Example sentences of "them [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then make sure you know which they are and check them to see they have not been removed or weakened . |
| 2 | Sally-Anne closed her eyes , opened them to see him lift his hands to cover his face , his head bent , shoulders bowed , his world in ruins about him . |
| 3 | I did n't want them to see me crying . |
| 4 | If I 'm going anywhere where I want them to see me as a ‘ teacher ’ you know with all that that implies , then I 'll wear my wedding ring . |
| 5 | We do n't as yet have any friends in the street , but we 're on Hello terms with a few neighbours , and frankly I would n't want them to see me putting all these flowers on a skip . |
| 6 | For a moment I thought he was going to get back to the DIY metaphor and start to try to get them to see me as undercoat or Jesus Christ as primer , but , instead , he recovered himself enough to say , ‘ Great News ! ’ |
| 7 | He could n't take home business associates for dinner because he was embarrassed for them to see you . |
| 8 | It does n't necessarily mean that they 're unscrupulous in the way that they get their own way ; they just have very clear ideas and it 's impossible for them to see it any other way . ’ |
| 9 | The sentimentality conveyed by the careful selection of only " nice " aspects of religion to present to pupils causes them to see it — and perhaps believe in it — as just a fairy story unrelated to the real world . |
| 10 | That 's what I mean , they 're the only ones that , you know wanted them to see it really . |
| 11 | We allowed them to see us at our most absurd . |
| 12 | might say , I 'm a beef farmer , erm I enjoy my , my beef very much , my philosophy is that erm , if we 're going to use animals we 're going to eat the , their time here should be as humane , they should have as humane treatment as possible , and they should be free from fear , hunger and pain , and when the time comes for them to go they should know as little about it as possible . |
| 13 | ‘ I felt for a lot of years I did have a lot to lose , when there was only one way to go and that was down , and when things did n't go the way I wanted them to go I blamed others . |
| 14 | I wonder if the , the director plans to talk about the cri criteria we will work towards with the independent erm living fund and I wonder if we could possibly accommodate something within the criteria because I think the number of people involved needing adaptation to their home over about five thousand is fairly small but for those people it will make the difference between them being able to remain in their own home or within the community care package , a vast sum of money being needed to be spent on them to accommodate them within residential accommodation . |
| 15 | The mother who lives only through her children will face an empty future , for she is losing touch with the source of her own life , identifying with her creations and expecting them to sustain her . |
| 16 | ‘ Why ? ’ is a useful question when someone has made an error but you want them to diagnose it . |
| 17 | It took four of them to carry me . |
| 18 | and get them to carry it . |
| 19 | This may make her feel that society regards her as a second-class widow , and you may need to help those who come into contact with her to understand how important it is going to be for her future adjustment for them to treat her just as they would any other bereaved person . |
| 20 | Let us learn to treat other people as we would like them to treat us . |
| 21 | It 's our work around heterosexism which makes a direct and daily challenge to them , and in a sense this work is a pure act of coming out in that it no longer allows them to treat us as one of the girls ( or boys ) who is really just like them . |
| 22 | Confucius , the ancient Chinese philosopher , once said that you should treat others in the way that you would like them to treat you . |
| 23 | As I said at the beginning , Confucius , that grand old Chinese philosopher , had it right : treat others in the way that you would like them to treat you and everyone ends up much happier . |
| 24 | So , whilst they may encourage an atmosphere of informal comradeship and sociable learning , college teachers are not your equals and you should not expect them to treat you as such . |
| 25 | He also added that Moore had never asked them to forgive her for throwing their lives into grief and chaos . |
| 26 | I ask them to forgive me for not taking interventions . |
| 27 | And he stopped me and said : ‘ Son , I saw ye practising , and I 've always found with a player of your capabilities it is best to tell them to hit it straight at the pin ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You would n't expect them to paint it pretty pink , would you ? ’ |
| 29 | As strategic proposals emerge , each subsystem will evaluate them against developments in other subsystems , in so far as it perceives them to affect it too . |
| 30 | When you can not alter or control difficult circumstances , you can control how much you allow them to affect you . |