Example sentences of "had [verb] them of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new technology of automation had stripped them of any human dignity in their labour . |
| 2 | Because er , he he he had given them of of how he had become a Christian , he had become a minister of Jesus Christ and so on , he says , for this reason I suffer these things , but I am not ashamed , for I know whom I have believed . |
| 3 | How many days it was out of service and this that and the other and erm they used to send us an invoice on the mileage run because at the same time we knew what tyres were on the bus we had to inform them of any tyre changes and they kept records the same as us . |
| 4 | It struck her how tatty many of the buildings appeared now the lack of sun had robbed them of their charm . |
| 5 | Many complained that the flooding was as bad as ever ; others that Bedford had cheated them of their land . |
| 6 | Michoacán had witnessed months of demonstrations and protests by supporters of the Party of the Democratic Revolution ( PRD ) , who claimed that the PRI had cheated them of victory in the July 12 state elections [ see pp. 39000-01 ] . |
| 7 | This week NRPB staff said privately that they were angry that nobody had told them of their gaff . |
| 8 | When Pat had told them of his new orders he said to his wife , ‘ You 'll have your lad home again , Julia , however it goes with , these letters he 's had . |
| 9 | Even Riven laughed with the rest as they piled into the inn Finnan had told them of , and Ratagan wished the landlord good day in a roar that made the poor man cower . |
| 10 | Martinho had told them of everything up to the time of his own escape . |
| 11 | Joshua Morris had told them of Felicity 's impending arrival , and-ordered a light supper at seven to be eaten in their room . |
| 12 | In the house which their son had accused them of boringly christening Sweetlea the Dasses continued the lives which he 'd said were boring also . |
| 13 | Wang and Chen , formerly editor and publisher respectively of the banned journal Economic Studies Weekly , had been arrested in October 1989 , and the government-controlled media had accused them of playing a major role in organizing the pro-democracy movement of April-June 1989 [ see pp. 36587 ; 36640-41 ; 36720-22 ] . |
| 14 | News had reached them of the happenings at the manor and they rightly assumed that with Tom in charge of the manor farm they were not likely to be evicted from their forest camp . |
| 15 | They criticised the leaders who had deprived them of proper schooling and their adolescent years . |
| 16 | She recalled to herself that the circumstances of their visit had deprived them of an opportunity to examine the ancient willow tree sprung from a plank of Noah 's Ark . |
| 17 | She hardly dared to draw the curtains to show herself to the other girls , though she had warned them of the horrid sight in store for them . |
| 18 | In founding Lampsacus they killed off all the natives , but they did it in self-defence ; the daughter of the local king had warned them of the impending attack . |
| 19 | In response , Robert Gelbard , who ended his three-year term as US ambassador on July 5 , stated that Alcoreza was corrupt and that the whole naval contingent in Santa Ana was protecting the drug traffickers and had informed them of the raid . |
| 20 | After the closed meeting , military sources reported that Yeltsin had informed them of 90 per cent pay rises which he had ordered the previous week . |
| 21 | In order to persuade them , Richard Baxter felt he had to tell them of his concerns about the army and the reasons why he felt he must go . |