Example sentences of "them [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of his sack he fished a pair of sticky-rubber knee-pads and proceeded to strap them on with a complicated system of webbing . |
| 2 | The next day , place the black fondant tiles all over the roof , in neat overlapping rows , securing them on with a little water or royal icing . |
| 3 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 4 | They happen to do something where there is an enormous organization geared up to pushing them on to a pedestal . |
| 5 | It is pesticide-free and traps male moths by luring them on to a sticky pad with the aid of a sex attractant ( a pheromene lure capsule ) given off by female moths to attract a mate . |
| 6 | They went down a narrow lane called Smugglers ' Gully , which led them on to a wild rocky headland . |
| 7 | The complete task involved lifting a number of panels from their storage racks , loading them on to a jig , clamping them into position , arc welding a seam to join them , and then transferring the welded sub-assembly from the jig to another storage rack so that it could be transported to the next production stage . |
| 8 | Why not pass them on to a hospital or children 's home where they will be treasured . |
| 9 | Catherine 's anger was also aroused when a photographer took pictures of her topless on the French Riviera and sold them on to a men 's magazine . |
| 10 | But then to pass them on to a third party is heinous . ’ |
| 11 | The reason for this may well be that the hospital consultant is reluctant to let go medical responsibility for former patients and thrust them on to a local GP , but he is not normally easily available when off duty or working in a clinic many miles away . |
| 12 | He nodded , and Lissa opened it , then added the key to her own set and tossed them on to a ledge next to her bag . |
| 13 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
| 14 | Vitor slept for almost an hour and so did Thomas , but both of them awoke as they neared the outskirts of Lisbon , just in time , for now Ashley needed directions , and Vitor navigated them on to a bypass and north along minor roads . |
| 15 | And but he can get them on to a disk . |
| 16 | And suddenly he took the rumours and put them on like a coat . |
| 17 | And how they used to They used to put them on like a You know what these two-wheeled barrows like they put the sacks on , do n't you ? |
| 18 | Pot up the small young plants as ‘ plugs ’ and grow them on in a frame or a greenhouse — or even in a wooden box covered with polythene . |
| 19 | I did put my shoes on cos I thought I sha n't get them on in a minute because my feet swell when I sit down . |
| 20 | The gatekeeper , recognising Cranston , let them in without a word . |
| 21 | You 've got to haul them in with a winch . |
| 22 | She turned it up as hot as it would go and put them in on a tray . |
| 23 | You ca n't expect her to get them in on a student 's grant . ’ |
| 24 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 25 | Connie buzzed them in for a joyous greeting from Hurley , Colonel John Sasser , the Defense attaché , and one of Buck Revell 's FBI team , but there was n't much time for celebration because Hamadan was wanted elsewhere for debriefing . |
| 26 | ‘ Basic computer keyboard skills have to be there — we would n't want to go the lengths of having to train them on that — but training on our specialist software means bringing them in for a week and we 'll probably bring them in every three months to keep updating them . ’ |
| 27 | A government in disarray , an unpopular opposition , they say , will let them in for a taste of real power . |
| 28 | I 'm breaking them in for a horse . |
| 29 | Making a stock of suitable pictures and then sending them in at a steady trickle to the news editor throughout the year gives your children 's work a good chance of being chosen . |
| 30 | Anyone finding them should hand them in at a police station or to any officer he said . |