Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] them [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little evidence that peasant faith declined , but the authority of village priests was progressively undermined : in terms of culture and way of life they differed too little from the ordinary villagers to inspire much respect , and the miserly provision made them by the State resulted in constant friction over money matters between priest and parishioner . |
| 2 | Well no the , the owner , the baker reported them to the police . |
| 3 | A car passed them on the single track road , heading north ; they stood aside to let it pass , waving at the single occupant when he waved at them . |
| 4 | The long black limousine drove them through the wintry city . |
| 5 | The steersman showed them off the boat . |
| 6 | While artisans certainly had better opportunities than had most of the lower orders , it is probably unwise to insist that a very wide behavioural gap separated them from the " crowd " , at least until the last years of the eighteenth century . |
| 7 | Leaves danced curlicues on the pavement as the wind ripped them from the plane trees and sent them scurrying along the ground . |
| 8 | He should be back by now ! ’ ran through his mind as the wheel threw them over the top again . |
| 9 | His Majesty congratulated them on the solution of this difficult problem , and pointed out that while France and other countries existed for weeks without a Government , in this country our constitution is so generous that leaders of Parties . |
| 10 | Should they attempt to influence the bishops , Archbishop Felici warned them on the first day of the new session , they would lose their privileges , a threat that caused considerable resentment as much among the fathers as among their advisers . |
| 11 | A white limousine took them to the church . |
| 12 | On their return to Orkney , however , the Social Work Department put them into the Camoran Children 's Home in Kirkwall . |
| 13 | They found that he knew what he wanted ; that he was persuasive in trying to get it ; that what he wanted was good ; and they suddenly realized that this new young professor dragged them into the twentieth century . |
| 14 | The car pushed them through the garden wall and they were flung into the air and landed in the next garden . |
| 15 | Since 1964 six polytechnics and colleges have taken the opportunity afforded them by the Council for National Academic Awards to design and develop courses culminating in the C.N.A.A . |
| 16 | After a dry tour , the brewery directed them to the local pub — which sells a RIVAL brew . |
| 17 | It was difficult to remember the route , but Lowell 's van in the bottom field signposted them in the right direction . |
| 18 | Grooms took their horses whilst a pompous steward of the Prince 's household led them up the main steps into the spacious hall . |
| 19 | Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs . |
| 20 | To their surprise , a rather familiar looking vehicle passed them on the road . |
| 21 | Skipper , Derek Hall cracked them into the lead midway through the first half . |
| 22 | The belief that working class men would choose idleness if at all possible and that married women 's work provided them with the opportunity was particularly strong during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 23 | That is the same price Leeds council paid them in the mid 1980 's and about £2.5m less than the local authority are looking for now . |
| 24 | The main street of the village faced them on the other side of the Westport road . |
| 25 | The trip home took them over the Bay of Biscay , and they descended ‘ on the deck ’ as planned , flying no more than 100 feet above the water . |
| 26 | These documents , the fitter sent them to the office . |
| 27 | The fitter sent them to the office , these documents . |
| 28 | Faced with narrow options , the Chancellor broadened them in the only way realistically open to him — chronologically . |
| 29 | A guard ushered them into the Beauchamp Tower and up into Mistress Philippa 's chamber on the second floor . |
| 30 | The barmaid led them from the bar and up some rickety steps . |