Example sentences of "them on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood his own ground , deciding it would be better to let those at the rear who were awaiting their turn to descend , see his reassuring presence still with them on the upper floor . |
| 2 | When he spied his guests , he jumped to his feet and called a greeting , straightening the chairs and holding them one after the other to steady them on the uneven gravel while they sat down . |
| 3 | The Vodafone Ltd arm of Vodafone Group Plc says gross new connections for its British cellular telephone network for the first quarter of 1993 totalled 92,775 ; net new connections totalled 43,911 , and at the end of the quarter , Vodafone had more than 838,000 subscribers connected to its cellular network , 85,000 of them on the new LowCall tariff that it launched in October . |
| 4 | , ‘ Other Cattle ’ market manager , has just completed a national roadshow around all the sales teams to brief them on the new range . |
| 5 | They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave . |
| 6 | Candidates for an overseas assignment should have had the opportunity to digest all information given to them on the new job , country , life style , compensation package and effects on their careers and families before being interviewed for the post . |
| 7 | I can hear the two of them on the narrow stair outside , Summerchild placing his feet with ostentatious care on each step , bending his head rather further than is strictly necessary under the low ceiling , while Serafin demonstrates his effortless familiarity with such picturesque difficulties . |
| 8 | Remove the stitches from the standard gauge machine with the garter bar and replace them on the chunky machine . |
| 9 | Manchester United wait on Bryan Robson 's decision on his fitness for the Rumbelows Cup Final against Nottingham Forest today , and hope to use the match to launch them on the final leg of their title procession . |
| 10 | His mother was buried not far off , and as a kind of atonement , on the day of his appointment he bought a bunch of asters and took them to the grave , laying them on the bare earth . |
| 11 | He remembered a homespun breast rough under his sleepy cheek , and an arm that cradled him , and the steady rocking of the horse under them on the long ride into the fringes of Wales that day ; and suddenly at parting the terrible knowledge in him that , if he let go of Master Harry now , he would never get him back again . |
| 12 | It has been known for a tough roadman-sprinter to control the race in these big hills , not to lose much time on the Ballon , then rejoin the leading group , dominate them on the long downhill run into Mulhouse and win the stage . |
| 13 | Unionists proved quite able to handle the new mass electorate , and their efforts to gear up to meet new challenges in and after 1911 had set them on the right road . |
| 14 | ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day . |
| 15 | Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself . |
| 16 | They were in costumes that , in spite of their crumpled shabbiness , recalled the garb of Count Arnheim in the opera of ‘ The Bohemian Girl ’ , and looked like fugitive kings and emperors beside the thick-set railway porter , in capacious velveteens , whose duty it was to put them on the right track towards the ‘ free land ’ . |
| 17 | Erm , you see they were dyed on the wrong side you know they were of course it was easier to penetrate than it would be if they dyed them on the right side you see , it was technically i far far superior . |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't wash your feet and put them on the dirty floor , do you ? ’ he asked as he got ready for the guests who would soothe the painful passage towards the critics . |
| 19 | A van passed them on the other carriageway . |
| 20 | The terms of the contracts in this category are rarely negotiated ; instead , they are prepared by or for one party who effectively imposes them on the other party to the contract , saying " If you want to do business with me , you must use my terms " . |
| 21 | Its appropriateness for the Foreign Office area was on grounds of association and sentiment , rather than visual harmony , as on one side there were buildings of ‘ predominating importance ’ , and no local association to conflict with them on the other side . |
| 22 | The main street of the village faced them on the other side of the Westport road . |
| 23 | For instance , yesterday he saw a funeral in a barge , fascinating — six women wrapped in coats in the boat , which the men were dragging along the canal through the heath , and the clergyman in his three-cornered hat and his breeches trailing them on the other side . |
| 24 | The easiest format for the script is one in which the shot details are written down on one side of the page , while the corresponding words of commentary are written opposite them on the other side . |
| 25 | ‘ Like it ? ’ asked Sergeant , who had dashed round through the gate and now welcomed them on the other side . |
| 26 | That makes me a bit peeved , you know : we can serve them , but not mingle with them on the other side . |
| 27 | There was one of them on the other side of the street . |
| 28 | There have been before the present application which was approved , there have been applications refused because the Oxford City Planning Committee were concerned particularly about er access and parking arrangements , and the effects of the extensions er on the front of the building , er very close to Sandy Lane , by the impact of those buildings in particular on residential amenity , on the houses and the occupants of them on the other side of Sandy Lane . |
| 29 | Ought I to restrict supplies to certain retailers only , or release them only on the certificate of a doctor or justice of the peace , or simply rely on those who can afford to pay getting them on the black market ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We are glad the owner has handed over the pictures of his own free will rather than selling them on the Western art market . ’ |