Example sentences of "them [prep] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem arose if our visitors had changed them between one trip and the next , when he would be completely foxed . |
| 2 | The aim of the project in relation to schools is to regard them as one kind of community group among others . |
| 3 | The American expression for this position is to say that the resources of a local authority are not ‘ fungible ’ , meaning that we can not treat them as one mass . |
| 4 | and if he wants to send them as one consignment , but now the value is twenty five thousand pounds collectively you can ring up Stubbings and as , or get your F and A to do this for you , Finance and Admin , ring up Stubbings and can you give me a special rate for these goods and ar , can you give me what I can charge them for special coverage to take it higher than our normal coverage of fifteen thousand pound ? |
| 5 | And told me of the fraternising between British and German troops on Christmas day in the trenches , and I could n't understand at first how you could shoot at someone all week , then make friends with them for one day , knowing you would try and kill each other again the next . |
| 6 | Do n't believe them for one minute |
| 7 | We used to get them for one penny the pack in the navy . |
| 8 | My own preference when using these elite units is to mass them in a body to provide the heaviest punch possible and then unleash them against one section of the enemy line with the hope that the breakthrough will start a general rout of the enemy force . |
| 9 | He and Amy had collected large stones from the beach , looking for those with holes in them — and he had strung them on to strong cord and tied them along one side of the playpen . |
| 10 | Different recognisers have different areas of strength and weakness , so it may be possible to combine them into one system . |
| 11 | Because Lawren and Bess had an enviable collection of classical LPs I took it as an accomplishment to present them with one work they had not yet discovered but came to enjoy — it was the ‘ Eight Little Symphonies ’ by William Boyce ( 1710–1779 ) recorded in London by the Boyd Neel Chamber Orchestra — a delightful work in the manner of George Frederick Handel . |
| 12 | I would normally have killed them with one strike of my talons ! ’ |
| 13 | He threw himself forward , startling the beasts that were tearing at the prostrate girl on the ground , and arced his sword round with manic strength , tearing the blade through two of them with one swing . |
| 14 | He wrote on various subjects , all of them with one aim in view , namely to keep his name before the public and to make sure that his ideas were not allowed to disappear from circulation . |
| 15 | The bright April sun was full in her eyes and she shaded them with one hand . |
| 16 | Her third cup of tea she balanced on her stomach , lying full length on the bed and pointing her stockinged toes into the air , sighting various objects over them with one eye closed . |
| 17 | Now say that the applications are completely processor-independent too — that you do n't even have to re-compile them to move them from one machine type to another , and indeed bits of them may even wander from processor type to processor type in the course of execution . |
| 18 | Now say that the applications are completely processor-independent too — that you do n't even have to re-compile them to move them from one machine type to another , and indeed bits of them may even wander from processor type to processor type in the course of execution . |
| 19 | Unless they 're being , unless they transmit them from one satellite to another . |
| 20 | Tipping them from one bucket to the next ? |
| 21 | And even Scottish law , where pension rights are taken into account on divorce , has no mechanism for transferring them from one person to another . |
| 22 | Many of the residents in homes for the elderly have no family , and many that do never see them from one year to the next . |
| 23 | Met Headteacher and asked if he would be willing to extend the time our pupil spent with them from one day to three after Christmas . |
| 24 | They are taking them from one list and putting them on another . ’ |
| 25 | As they strolled deeper into the gardens she became aware that the Pantominteatret was by no means the only form of free entertainment , as their progress led them from one area of performance to another . |
| 26 | President , Congress , Conference I know we will all welcome all the pressure that we can be brought to this government and its pursuit of policies if that 's the right world , policies that do n't have a direction would just have them from one crisis to another . |
| 27 | He might buy them in one country and ship them to a warehouse in Rotterdam where they stay until he finds a buyer for them . |
| 28 | Cut the salmon into thinnish steaks , arrange them in one layer in a well-buttered baking dish , sprinkle them with salt and seasonings , add about I oz. of fresh butter , cut in pieces , for every pound of salmon , cover the dish with buttered paper and a lid , and put to cook in the centre of a moderately heated oven , gas no. 3 , 330 F. In 45 to 50 minutes — a little more or less according to the thickness of the steaks — the salmon will be cooked . |
| 29 | All he had was the certainty that whatever steps had been taken that day had led them in one direction only . |
| 30 | I do n't yet know what their comments will be and I ‘ m not trying to influence them in one direction or another . |