Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] them [vb mod] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well this is it , this is it , be a nice break for them wo n't it ? |
| 2 | Although we would not be able to see them because the light from them would not reach us , we would still feel their gravitational attraction . |
| 3 | Both Fanny and Henry enjoy literature so therefore we can predict that a marriage between them would not have been a total disaster . |
| 4 | the university has a new duty , we are told : there is a besieging host , everincreasing , of Indians , Africans , Commonwealth people in general , Levantines , who aspire to become university teachers of English literature , and must therefore have a PhD — preferably a Cambridge one ( though it is admitted that a large proportion of them could n't hope to take the English Tripos with much credit — even if they could pass ) . |
| 5 | You can keep hold of them ca n't you ? |
| 6 | On the 21 June , 1955 , the Caribbean Commission informed Williams that his contract with them would not be renewed . |
| 7 | Greece and Turkey will be asked to accept that the border between them must not be changed by force , and to agree to a set of ‘ confidence-building measures ’ — pull-backs from the border , inspectors on the ground , aerial reconnaissance — to help them trust each other . |
| 8 | His superiority over them can not but make them seem to us inferior , innocent , or naïve , dupes who trust too easily and are soon outwitted . |
| 9 | Likewise , where the footings on eaves of a building project beyond the edge of an external wall they will be included in the demised property , although the column of air between them will not ( Truckell v Stock [ 1957 ] 1 All ER 74 ) . |
| 10 | The belief that there are no votes in concern for them wo n't wash with the Bishop . |
| 11 | I shall refer to one or two constituents , and the significance of them will not be lost on the Minister . |
| 12 | The maid who opened the door to them could not take her eyes off the great fat woman in the biscuit straw hat with big cloth roses on its brim , and the cape that just covered her shoulders and showed an expanse of blue cotton bosom , the like she had never seen before . |
| 13 | Thus , as long as the marriage between the husband and wife ( assuming them both to be domiciled in the UK ) is not dissolved , transfer of property between them will not incur a liability to inheritance tax . |
| 14 | ‘ Aye , well , so , a pallet for them will not take up that much room , ’ he grunted grudgingly , his heart leaping . |
| 15 | We have all had these emotions but when they reach such a pitch that our suppression of them can not cope , we explode , turning against whoever or whatever is in our way in an attempt to destroy it . |
| 16 | Even if they were all trying like mad , a lot of them would n't get jobs . |
| 17 | Most of the new people who 'd be coming over in the last couple of years a lot of them would n't be coming out to our concerts yet because they would probably be into a more younger scene like the Mary Blacks , maybe or the Christian Moore or somebody like that you would be catering for a younger audience and the the second third generation would be coming out to the First to the Foster and Allens and the Daniel O'Donnells and the Brendan Shines you know . |
| 18 | ‘ A lot of them can not come to us , because we are near the projects . |
| 19 | If a right to a longer turn is obtained its ending must also be signalled so that the other participants know it is finished and a contribution from them will not be construed as an interruption . |
| 20 | Last night the atmosphere between them could not have been more different . |
| 21 | Again , it has been held that the Prison rules are merely ‘ regulatory ’ and that breach of them can not give rise to a cause of action for damages although it may found an application for judicial review . |
| 22 | We 'd have copyright on them would n't we |