Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] them [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan turned out to be North 's own favoured ‘ final act ’ for the contras : that if Congress did not approve any more money for them they would seize a piece of Nicaragua , establish a provisional government and there make a last stand , while the American Navy blockaded the rest of the country . |
| 2 | Had she not taken her weight off them they would simply have given way . |
| 3 | Yeah we should get sixty pound for them I should think . |
| 4 | On the right side of them you 'd never guess |
| 5 | And with an east wind behind them they could not abruptly halt . |
| 6 | If you buy your engagement ring from them you will get a 10 per cent discount on your wedding ring or rings . |
| 7 | The Irish have settled into this country and there are communities of them all over do they go and see your concerts and if they do that must mean a great deal to them I should think ? |
| 8 | Frodo perceives the colours of Cerin Amroth accordingly as at once ‘ fresh ’ and familiar , with a light on them he can not identify : ‘ On the land of Lórien there was no stain . ’ |
| 9 | I said to one of them that if I wanted to take advantage of them it would be then . |
| 10 | Pretty fair stack of them I should think , was n't there ? |
| 11 | From the hall behind them they could hear the commotion as their comrades and the invaders fought hand to hand . |
| 12 | Every time he removed his glasses to wipe the rain off them he could see that everyone was taking advantage of his short-sightedness to stare at him and grin and point . |
| 13 | The reforms which might be expected from this theoretical starting-point are moves towards market mechanisms or some surrogate for them which can be used both to influence the behaviour of bureaucrats by giving them a different set of incentives , and to increase the range of choice available to the consumers of public — in this case particularly local government — services . |
| 14 | If it means business for them I should think they should want to do more . |
| 15 | And you think that by waging war against them you will resolve this present situation . ’ |
| 16 | I was told I should lend that classroom to them I ca n't ge really get out first and that should be my turn to be out first today . |
| 17 | If you 've left that contract with them you 'd never see it again . |
| 18 | Giving her reasons for that the mother said that she wished access to be resumed at some point in the future , that D remembered her as the natural mother , and there was a bond between them which would be cut off or damaged by adoption . |
| 19 | Provided your ferrets are trained and have been handled well and you have developed a good relationship with them they will not bite you . |
| 20 | Similarly , ‘ thank you ’ requires a response from them which can range from the cheerful to the stony silence . |
| 21 | At first she and Ernest had been completely mystified , for how could some solicitors they had never met have any news for them which would be ‘ to their advantage ’ ? |
| 22 | If there is trouble for them they will find a way of paying me back for revealing their names . |
| 23 | For it would encourage a reliance on schematic knowledge and a corresponding avoidance of an engagement with the systemic features of the foreign language , or at best a tactical use of them which would not lead to their internalization as a more general strategic resource . |
| 24 | Is n't it awful to think your legs decide what your retirement 's going to be , but they do , more or less , so that if you th if you think a if you 've ever had any trouble with them you 'll realize , people say , you know , would you , we 're going out for the day , you coming ? |
| 25 | It is corporate failures and the auditor 's role in them which should be of fundamental concern to professionals charged with protecting the public interest — not with their economic self-interest , which is a secondary issue in professionalised activity . |
| 26 | So even when he 'd got the drop on them they could still count on messing him around somehow . |
| 27 | Others possess cultures of phosphorescent bacteria in special organs with flaps of skin over them which can be moved to expose or conceal the bacteria in a series of winks and flashes . |
| 28 | At one point of the journey through them you can take to a boat , and to carry you back to the daylight there is a miniature railway . |
| 29 | Once I can make a hole through them it should n't be too difficult to get round into the outer cellar . |
| 30 | If there were spokes and the Scapegoat happened to be topside of them it could n't fall through . ’ |