Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] them [to-vb] an " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 In those days I lived with my parents and when the film resurfaced at a local cinema I convinced them to spend an evening feasting their eyes on those sanguinary sapphics .
2 In the light of the advice from their own officers and consultants , the Council decision to reject all inner northern routes , throws doubt on the decision making process which led them to support an outer northern route .
3 In 1860 , Baron Karl von Reichenbach ( the discoverer of creosote ) published the results of numerous experiments with sensitives using techniques which enabled them to sense an energy which he called ‘ the odic force ’ , ‘ od ’ or ‘ odyle ’ .
4 On the other hand , after a period of some four to five years ' ( and after only two to three years of first speaking words ) exposure to the language of those around them , children seem to have mastered the underlying rule system which enables them to produce an infinite variety of relatively well-formed , complex sentences .
5 Since that time the productivity of the top 20 per cent of farmers has been sustained with a continuous record of technical improvement ; about 40 per cent have maintained a level of productivity which enables them to generate an acceptable income ; and a further 40 per cent have continued to produce enough for their own household 's subsistence requirements .
  Next page