Example sentences of "them [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1987 's Locust Abortion Technician saw them dredging for the very dregs of sound . |
| 2 | If you choose one of these kinds of carpets they should be laid on the paper to stop them sticking to the floor . |
| 3 | Mothers are all right , I suppose , you 'd miss them fussing about the place , but ould fellows are like that hind tits of a cow – no good for use or ornament . |
| 4 | Earlier in the day , the police task force moved on bands of New Age travellers , trying to stop them gathering for a festival this weekend . |
| 5 | I could hear them fumbling with the ladder at the window . |
| 6 | This evening I visited Scouse 's latrine , the mosquitoes and all the flies were having a fieldday ; there were clouds of them hanging over the latrine in the still evening air . |
| 7 | This does n't apply , however , if you 're only offering them a small amount of food to keep them hanging around the sett for a little longer than usual . |
| 8 | It is believed the platform of the hoist toppled over the first floor balcony sending them crashing to the ground floor . |
| 9 | His companions were both in their forties , one of them greying at the temples , a squat , powerfully built man ; the other was a tall gangling individual with deep set eyes which remained fixed on Hitch the whole time . |
| 10 | He 's already had two anyway through recognising people that have been through his hands in the cell block , an following 'em and finding them climbing through a window . |
| 11 | But perhaps a better title might be how to prevent things going wrong , on the argument you know that prevention is better than cure and rather than trying to put problems right which have already happened , it might be better to try to prevent them happening in the first place . |
| 12 | Any morning you could see them tearing through the tree-tops , chasing each other up and down as they searched for the red berries that they loved . |
| 13 | You could hear them wailing above the noise of the aircraft . ’ |
| 14 | Both the Seller and the Purchaser shall each keep confidential and shall not without the prior consent in writing of the other disclose to any third party any technical or commercial information which it has acquired from the other as a result of discussions , negotiations and other communications between them relating to the goods and the Order . |
| 15 | I left right , right , I ran off I jumped out the car because I heard them driving round the corner |
| 16 | The crowds incidentally , were congratulated on their demeanour ; ‘ the ropes were used seldomly to stop them crowding round the players and interfering with play ’ . |
| 17 | He has also earned the respect of the players who know that Nigel can hold the key to them returning to the side quickly . |
| 18 | After they had left , she stood in the doorway and watched them walking down the main street past the square . |
| 19 | The major watched them walking down the corridor , holding hands . |
| 20 | You may have seen them walking through the woods and thought that they have a nice easy job . |
| 21 | Dad opened the front door and he said there was a troop of them walking up the path ! |
| 22 | That had seemed natural to Stephen , the way things should be : his father working and then emerging from his work , all three of them walking on the beach , or walking to Badstoneleigh to go to the Pavilion , or having tea on Stephen 's birthday in the Spinning Wheel , or going to see Somerset play . |
| 23 | This non-drying adhesive stays very sticky for months and can be squeezed out onto a strip of tape around benches , staging , individual pots , or even across doorways to prevent them walking in the first place . |
| 24 | ( The RSV seems clear enough when it speaks of them looking into the ark ( 6.19 ) , but the Hebrew will not really bear that sense , and would suggest they merely looked at it . |
| 25 | Erm , erm , they go to see , they , first of all it starts with them looking at a notice board with the notice on it . |
| 26 | And the contact turned into an embrace without either of them looking at the other or talking , they just put their arms around each other . |
| 27 | Standing behind them looking at the steaming urn on the barrow , I felt worse than hungover ; it was a mixture of too little sleep , being hot and unwashed , completely unaware of what was going on , and worst , I was hungry . |
| 28 | When I think back it seems to me they were all three of them looking for a groove to settle in — tramlines that would take them somewhere without them having to think where they were going . ’ |
| 29 | In these Articles , the expression ‘ the Directors ’ means the directors for the time being of the Company or ( as the context shall require ) any of them acting as the Board of Directors of the Company . |
| 30 | In these Articles , the expression ‘ the Directors ’ means the directors for the time being of the Company or ( as the context shall require ) any of them acting as the Board of Directors of the Company . |