Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] them [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along with many a public body that felt pushed around by the Tories , the BBC must have gone to bed on April 8 with dreams of a quieter life on the night ; already swinging , as it were , in the hammock slung for them by a hung parliament . |
| 2 | The case took 8 × 80 oz bottles to treat and the last three bottles had dye added to them at a rate of .5 oz per 80 oz . |
| 3 | First-class writers can defy this rule-of-thumb , but anyone else doing so risks alienating readers who have come to them for a particular sort of entertainment . |
| 4 | And Melanie had spied on them through a keyhole , and would never get closer to them than the keyhole in the door behind which they lived . |
| 5 | DHSS requires firms to notify any adverse reactions reported to them within a month of receipt . |
| 6 | But as usual I affected a supreme unconcern , and floated past them with a sway of the hips that was a touch exaggerated . |
| 7 | Ankhu and Nebamun would have it easier , but for the majority of privileged men work was a nominal activity as they laboured more or less intelligently in the upper ranks of the army , the civil service and the priesthood ; most of the graft was done for them at a humbler level . |
| 8 | She had n't mentioned David Markham but his presence had hung between them like a spectre and his name had n't been mentioned since . |
| 9 | Before describing each of the methods in greater detail , one further point can be made about them as a whole . |
| 10 | And , of course , people who do help by sponsoring these items could even choose to have a rare creature named after them in an unusual form of immortality . |
| 11 | A waiter threaded past them with a tray of delicious looking amber-coloured drinks , with ice and fruit on top . |
| 12 | Landowners within the forest regarded the restraints imposed upon them as an arbitrary intrusion upon the rights of property which was contrary to natural law and justice . |
| 13 | Reporters and photographers recorded the images presented to them of a couple who smiled and carried out their duties professionally , but barely exchanged a word , a touch or a glance . |
| 14 | It was presented to them as a detective game in which they were encouraged to help the Pink Panther to solve some mysteries . |
| 15 | The region 's new political masters turned to them in a desperate hope that their expertise would make good their own helplessness . |
| 16 | Erm , on page thirty you talk about the erm Employer 's Federation in the er minimum terms and conditions , well I 'm only hoping that my own firm Securicor do n't have any er input into that , because er as you know they unilaterally reduced all the terms and conditions Securicor guarding and cleaning recently erm I 'd like to know when we intend meeting with Securicor Cleaner I do know you 've written to them on a number of occasions and their refusal to meet with us . |
| 17 | At one stage the station , not far from the foreign legations , was connected to them by a tram line . |
| 18 | The press were delighted to have the scandal fed to them on a silver salver . |
| 19 | Despite some of the language problems he grew to know and like the black and white constables of the patrols to which he was attached ; and to be accepted by them as a trusted companion under fire . |
| 20 | The first is problematic in the light of the theory that living organisms ‘ see ’ with their eyes ; the second was problematic for the supporters of Galileo 's theories because it clashed with the ‘ force of a vacuum ’ theory accepted by them as an explanation of why the mercury does not fall from a barometer tube ; the third was problematic for Roentgen because it was tacitly assumed at the time that no radiation or emanation of any kind existed that could penetrate the container of the photographic plates and darken them ; the fourth was problematic because it was incompatible with Newton 's theory . |
| 21 | He was not in control of security and Ho Chi Minh ( as we may now begin to call him ) was suspected by them as a Japanese spy . |
| 22 | In the present case , the primary argument of the revenue has been that the repayment of sums paid by Woolwich was made by them on a voluntary basis , i.e. that the payment was repaid ex gratia . |
| 23 | fear that information will be used against them in a bargaining situation . |
| 24 | So at the SLP 's next annual conference I put forward a resolution that talks be opened with them with a view to supporting each other in seats where one or the other of us stood a chance of winning ; and to this end arranged a meeting between Jo Grimond and the SNP leader , Billy Wolfe . |
| 25 | All these movements have had before them as a model the existing nation states , and have been influenced by nationalist ideas already formulated and widely disseminated . |
| 26 | Beneath the oral history lies a sad text of spies , betrayers , official reprisal and oppression , and heartrending devotion : ‘ Old Mrs Macdonald , after her guest had left the house , took the sheets in which he had lain , folded them carefully , and charged her daughter that they should be kept unwashed , and that , when she died , her body should be wrapped in them as a winding sheet . |
| 27 | Are there displays of children 's work placed around the room and is the attention of governors drawn to them in a meaningful way ? |
| 28 | A couple had more facts of life shown to them by a taxi-driver . |
| 29 | Although children will already have had everyday experiences with water this may be the first time that water has been offered to them as a material to play and experiment with . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ The way they talk , anyone would think the £50 billion debt had been handed to them on a plate . |