Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] them [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pyramids were already 2,000 years old when Herodotus visited them in the middle of the fifth century BC , but he found the Egyptians still told tales of misery about their construction , the horrors suffered by the populace . |
| 2 | Trent found them on the floor and watched the old man thread the sprung arms over his ears . |
| 3 | Glenn Hoddle got them to the Premier league … maybe Keith Scott can keep them there ! |
| 4 | Scalding tears brimmed over , and James Halden checked them with the cushion of his thumb . |
| 5 | With UN approval MacArthur pursued them across the parallel and on towards the Yalu River which marked the border with Communist China . |
| 6 | Swindon were in no danger of missing the boat to the third round … just to make sure player manager Glenn Hoddle hammered them into the lead after just three minutes … |
| 7 | When war was declared and Braque and Derain returned to join their regiments in Paris , Picasso escorted them to the station in Avignon . |
| 8 | There was ZTT 's Frankie Goes To Hollywood , and Propaganda ; Paul Morley promoted them on the assumption that pop was run by flabby-faced cowards who did n't even know how to do their own job — in other words , it took an aesthete to know and score a hit . |
| 9 | Corbett left them at The Bull , its narrow windows draped with black crepe in mourning for the landlord whose coffin now stood outside the main door , perched rather crazily on its wooden trestles . |
| 10 | Samuel had already arrived and within a few minutes they were joined by Neville Chamberlain , MacDonald told them of the situation in the Cabinet , and of his advice to the King . |
| 11 | Benny was holding the cartridges steady while Garry filled them with the gunpowder . |
| 12 | It must have taken a while from Taunton , Charles thought , as Frances drove them in the yellow Renault 5 along the route Lesley-Jane had described . |
| 13 | Is that the day Jane asked them about the pension , how much there 'd |
| 14 | When they arrived at Auckland Alexander asked them for the silver and his Presence was such that they did not dare to tell him that they had no silver , so Joan said that it was ‘ in the bank ’ . |
| 15 | The Roman defences were still in place , and the Normans used them as the foundations of their medieval fortress . |
| 16 | Their mother Carol found them in the burning room after hearing their screams . |
| 17 | Mr Crowden told them of the terms of the will and suggested that Violet 's legacy seemed a poor reward and that it might be improved . |
| 18 | Cambridge also contained a strong ‘ republican ’ group at this time , and while there is no proof that Wordsworth joined them at the University we find that he freely associated with ex-Cambridge liberals after his return from France in 1793 . |
| 19 | For a while Flavia Sherman joined them at the rail and stood with her hand resting on Joseph 's shoulder ; but she seemed restless and soon tired of watching the peasants at work in the fields . |
| 20 | Tugging her hat straight , Ellie followed them into the hotel . |
| 21 | Although the inventory establishes that Martin made oboes , bassoons , musettes and piccolos , and Borjon included them among the woodwinds made by Jean and his sons , there are no known surviving examples . |
| 22 | The Bishop of Chester saw them as the solution to the problem of reconciling " manual labour and spiritual instruction " in a way so " as not to interfere with or obstruct each other " . |
| 23 | ‘ At the Brisbane Hotel dinner , Jimmy Conn treated them to the full Address to the Haggis , splendidly translated by interpreter Pru Williams . ’ |
| 24 | However they sounded , Tina took them in the spirit they were intended , laughed loudly and said Jasper must be playing hookey in his lunch hour . |
| 25 | They were part of Japan until Russia occupied them at the end of the second world war , and the Japanese feel they are justified in wanting them back . |
| 26 | Jake ferried them across the ford on his cart with horse and master enjoying a paddle . |
| 27 | Duncan Shearer shot them into the lead midway through the first half with his 21st goal of the season . |
| 28 | It looked as though Hereford 's away form was changing for the better on Saturday when they drew at Mansfield , but last night an attacking display by struggling Doncaster had them on the retreat again . |
| 29 | Lynda Clifford did a sponsored aerobic session , Sue Tons and her family took part in the Great North Walk , Cycle Ride and Run , and Gary Bainbridge joined them for the Run . |
| 30 | At three thirty , a Lieutenant Harvey joined them behind the trenches , by which time they were all on full battle alert . |