Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] [conj] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 31 | There were several hundred birds and , because we had rounded a corner and surprised them , they panicked and went rushing off in a tight bunch , making an accurate count impossible . |
| 32 | I lit a cigarette and kept them coming . |
| 33 | I must also criticise a system that puts them in a position in which problems occur . |
| 34 | In the time it takes to get the better of this slope , you could raise a family and marry them off . |
| 35 | If conservatives could hold the line , they stood a chance of enacting a settlement that suited them . |
| 36 | Just take a couple and put them on a plate ! |
| 37 | We had blown a gasket and told them of our problem , but we did not declare an emergency . |
| 38 | They usually manages to make them last a week and drop them in here on Friday before they go home . |
| 39 | Use the pips to make a necklace or stick them onto card to make a design . |
| 40 | The only way to bring back the Lucy Ghosts is to prepare a Germany that wants them back . |
| 41 | Police said the couple were walking to their hotel from a restaurant when a man drove a car up beside them , pointed a gun and ordered them to lie down . |
| 42 | ‘ You ca n't just dig a hole and bury them . |
| 43 | But they disagreed about what this requirement actually requires when the " literal " meaning of a statute suggests a result that strikes them as odd . |
| 44 | Girls can be encouraged to take modules in technology without feeling they are committing themselves to two years ' or more work ; low achieving pupils can take a range of modules without suffering the indignity of following a programme that marks them out as ‘ different ’ . |
| 45 | They are following a path that leaves them vulnerable to just the type of discount-retailing that has flourished in Germany . |