Example sentences of "them [vb past] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
| 2 | But although they both tried to smile still , neither of them failed to notice the past tense she had used for the word ‘ love ’ . |
| 3 | In the summer of 1557 , some of them tried to break the stalemate . |
| 4 | One of them tried to jump the ditch and landed on Canny , breaking his neck ( Lincoln Journal , Nebraska 28 December 1987 ) . |
| 5 | None of them seemed to include the tube in their itineraries , but there was some useful advice on how to secure the best berths on a Nile river cruiser and an interesting complaint about the lack of leg room on Concorde which assured him that the R and the F of this world had to contend with life 's little niggles just like everybody else . |
| 6 | Shield-hung hurdles were brought out into the field , and bowmen and slingshot-throwers behind them began to shred the trees with a descending curtain of missiles . |
| 7 | The next hour passed amiably , by which time the two of them began to feel the effects of the day . |
| 8 | She claimed that one of them went to headbutt the man . |
| 9 | Sean looked at Ruth and they started to laugh again , but since neither of them wished to waken the sleepers they stifled their mirth . |
| 10 | I wo n't give my children the satisfaction of burying me until there is only one of them left to perform the ceremony . ’ |
| 11 | The group , obviously delighted at having someone new in their midst , constantly called her name and it seemed to Rachel that every one of them wanted to throw the ball to her while she , infected by their enthusiasm , was only too happy to join in . |