Example sentences of "[vb past] them [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But soon he discovered that politicians were more interesting than colonels so he arranged his soldiers as though they were the House of Commons and made them harangue each other . |
| 2 | But Graham and Russell , if anything more composed , made them defend that advantage , and the Chelsea defence responded with a disorder to which only Ken Monkou was an exception . |
| 3 | Often he made them criticize each other 's work . |
| 4 | Twenty-four black militant organisations were subjected to ‘ tax surveillance ’ as part of International Revenue Service ( IRS ) harassment , and FBI agents placed bogus documents into the hands of Panther members which led them to suspect each other of being police informants ( McAdam and Moore , 1989:281 ) . |
| 5 | the employer tendency to favour the industry-type of bargaining was reinforced by the broad socialist , class consciousness of major European unions which probably led them to favour this approach , since it would engage ‘ employers through mass class action ’ , and also extend protection to a larger part of the workforce . |
| 6 | It also stated that ‘ 90 per cent of the respondents indicated that their experience in the programme had helped them to see more clearly the forces at work in their lives and had in fact helped them to take more control over their lives ’ . |
| 7 | He rang the hospital and told them to stop that man sending letters . |
| 8 | If one may suspend conscience , and forget the conditions and costs of labour which allowed them to create this wealth , then these streets — as they do in London and Edinburgh , and still to be seen in Dublin — define the comfort of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century middle classes . |
| 9 | It also encouraged them to resist any change whatever in local institutions or in elections for community representation , except with the specific approval of the Jordanian government and the PLO itself . |
| 10 | Diomedes ' mares differed from mortal horses in that they would feed only on human flesh , a trait encouraged by their master who ordered them to eat any stranger who trespassed in his kingdom . |
| 11 | However , since the database files were in dBASE format , it is possible to interrogated them using this software rather than Doctor Data if you choose . |
| 12 | In a few areas local government agencies took some steps to tackle this problem , but real progress did not come until central government gave local authorities powers to act effectively , and also required them to take such action . |
| 13 | He urged them to compare any sum they had in mind with damages that might be awarded for physical injuries that lasted a lifetime . |
| 14 | While working class women increasingly went out to work , usually out of economic necessity , philanthropists and policy makers increasingly urged them to pay more attention to their duties as wives and mothers , which only tended to exacerbate the difficulties they experienced . |
| 15 | 8e Lawrence admitted : ‘ We watched them play that day and they slaughtered us . |
| 16 | ‘ I saw them nudge each other and stare — after all , he is divine . |
| 17 | The final withdrawal without major disaster enabled them to preserve some profit . |
| 18 | And higher still we ascended , by thinking inwardly and speaking and marvelling at your works , and we came to our minds and transcended them to reach that region of unfailing abundance where you feed Israel forever on the food of truth . |
| 19 | He left them cooking each other supper and drinking brandy . |
| 20 | At other times his need to go to her was awful , He wanted them to complete each other , to be made fully whole and created by her , instead of enduring the throes of his uncreated self . |
| 21 | I think you wanted them to have some time together but … but perhaps not most of the night , ’ she finished on a whisper . |
| 22 | Details of the registers would be available before the bill reached the committee stage but he wanted them to contain enough detail to be wholly credible in the eyes of the public . |