Example sentences of "them and [v-ing] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Spirit who inspired their writing is perfectly well capable of taking some part of them and writing it on our hearts so that it becomes an inescapable pointer to a particular course of action . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll leave the plans on the desk , ’ he said , rolling them and replacing them in the tube . |
| 3 | With synthetic fabrics , it may be sufficient to just stop wearing them and using them as bedding for a while , to see if this is beneficial . |
| 4 | ‘ There is n't much loving in any of your kindnesses , Jane , ’ the middle-aged hero of John Osborne 's Inadmissible Evidence ( 1965 ) complains to his daughter in a long , unanswered diatribe against the younger generation — a new race of adolescents capable , for the first time , of subduing the earth around them and thinking nothing of it : ‘ not much kindness , not even cruelty , really , in any of you . ’ |
| 5 | Some mothers would avoid problems , distracting their child by talking to them and involving them in the shopping , while others would distract their child once they had started to be difficult . |
| 6 | As a change and to provide more nourishment , try pouring yogurt over them and topping them with fresh fruit . |
| 7 | This is the main reason why I have not until recently felt able to face the task of transcribing them and editing them in the way they . |
| 8 | Credit Suisse said that although it had been decided that none of the managers could represent the bondholders , it would be advising them and providing them with information . |
| 9 | We will be working alongside the base staff , encouraging them and assisting them in their work with local churches , ministering to the homeless in Hyderabad and working among a gypsy group in the country . |
| 10 | I can see no moral difference between seeking out mongol children in the womb to kill them and putting them into gas chambers after birth . |
| 11 | Mrs Bennet and Jinny took charge of the two women and two small girls , making tea for them and wrapping them in blankets . |
| 12 | Scouts assistant county commissioner Dave Jackson said : ‘ They were in full uniform and the old man started shouting Hitler Youth at them and hitting them with a stick . |
| 13 | There is a difference between marrying someone while not loving them and marrying them in order to use them as a private bank . ’ |
| 14 | In England , until the sixteenth century , it was unremarkable to speak of visitations from incubi and succubi — evil spirits ( male and female , respectively ) which were thought to descend on sleepers , seducing them and perverting them to the ways of the devil . |