Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] them [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is confident that between them they can do their bit towards the deciding Test in a gripping series with Pakistan ‘ being remembered for the right reasons . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You know , ’ he said , ‘ you people have a habit sometimes of coming here to Israel with some specific details and thinking that from them you can deduce some universal truth . |
| 3 | You select the facts that are telling ( pun intended ) , the facts that will advance your story or make clear your characters or even make your locations easy to assimilate , and you hope that from them you can produce something that is not too far distant from the unwritable reality . |
| 4 | A spokesperson commented : ‘ It 's true that without them we may well have closed . ’ |
| 5 | Never let the politicians get hold of your own particular source of comfort and kid you that without them it will not survive . |
| 6 | When he crossed the Glen it would be in his own good time , and with an eye to what prizes were left alive for the taking , and for them he would fight as doughtily as any man if he must . |
| 7 | Nobody else in this dive has any money , and for them it will he a long cold evening . |
| 8 | The unpainted doors were padlocked and above them he could vaguely make out the name Strauss , the paintwork having been abraded over the years by the weather . |
| 9 | Many hundreds of casts of these human fossils have since been made , and from them we can learn a good deal about the last appalling hours in the life of Pompeii . |
| 10 | So if some 500 million years ago , an astronaut , from some other planet passed near the earth , he could easily have noticed in the blue seas , a few new and mysterious turquoise shapes ; and from them he might have guessed that life on earth had really started . |
| 11 | It 's a sort of primitive law of survival — find someone worse off than yourself and beside them you will blossom . |
| 12 | And without them we could n't function properly . |
| 13 | The approaching flames were nearer now , and beyond them he could see the villagers trying to peer through the smoke to make out what was happening . |
| 14 | He was speaking to someone and beyond them I could see a brightly lit room with vast chandeliers and women in white dresses . |
| 15 | They may not be the best of friends , but between them they can quite well be left in charge of Harry and Hillmarden for a few days . ’ |
| 16 | His fingers met the soft , masking texture of cloth , but beneath them he could feel her warmth , the firm softness of her sex . |
| 17 | Regulations about auditing pension funds hinder profitability , but without them nobody would get a fair pension . |
| 18 | ‘ But without them it will look much better , I promise , and if we take out these awful shoulder-pads … ’ |
| 19 | Here and now he was with them and while with them he would enjoy . |
| 20 | To you , the phone call may be just one of many activities packed into a busy day ; whereas to them it might be the main event . |
| 21 | Your mental and physical well-being are vital , as without them you will not be able to fulfil the tasks you have before you . |