Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] them [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they do , you can concentrate on the substance , but if not you will need to provide them with background material . |
| 2 | As your stock of effects grows , you will need to catalogue them by tape-number and counter-reference so that you can find them easily when you need them . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , ideas for new contrasts and effects keep popping into my head and I can hardly wait to put them into practice . |
| 4 | The F-A will now decide whether it should take action against the men which may include banning them from football for life . |
| 5 | ‘ Hey , I ca n't wait to tell them at school . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , sir , ’ Doone said , laying the books aside , ‘ we can trace the path of ideas about the trap , but who do you think put them into practice ? ’ |
| 7 | Under the scheme holders of government bonds could choose to exchange them for South Sea Company shares , and the government would pay interest on these bonds to the South Sea Company at a lower rate than it paid previously — the South Sea Company was doing much the same thing as the East India Company , providing the government with a loan at a reduced rate of interest in exchange for overseas trading privileges . |
| 8 | Yeah they , they 've played in red and white , red , white , red shirts white shorts , but they , they used to play in claret and blue I can remember seeing them in claret and blue when I was a small boy but erm |
| 9 | Before we do the role plays I 'd like to discuss them to sort of , so we know exactly what we 're gon na do . |
| 10 | Right , so that 'd be lovely if you do n't mind having them after school . |
| 11 | I could 've throttled them after dinner . |
| 12 | If sentences , such as those in ( 32 ) , are not ungrammatical , it is still very unlikely that anyone will ever want to use them in practice : ( 32 ) Burke murdered many citizens dead the fire burned many priceless tomes burnt However , there are plenty of others where the state is less immediately predictable , and of course examples have already been given in ( 1 ) , ( 10 ) , ( 13 ) and so on . |
| 13 | For a long time I just could not face wearing them at home . |
| 14 | The Samaritans have threatened to call in the police if I do not stop pestering them with phone calls , and Alcoholics Anonymous refuse to come out for a drink and discuss my problem . |
| 15 | Marina always wrapped things so you did n't want to spoil them by opening . |
| 16 | Green weeds and barnacles were thick on them , and whales might have saluted them in passing . |
| 17 | ‘ Moray and the north will always be his , and the rest would have joined them in time with no more than what he was offering : equal rule , equal justice , equal worship . |
| 18 | The immediate sight of him , which should have filled them with relief and joy , brought only terror . |
| 19 | Maria had left the identical cuttings anchored by a small china bowl on her coffee-table , but the bowl had been moved , so he must have examined them on arrival . |
| 20 | They are entitled to these benefits , they should have received them in the past , and they should have received them by law . |
| 21 | The parties should attempt to agree them in advance . |
| 22 | We should have done them off peak as well should n't we ? |
| 23 | If you want uninspired you should have seen them versus SCUM on sunday . |
| 24 | He could have written them by hand but this would have defeated their objective . |
| 25 | The half-day course on the Census introduces the problems but does not attempt to discuss them in depth . |
| 26 | She put on her black trousers and her chocolate-brown sweater because they were at the top of the first suitcase she opened and she would have worn them at home on a cool autumn day when there was mist on the hills and woodsmoke in the lanes and … |
| 27 | The characteristic contribution of the senior civil servant lies not so much in the originality and imagination he or she may display in thinking up new policies — these can be a positive nuisance without the ability to convince and lead those , often outside the service , who will have to put them into effect — but the skills to recognize promising new ideas and the opportunities to develop them , and to exploit the opportunities when they occur . |
| 28 | However , if anyone else comes along I will have to put them in bed with you . ’ |
| 29 | It held 250 books and did n't attempt to divide them by author , title or illustrator . |
| 30 | Had wealth or estates belonging to temples in Britain survived by 350 , Paulus would almost certainly have seized them on behalf of his master . |