Example sentences of "them [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a lot of pestering I was allowed to speak to two friends who had come to court with me , and I was appalled by having to speak to them through a glass and metal grille thing . |
| 2 | It 's what we used to do if we took them off a line and got them cleaning up , it 's a token tow pound ten a day . |
| 3 | Here the question is subjective : did the person hearing the words in fact interpret them as a dismissal or a resignation ? |
| 4 | Practical theories and theoretized practice meet somewhere in the middle , and it may be more fruitful to see them as a continuum than as a dichotomy . |
| 5 | Distress is a remedy given by the common law , whereby a party in certain cases is entitled to enforce a right or obtain redress for a wrong in a summary manner , by seizing chattels and retaining them as a pledge until satisfaction is obtained . |
| 6 | Some skip the tight fantastic by using them as a jumping rope , others wear them as a scarf or string them up in the garden as a washing line . |
| 7 | Displaying them as a stem and leaf will reveal their typical magnitude and the shape of their distribution . |
| 8 | And , if so , would he recognise them as a warning that Doreen was not the right woman for him ? |
| 9 | She should have followed her instincts and remembered what Debbie had written at the end of those notes , taken them as a warning and run as hard and as far as she could away from this Capricorn man ! |
| 10 | I supported them as a lad and idolised Kevin Keegan . |
| 11 | Misperceptions of elderly people — from seeing them as a burden and expecting them to be docile , to assuming that older people can not be aggressive or violent — play a part in how physical abuse is perceived . |
| 12 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
| 13 | ‘ Instead of selling the offices which we 've taken over in the village , you could use them as a workshop and studio , ’ he suggested . |
| 14 | It is essential in a well-run company that in addition to the feeling of plenty of headroom and space to create and carry out one 's job , there should be absolute confidence that those above will support one and that one can always look to them as a resource or as a help . |
| 15 | But the women 's fight immediately loses control and Spenser depicts them as a tiger and a lioness , beasts confronting one another with animal fury unnaturally seeking to attack their legitimate feminine identity : |
| 16 | because landlords were seen as progressive and they might want , they di the erm communists did n't want to get rid of them as a class but in their feudal capacity . |
| 17 | Angel did not mind , because he was planning to introduce Tess to them as a d'Urberville as well as a dairymaid , some months later . |
| 18 | The Bidston Dock cranes have been a feature of the Wallasey landscape but unpopular with some local residents who regarded them as an eyesore and the cause of television reception problems . |
| 19 | We 're gon na stick hold of them for a minute or two because we have n't |
| 20 | Sometimes you could only have them for a day or two before passing them on . |
| 21 | remember them for a day or two but they 'd go cos they do n't mean anything . |
| 22 | However , for a number of these symptoms , more people in residential homes had had them for a year or more : the proportions were 31 per cent against 20 per cent for drowsiness , 22 per cent against 14 per cent for dizziness , 19 per cent against 11 per cent for loss of appetite and 4 per cent against one per cent for bedsores . |
| 23 | She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me . |
| 24 | They can have all the cleaning equipment ready for you , tidying and moving any light objects , as necessary , as their contribution to the exercise before your arrival , and then when the work is completed they will usually be very pleased if you have allowed time to sit down and have a cup of tea or a drink with them for a while before you leave . |
| 25 | I gazed at them for a while and then buried my head in my hands . |
| 26 | So watch them for a while and then he started dancing with them and he dance them all night and he just get in his hand . |
| 27 | They then wheeled in unison into a shaft of light which held them for a second or so before they soared over the car and away . |
| 28 | He presented himself as organizer of reciprocities ( ‘ Am I to ask them for a dinar when you are sick ? ’ ) rather than as lineage banker : he noticeably did not raise issues of authority . |
| 29 | Several fellow players asked her to take them for a ride as pillion passengers but that treat seemed to be reserved for members of her regular entourage , though I suppose it could be argued she took Steffi Graf for a ride in the semi-finals . |
| 30 | There was silence between the three of them for a moment as they returned each other 's stare ; then Joe said , ‘ If you do n't wish to act for me I can make other arrangements . ’ |