Example sentences of "[det] [to-vb] them [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Humpage had been chosen as wicketkeeper and started the game behind the stumps , but with Gloucestershire finding little to worry them in the efforts of Warwickshire 's regular bowlers , Humpage removed his pads and gloves , with Chris Maynard , playing as a batsman , taking over as wicketkeeper . |
| 2 | Fortunately for the young refugees , there was much to divert them from the risk they were taking . |
| 3 | For there was little to differentiate them in the policies which they espoused during the campaign . |
| 4 | For their part , trade unions showed little or no interest in the new community-based movements that emerged from the late 1960s , and saw little to interest them in the educational work that developed around community struggles . |
| 5 | But most one-roomed flats or studio apartments are box-like spaces with little to commend them in the way of interesting detail or character . |
| 6 | However , in contradistinction to mortality summaries , period tables have less to commend them in the case of marriage where year-to-year variations may be considerable and past history affects cohorts differentially . |
| 7 | That set of responses is enough to guide them to the female . |