Example sentences of "[verb] them [vb infin] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But soon he discovered that politicians were more interesting than colonels so he arranged his soldiers as though they were the House of Commons and made them harangue each other .
2 Married men with children were the group most likely to reply that taxation made them work more hours .
3 But Graham and Russell , if anything more composed , made them defend that advantage , and the Chelsea defence responded with a disorder to which only Ken Monkou was an exception .
4 Often he made them criticize each other 's work .
5 Gravity attracts objects towards each other ; antigravity would make them repel each other .
6 Erm the people who have problems erm I would think , because of of feeling probably the way , they feel about living in the flats or about having to live in that way , does n't make them feel any batter about erm you know any any other particular difficulties that they 're having .
7 With , with regards to Camco 's Eastern European sales drive , does this have any er , implications in terms of er , working capital movements , in terms of helping them fund those acquisitions and what sort of er , provisions perhaps , are you taking on those sales ?
8 As Josephus says : ‘ They also do not value dying any kind of death , nor indeed do they heed the deaths of their relations and friends , nor can any such fear make them call any man Lord … ’
9 We should approach the white public school middle class networks in the business world and let them deliver some money .
10 Beat all these together with a whisk , till all appeareth converted into froth , and let them stand all night .
11 I says , they have a hotel there , so I brought them up to the hotel and took them , he went in and he made arrangements to stay there and then I took them over and let them see this lake dwell this crannagh as they call it .
12 Another was the lack of an accurate theory to help them estimate those conditions .
13 ‘ This information can then be used to help them avoid those situations once they have given up . ’
14 Although the fish are probably using water currents , the sun or a magnetic sense to help them achieve this feat , it has long been suspected that smell is also involved .
15 What seems to be of more use to people are specific things they can do to help them achieve these states .
16 It is clear that practitioners need a framework to help them manage this process , to produce a degree of consistency of purpose , scope , and content of assessment across different practitioners , whilst also enabling the assessment process to be adapted flexibly to individual people and their circumstances .
17 Although they face daily and substantial fluctuations in demand for their output , they wish to ensure that they do have sufficient staff available to help them satisfy this demand .
18 Having educated our clients in relation to the psychology and physiology of anxiety , the next step is to help them break any patterns of avoidance that may have become established .
19 The pupils who come to Learning Support are encouraged to look openly and realistically at their problems and to use departmental resources , staff , accommodation and equipment to help them resolve these problems .
20 Greece and Turkey will be asked to accept that the border between them must not be changed by force , and to agree to a set of ‘ confidence-building measures ’ — pull-backs from the border , inspectors on the ground , aerial reconnaissance — to help them trust each other .
21 But you also use the time you have with your orchestra to help them approach this state , too .
22 If the students we teach have access to video , we need to help them use this opportunity to develop their control of the language they are studying .
23 Obliquely the Shah had agreed to let them start some planning ; it began just as he left for Egypt .
24 There were days when the leaders of the band refused to let them light any kind of fire in case German patrols found them and yet they somehow still had to produce food that the men could eat .
25 ‘ I saw them nudge each other and stare — after all , he is divine .
26 Some women find a cup of strong coffee every hour or so helpful , as it helps them pass more water .
27 Such reading not only consolidates what learners already know , but helps them develop that general ‘ feel for language ’ which can not be readily taught .
28 That lets them use such phrases as ‘ smart cookie ’ and ‘ that 's the way the cookie crumbles ’ — meaning the inevitability of some outcome .
29 She told him if he could not face her and the baby , he must let them leave this place .
30 They had formulated some vague ideas which would let them use this effect to shorten the perceived time it took to play the games they had to play , but the castle clocks , or perhaps the castle itself , seemed unwilling to cooperate .
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