Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] them [prep] " in BNC.

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31 We decided we did n't really like a lot of our clothes , so we replaced them with a few very simple things . ’
32 We knew the German signals for the night , so we tricked them into holding fire until we were about a mile out , then all hell broke loose .
33 However , we do want to get rid of they ( otherwise the house soon gets full of unsold turnery ! ) , so we price them by our own standards — which may well include a look at what the competition is charging and the ‘ finger in the wind ’ which Hugh decries .
34 Our horses had more sense and refused to go further so we stabled them at a local inn where we satisfied our hunger on a dish of fish cooked over charcoal before making our way up to the castle .
35 One cultural tendency feminists must be critical of , and ultimately indeed try to eliminate , is the tendency to impose the categories ‘ masculine ’ and ‘ feminine ’ on every aspect of life , so we see them as natural categories instead of what they are , restrictive and unequal constructs .
36 It did not , however , initiate the longer-term processes discussed above , although it affected them in different ways — contributing to the globalization of liberal political ideas and economic policies , posing new challenges to the European integration process as the East European states seek to participate therein , and stimulating the process of fragmentation .
37 Although he led them in Korea he was actually from the Cheshire Regiment .
38 No sooner had she begun manufacturing a few defences than he demolished them with a flick of his finger .
39 He loved shrubs , especially lilac bushes , which Jean had consequently banned from her garden , so he brought them to our place .
40 Committees are a waste of time , so he deletes them from the diary .
41 His room key and tag feel bulky in his pocket so he leaves them on the table with his newspaper before visiting the well assorted buffet table .
42 As his father had shown him jewels , so he showed them to Grégoire .
43 do you wan na little bit more table , that 's gon na be alright because you 've erm , if I move them if you put on that , if I hold them on my lap and then they wo n't get , you wo n't want to ask me , do you want another one ?
44 Erm , thought it would be nice at handicrafts afternoon and then we could throw the handicraft meeting open to anybody if I told them at the meeting before were going to have it .
45 If I take them on the table they wo n't make so much noise then
46 So I get , if I get them on target I normally get a couple of wickets .
47 Thus it was that Ira Dilworth paid tribute and bade farewell to Emily Carr with the borrowed lines from Thomas Hardy , and I am certain that none would object if I borrow them as my tribute to both .
48 Oh I have a wee store , yes , but you see you do n't carry them , I do n't carry them with me , if I carried them with me I could sing I could , well that 's it ,
49 Theyspoketo them nicely but if I asked them for anything it was as though they could n't be bothered .
50 I think these 'd probably be better if I did them on the one you suggested for
51 ‘ Not if I beat them to a pulp it wo n't .
52 I do n't mind if I have them in figures every time
53 If I give them to you , you can do your story first and then pass them on . ’
54 In any case she had not expected that her role in the assessment would be limited to receiving information back from an EWO : ‘ We did n't ask for it [ the assessment ] — it was the education system who said it should be done — if I accept them into my home I do n't expect them to disappear for twelve months , if they invited themselves in . ’
55 Forgive me if I share them with you , in the hope that they may echo your own sentiments .
56 Wait until I tell them at home !
57 I feel like I sentenced them to death because I spotted them .
58 Cos I asked them about it , and they said I 'd much rather be doing that .
59 Yeah , cos I did them on my , on my own at home .
60 Cos I wanted them to re settle for a week before starting on them .
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