mary Short of Norwich wrote an article entitled ‘ Compel them to Come in ’ predicting that the WEA would die a natural death unless more young members were recruited and advocating adventurous experiment : ‘ it may mean holding afternoon classes , or running a baby-sitter service so that young couples with children can come … has any Branch tried to recruit new members by advertising courses on child psychology at ante-natal clinics and infant welfare centres ? ’ . |
| 10 | They know that their children are stronger than them in many ways and it is hard for them to come to terms with that and still keep their dignity and self-respect . |
| 11 | 3 ) ‘ When the babies are very young leave them to come to terms with others at their own pace . ’ |
| 12 | Syria had been invited to come to help Sister Lebanon , they announced , and President Franjieh himself had asked them to come . |
| 13 | He may have left The Bar accompanied , but you never saw him following anyone , gazing after someone or persuading them to come home with him . |
| 14 | The Frenchmen were keen to join up , but the snag was persuading the French authorities in the Middle East to permit them to come under British command . |
| 15 | Visiting friends can be a great help for this , and you can ask them to come prepared with items to read to the patient , or ideas to discuss . |
| 16 | Her palms were sweating as she stood in the wings in her best green dress waiting for them to come off so that she could get on . |
| 17 | If Jennie ordered baths to be taken it was William who escorted them , gave them soap and a towel and waited for them to come out . |
| 18 | I 'm going to phone home and reverse the charges and get them to come and fetch me . |
| 19 | They 'll only phone Mum and Dad and get them to come and take me back . |
| 20 | A moment later he came out , a small figure , and waved them to come on . |
| 21 | Tell them to come . ’ |
| 22 | She did not actually concentrate on the birds which happened to be there , nor did she feel any desire to feel them or encourage them to come near her — but she was quite able to relax knowing that they were there in the background . |
| 23 | It is usual for them to come in two equal length pieces to fit a central ferrule . |
| 24 | The director , Mr Lee , she said , had written to the parents , inviting them to come and talk . |
| 25 | The parents had n't been offered any sort of advice or counselling ; they had all received a letter from Paul Lee inviting them to come and talk to his department , but no one had offered them any information about their children ; if they wanted that they had to ring up the department and ask for it . |
| 26 | Someone out there must know something and I appeal to them to come forward . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We are desperate for them to come forward . ’ |
| 28 | According to Ms Leith , the designers have gone for a ‘ serious and conventional restaurant ’ look ‘ which will not frighten members with too much yuppie jazzdom ’ , but which is also fun — ‘ witty , modern and stylish enough to encourage them to come ’ . |
| 29 | He wished them happiness , but he did n't ask them to come home . |
| 30 | One possible answer for Ian being found away from his family is that he knew he was in danger , and expected them to come after him . |