Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] them [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Like to come wiv me next week ? ’ offered Rose , the bus slowly bringing them nearer home with each plodding step . |
| 2 | Mike Benton 's ideas are reminiscent of those of Tony Swain and Gillian Cooper-Driver who proposed that dinosaurs became extinct through their dietary requirements They suggested that the development of alkaloidal synthesis of cyanogenic glycoside precursors in the early angiosperms made them unpalatable to the dinosaurs , effectively starving them into extinction . |
| 3 | When the registration forms came through , she apparently mistook them for election bumf and threw them away . |
| 4 | He may regard them as curious examples of another civilization or occasionally view with incredulity the ways of city people and industrial workers , but he will only regard them with envy when television reinforces the evaluations already implanted personally by friends and kin with whom he identifies . |
| 5 | This section will focus on solicitors ' charges but will only consider them in outline . |
| 6 | These heavily armoured dorads are easily entangled in fine nets , so catch them with care . |
| 7 | These heavily-armoured dorads are easily entangled in fine nets so catch them with care . |
| 8 | He he 'd obviously done them in school |
| 9 | Thus , concentrations of zinc and copper may not correlate with concentrations of protons because the pH could have two opposing effects — it could facilitate the transfer of zinc and copper into gastric juice at a high pH but then only release them from mucus at low pH . |
| 10 | Of course we do n't carry sub-aqua gear to check out these features before fishing : we can only discover them through practice . |
| 11 | It seemed outrageously unfair that after so long she could not have him to herself and she hoped that his lodger would be tactful enough to leave them in peace during her visit . |
| 12 | The AIC can not expel members , but only demote them from Fellow or Professional Associate to Associate . |
| 13 | It would be uncharitable to suggest that the lead makers prefer this line because it not only keeps them in business , but shifts the immediate cost to the motorist and gives the motor components business a chance to make more money . |
| 14 | It will enable farmers to receive the special Weatherfax forecasts daily to guide them on crop spraying — helping to save around ten per cent of chemical input — and all other outdoor activities . |
| 15 | But chimpanzees do not breed well in captivity , partly because of a long pregnancy and childhood , and trapping them in the wild is expensive and wasteful enough to put them at risk of extinction . |
| 16 | He glared across the breakfast table at them , quenching the morning cheerfulness in the kitchen , and fiercely examined them at tea-time as if to see what the day had done to them . |
| 17 | It is doubtful how many of those who bestow gifts of coral on infants appreciate that their forebears did so to protect them from bewitchment . |
| 18 | This , for Nelson , is the soul of Berlioz 's art , the musical equivalent of jeweller setting gemstones in precious metal , not merely to hold them in place , but to show them off to their greatest advantage . |
| 19 | And there was a further link between rogues , masterless men , and the players ; according to some observers the theatres quite literally brought them into association , being the place ‘ for vagrant persons , Masterless men , thieves … contrivers of treason , and other idle and dangerous persons to meet together ’ ( Chambers , Elizabethan Stage , iv . |
| 20 | The mortgage company had acted with forbearance , only taking them to court as a last resort . |
| 21 | The real mystery about his story is not why two wives refused to make love to him , but how he stopped talking about himself long enough to invite them to bed in the first place . |
| 22 | ‘ Barn owls ? ’ he said ; ‘ well , they might be an' all as we only close them at night . |
| 23 | This was put by an MP of long experience to the House of Commons Environment Committee : ‘ If you want to save these buildings , you will only save them by stealth . ’ |
| 24 | So putting them in balance , I still want to hope that the light will overcome the darkness . " |
| 25 | In a flash of inspiration , they replaced the oil with mashed bananas , which lubricated the engine just long enough to get them to civilisation . |
| 26 | You wo n't need sensible work shoes anyway so leave them at home — they deserve a holiday from your feet . |
| 27 | You 'd better put them in touch with me . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Our policy has always been to look after our customers , not alone supplying them with greeting cards , but also providing them with the back-up services , such as merchandising , advertising material and general advice on how to lay out an effective display , ’ he added . |
| 29 | [ … ] Legal prohibition is an important way of either preventing individuals and firms from creating external costs , or forcing the perpetrators to internalize the cost and so reflect them in market prices . |
| 30 | Ice on steps and pathways is a real danger in winter so sprinkle them with sand . |