Example sentences of "[noun pl] [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 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 .
3 He also had an unerring instinct , when faced with awkward legal problems , of finding solutions to them which would work in practice .
4 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 .
5 About six feet below them they could hear thumps and scrapes as the luckless Stim dug his way down into the darkness .
6 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 .
7 but until he shows national agreements to them you 'll never get that agreed will ?
8 Now I know said I was but I give the impression from that if you shake hands with them you should count your fingers afterwards
9 Frequently , when they feel the physiotherapist 's hands on them they will begin to cry .
10 Speaking on radio the man , whose wife was assaulted , said : ‘ If I had got my hands on them I would have broken their arms . ’
11 Although he died in 1807 , he had by then planned the ‘ canalization ’ of the three rivers and the construction of the walls alongside them which can still be seen today .
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