Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] them [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | many and I 've stopped eating them at Christmas when I brought them and I started eating them again . |
| 2 | In the case of Alan Charlton , he has these six very fine grey panels , by very fine I just mean they are handsomely proportioned , they are very carefully coloured to a very precise , not just colour but also weight of colour and brightness and so on , but the way they 're shown in the Royal Academy Exhibition , and this is part of it 's stupidity , is , well I got the feeling it was intended to kill them to stone dead by putting them next to something very loud , very elaborate , very expressionist , a vast canvass by a very good painter by Mutter . |
| 3 | Vivien had some friends still up at Oxford and had arranged to meet them for lunch at the Randolph Hotel . |
| 4 | I had arranged to meet them at Salima 's house , but when I got there she told me that the other two were at Ruksana 's place . |
| 5 | As none of the Company 's depôts was yet ready , they pleaded that they had nowhere to put them and after discussion , the Corporation agreed to let them remain at Thornton Heath until their own new cars arrived , provided that they were permitted to use them in service on their main line , to compensate for the mileage worked by Corporation cars in Penge . |
| 6 | More than 27,000 Geordies are expected to will them to victory and avoid a first ever drop into the third division . |
| 7 | For the most delicate lake systems of Sweden and Norway even a 100 per cent reduction in deposition is not expected to return them to life ; 3–7 per cent of the lakes in Norway 's 1,000 lake study are in this super-sensitive category with a ‘ zero alkalinity ’ at 100 per cent reduction , and will require liming . |
| 8 | Indeed , 12 promising assistant managers are being selected annually for a development programme designed to prepare them for promotion to general managers . |
| 9 | The long ones can be shortened to bring them into line , and broken ends tidied up by clean cutting . |
| 10 | In order to collect information about the dementia sufferer 's informal or family carers it was decided to interview them in depth , using a semi-structured questionnaire ( see Appendix I ) . |
| 11 | Until 1925 it had been possible for Communists to be represented in all sections of the Labour Party but at the liverpool Conference it was decided to exclude them from membership . |
| 12 | The weaving brushes are normally in non-working position , and before starting to weave the levers are moved to put them into working position . |
| 13 | Despite the fact that the state has decided to put them to death , many prisoners remain positively patriotic , and refuse to dismiss the notion that America 's injustices can not be reformed . |
| 14 | Many attempts have been made to breed them in captivity , however , there are flaws in this idea . |
| 15 | Besides , there was the sacrifice their parents had made to send them to school . |
| 16 | However , there was concern for the two survivors aboard the lifeboat , who were severely seasick , and an attempt was made to land them at St Abbs . |
| 17 | In fact , cinematographic analysis shows that the legs move in various sequences and attempts have been made to reduce them to variations on a single basic pattern ( Hughes , 1965 ; Wilson , 1966 ; see also Manton , 1972 ) . |
| 18 | He had written to tell them about Amy since his parents constantly threatened to visit and ‘ unlikely as this was actually to happen , the prospect had added an intolerable anxiety to his already anxiety-ridden life . |
| 19 | Cell suspensions were centrifuged at 200 g for 10 minutes and the pellet of cells added to the organ bath the bathing fluid of which was used to resuspend them for transfer . |
| 20 | In practice , in many industries , particularly the construction industry , such clauses have become standard , and both the courts and the parties have tended to accept them without argument as to their status or the effect of s 13 . |
| 21 | The conference 's principal outcomes were a declaration , conventions on controlling climate change and preserving biological diversity , and a lengthy agenda outlining the extent of global environmental problems and the measures needed to tackle them in order to achieve the agreed goal of " sustainable development " . |
| 22 | The conference 's principal official outcomes were conventions on controlling climate change and preserving biological diversity , and a lengthy agenda outlining the extent of global environmental problems and the measures needed to tackle them in order to achieve the agreed goal of " sustainable development " . |
| 23 | It 's no good whispering them to yourself on the top deck of an otherwise empty bus , you 've got to shout them in school halls , fields , front rooms of houses , from your bedroom window … anywhere , really . |
| 24 | They are one of the first candidates for food irradiation , which will replace the chemicals that are used to protect them from pests during storage . |
| 25 | Peers may also miss today 's Competition game against Mochdre , but the skills of Darren Peters and all-rounder Kevin Owen could still earn them the points needed to keep them in touch with the pacemakers . |
| 26 | It is reasonably hardwearing but it lacks the springiness and suppleness of wool ; consequently , silk rugs tend to retain any creases or scuffing in the pile , and far greater care is needed to protect them from damage . |
| 27 | ( The reviewer adds that it is ‘ high time ’ the director of the ensemble in question ‘ took some notice ’ of such criticisms a clear indication , if any were needed , of the Early music reviewers ' sense that reviews address performers directly and can even be used to call them to account . ) |
| 28 | A major chain of retailers has agreed to withdraw them from sale , but hundreds are still thought to be in use . |
| 29 | The company has now agreed to withdraw them from sale . |
| 30 | For people who have a realistic chance of developing their social skills sufficiently to re-enter open employment , other creative approaches have been used to place them in work . |