Example sentences of "them [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Growth is a desperate necessity for China and India , which between them account for a third of the global population , and other developing nations . |
| 2 | Although the tyranny of ‘ promotion examinations ’ has mercifully decreased in the past decade , in many countries yearly and termly examinations and preparation for them account for a quite disproportionate amount of school time and teachers are virtually ignorant of how and why and when to test . |
| 3 | Stranded in the middle of a threatening black neighbourhood , he is rescued by a tow-truck driver , Danny Glover , and the two of them embark on a tentative , rather sweet black-white buddy relationship . |
| 4 | The assembled friends were told by Brendan Bracken in tones of wonderment that Churchill — that great Francophile — had rung to bellow that he would watch them die without a qualm if they ‘ ratted on Poland as they had ratted on Czechoslovakia , ’ while Bob Boothby told them repeatedly how he had exhorted Winston to ‘ break Chamberlain and take his place ’ . |
| 5 | Why did one of them look like a man who had supposedly been dead for over two hundred years ? |
| 6 | The index-linked gilts on the market have maturities of up to 2024 and most of them stand at a substantial premium to their par value . |
| 7 | The Bill also imposes an automatic one-year driving ban , but I can not help wondering how many young people will be deterred by that — particularly as many of them drive without a licence anyway . |
| 8 | We watched them get into a small carriage which took them off to their new residence . |
| 9 | Watching one of them wobble through a developpe in glazed desperation or another sickle his foot in an over-extended arabesque , you feel how cruelly Hall 's ambitions tax his company . |
| 10 | A slight smile curled the edges of his wide mouth as he watched them disappear behind a large veteran hay wagon parked on the far side of the pub yard . |
| 11 | Then the three of them talk to a radio interviewer from The Coca-Cola Euro Chart Hot 100 show . |
| 12 | ‘ But , on the other hand , probably very few of them decide on a whim to spend their entire capital on a shop in a strange city in a country they know nothing about , without doing the most elementary homework . |
| 13 | If you are running a rally aimed at inspiring and motivating people , do n't start by having them arrive in a strange city to find the car park full , the nearest suitable alternative two miles away and no taxis available because it 's Sunday evening and pouring with rain . |
| 14 | Curriculum changes and the planning necessary to achieve them originate at a number of points : in the cabinet , in the ministry of education , in the curriculum project or in the school ; yet in every instance six similar processes are involved : |
| 15 | Fat Watt watched them go with a satisfied air . |
| 16 | Just last week a survey by Brook Advisory Centres revealed an estimated 84,000 15 year old girls are sexually active , yet just 18,000 of them go to a family planning clinic . |
| 17 | Conversely , the same remedy may be used to treat several different clinical conditions if the patients suffering from them respond in a similar way to their illnesses . |
| 18 | But if that 's the case , he 's obviously so accurate that maybe he should try hitting them close for a change ! |
| 19 | Because the widespread poverty of older women and the penury experienced by some groups among them derive to a considerable extent from the operation of social and economic policies within patriarchal capitalism , any major change in their status rests on the development of alternative policies . |
| 20 | A change of home help , a fall , or a recent bereavement might any of them result in a sense of not being able to cope , and thus to a referral . |
| 21 | The two of them live in a house near the docks . |
| 22 | Most people involved with them belong to a cult that Speaks a language few of us understand . |
| 23 | At once the two of them fall into a kind of trance . |
| 24 | if any of them relate to a procedure we take it at the same time so that we do n't have to do it again , or not ? |
| 25 | Many elderly people do this each year if it is not suitable for them to go away with their family , and they understand the need those who are caring for them have for a complete break . |
| 26 | Some of them work for a number of different organisations , and some of this sub-group operate via specialist employment agencies , which act as intermediaries between them and the user organisation . |
| 27 | ‘ At home , children expect to come first in the life of the family and in school many of them behave in a selfish , uncaring way with no idea of consideration of others , ’ wrote another . |