Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] them [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The present stance involves banning the people of the province from its ranks yet drawing up policies for them which will radically affect their lives . |
| 2 | The plan turned out to be North 's own favoured ‘ final act ’ for the contras : that if Congress did not approve any more money for them they would seize a piece of Nicaragua , establish a provisional government and there make a last stand , while the American Navy blockaded the rest of the country . |
| 3 | Had she not taken her weight off them they would simply have given way . |
| 4 | Yeah we should get sixty pound for them I should think . |
| 5 | They admit it 's expensive , but say that by sharing the aircraft between them it should provide value for money . |
| 6 | On the right side of them you 'd never guess |
| 7 | And with an east wind behind them they could not abruptly halt . |
| 8 | We noticed that quite often if people ate the sandwich they left the cake , or vice versa , so when we used to collect the trays from them we would take whatever was left . |
| 9 | If you buy your engagement ring from them you will get a 10 per cent discount on your wedding ring or rings . |
| 10 | The Irish have settled into this country and there are communities of them all over do they go and see your concerts and if they do that must mean a great deal to them I should think ? |
| 11 | He also had an unerring instinct , when faced with awkward legal problems , of finding solutions to them which would work in practice . |
| 12 | Frodo perceives the colours of Cerin Amroth accordingly as at once ‘ fresh ’ and familiar , with a light on them he can not identify : ‘ On the land of Lórien there was no stain . ’ |
| 13 | Pupils ' general knowledge about sizes of units and the relationships among them which could assist them to get a " feel " for numbers and help them decide whether measurements were reasonable , was lacking . |
| 14 | I said to one of them that if I wanted to take advantage of them it would be then . |
| 15 | Pretty fair stack of them I should think , was n't there ? |
| 16 | About six feet below them they could hear thumps and scrapes as the luckless Stim dug his way down into the darkness . |
| 17 | From the hall behind them they could hear the commotion as their comrades and the invaders fought hand to hand . |
| 18 | But I am sure there will be many former BC employees at Dawdon and Murton among them who will be wondering what might have been had Clarke shown his colours sooner rather than later . |
| 19 | Defence against acqua alta concentrates on the restructuring of the Lido , Malamocco and Chioggia entrances to the Lagoon , and the positioning of mobile barriers across them which would normally lie flat on the sea bed . |
| 20 | Every time he removed his glasses to wipe the rain off them he could see that everyone was taking advantage of his short-sightedness to stare at him and grin and point . |
| 21 | The reforms which might be expected from this theoretical starting-point are moves towards market mechanisms or some surrogate for them which can be used both to influence the behaviour of bureaucrats by giving them a different set of incentives , and to increase the range of choice available to the consumers of public — in this case particularly local government — services . |
| 22 | If it means business for them I should think they should want to do more . |
| 23 | And you think that by waging war against them you will resolve this present situation . ’ |
| 24 | I was told I should lend that classroom to them I ca n't ge really get out first and that should be my turn to be out first today . |
| 25 | If you 've left that contract with them you 'd never see it again . |
| 26 | Giving her reasons for that the mother said that she wished access to be resumed at some point in the future , that D remembered her as the natural mother , and there was a bond between them which would be cut off or damaged by adoption . |
| 27 | Provided your ferrets are trained and have been handled well and you have developed a good relationship with them they will not bite you . |
| 28 | Similarly , ‘ thank you ’ requires a response from them which can range from the cheerful to the stony silence . |
| 29 | At first she and Ernest had been completely mystified , for how could some solicitors they had never met have any news for them which would be ‘ to their advantage ’ ? |
| 30 | If there is trouble for them they will find a way of paying me back for revealing their names . |