Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] them [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Or someone makes them up , of course .
2 The old memories were stuffed back into the dark , locked cupboard at the very back of her mind , where she kept them safely shut away .
3 You let them in to have a laugh at them or you let them in because you want to listen to what they 're saying .
4 Either you accept them as they are , or you reject them completely . ’
5 If necessary , he or she will advise on the detailed layout of the cash books , and suggest that he or she reviews them occasionally to ensure their adequacy .
6 Next we visited a grain processing mill , a hospital where they proudly displayed their own X-ray machine , a chicken-incubating factory , and a fish farm , where we watched them ingeniously catching fish with an enormous net stretched right across the fish-pool .
7 But as you say , switch off first and then still use a stick or something to get them away because it maybe the switch does n't work and maybe that 's why they 've been electrocuted in the first place .
8 And for at least one parent , there was an awareness that sometimes children 's sense of justice can be hurt by parents not taking some of the blame : ‘ If a kid arrives late for school , or is not properly dressed , then that 's not the kid 's fault , it 's the mother 's fault , or whoever got them out in the morning .
9 where they shove them up
10 Tanjung said : ‘ Witnesses claim that police are taking the arrested demonstrators to the central Timisoara square , where they beat them up and stab them with bayonets , before shoving them into lorries and driving them away no one knows where . ’
11 It is possible to allow the child to move the existing words about the screen by means of a light pen , cursor control or joystick , but requiring him or her to type them in encourages correct spelling and concentration .
12 When they immediately reacted with their automatic alarm response of rolling up into a tight ball , the entire family promptly rolled down the slope of the hill and came to rest at the man 's feet , where he picked them up and popped them into his collecting bag .
13 Or it killed them straight off .
14 Either he took the first plane to Dublin , or he rejected them out of hand .
15 I do n't know whether he was turned down by them , or he turned them down , or something , I do n't know .
16 ‘ I just do n't understand how planes work or what keeps them up there .
17 I found that I put them back into their correct order with ease and , for the first and last time , achieved some distinction in the marking .
18 On one occasion I was round at a neighbour 's house and despite my warnings that it could get rather messy , they insisted that I show them how Dawn fed .
19 Perhaps it was for this reason that I hated them as much as I resented menstruation itself .
20 I used to miss my mother and father dreadfully when I was younger , and now I feel a certain amount of guilt that I need them so little , think of them so seldom .
21 Cos they keep telling cos I owe them so many hours they keep coming up to me and telling me that I owe them so many hours , you signed the contract saying you 've got whatever happens .
22 Ronni gritted her teeth in silence as he went on , ‘ It 's in your interests as well that I find them quickly .
23 I thought it was n't fair that I should begin to show when I was barely into my fourth month , and I got angry with my clothes , as if it were their fault that I pulled them out of shape .
24 Those Belgians must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time , and they probably saw something they should n't have seen , so someone shut them up for good .
25 She s still got the fag and matches in her hands , so I take them away from her .
26 She likes the flowers and plants in her room , so I left them there .
27 I was afraid of getting an arrow in my eyes , but I suddenly remembered I still had an old pair of reading glasses in my pocket , so I put them on and continued my work .
28 ‘ Corsages were kept in a little drop of water , ’ Harry explained , ‘ but you ca n't plunge a bouquet in a drop of water , so I put them over a bowl of water supported by two canes .
29 ‘ She 'd put Peter Pan collars on them , so I took them off again , and fortunately there was enough stuff left to finish the neck lines . ’
30 Although the garden is not arranged to a precise colour scheme , Connie has strong views on colour , ‘ I ca n't be doing with strong , deep reds so I use them only in moderation . ’
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