Example sentences of "them [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We used to chase them down a narrow valley with a sheer cliff-wall at the end . ’
2 One of these walks used to take them down a narrow side-street in a busy part of London .
3 So I stuffed them down the waste-disposal unit .
4 When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail .
5 ‘ He went into the bend with Glengar Ranger , who took him out a bit and the winner got on the inside of them down the back straight .
6 He could have disposed of them in a more conclusive way on a bonfire or by throwing them down an old mineshaft . ’
7 It had taken them only a short time to realise they were from opposite sides in the Therapeutic Wars , but it had caused little friction .
8 British socialism , so alien to the American way of life , was to them only a short step away from communism , which they feared would engulf the whole of Europe .
9 Canon Wheeler was inquiring about them only the other week .
10 When describing what health means to them personally a different set of explanatory frameworks appear to be invoked ( Table 6.2 ) .
11 ‘ You would have seen them together a fair bit and it 's just so sad this should happen while they were on holiday . ’
12 The influential Bell study gave them largely a clean bill of health as a model for determining disputes concerning entitlement to benefit .
13 Now whether it means that in the short term they all land on your desk , and you give them just a superficial examination I do n't know .
14 ‘ I am genuinely delighted we were able to repay them just a little bit .
15 They spread the risks of lending by pooling funds and allocating them over a wide range of depositors ( e.g. unit trusts ) .
16 Management should effect redundancies at one point in time rather than spreading them over a long period .
17 Many commonly-prescribed drugs increase the sensitivity of the skin and eyes to ultra-violet light — particularly if you take them over a long period of time .
18 The Profitboss. genuinely cares for his customers and develops sound trusting relationships with them over a long period of time .
19 The bulk of the programme would then outline in some detail the specific projects being funded , and the resources allocated to them over a 3–4-year period .
20 The NEAP process involves : ( i ) the identification of a country 's environmental conditions and specific problems ; ( ii ) preparation of proposals to overcome the problems ; and ( iii ) formulation of a plan of action to deal with them over a specific period of time .
21 I peel off my clothes , and put them over a low branch .
22 Chop the vegetables and heat them over a low flame .
23 Under the agreement the seven EFTA member countries would immediately abolish trade barriers on all goods covered except for certain sensitive products , while Czechoslovakia would abolish them over a 10-year period .
24 However , if the force-carrying particles have a high mass , it will be difficult to produce and exchange them over a large distance .
25 Last March , in common with many other small businesses , the Russells needed extra funds to tide them over a difficult period .
26 These children had suffered 25 attacks between them over a 59-day period .
27 Another major advantage over the thinner types of cladding is that they provide additional insulation to exterior walls ( which can be augmented by fixing them over an extra layer of insulation ) .
28 There is a general expectation that people will not remember detailed facts correctly if they are only exposed to them in the spoken mode , especially if they are required to remember them over an extended period of time .
29 It is rather important to prolong important climaxes , rather than let them slip away quickly , by holding them over an adequate period , through word repetition , musical extensions , etc .
30 It was like pulling them off a duplicating machine , and after a while , when we realised we had little or no chance of catching anything bigger , it became so boring we never went again .
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