Example sentences of "[verb] them be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was — and still is — an affront to those who respected the great classic guitars , having to see them being used as dispensable stage props ! |
| 2 | We have moved away from such remedies as being too brutal for a humane society and nowadays those who advocate them are seen as blimpish relics of an imperialist , authoritarian society which favoured cold baths and weals on the buttocks as character forming . |
| 3 | ‘ By all means let there be challenges for the promotion of better health , but let them be based on sound reasoning . |
| 4 | Let them be listed in increasing order as unc [ so that unc etc . ] . |
| 5 | When bonds came on the market after this time they were sold quietly by the Bondholders Committee to members of the Club with a long term , proven interest in its affairs , who had either enquired about bonds or were offered them being regarded as suitable individuals . |
| 6 | Nonetheless he ordered the San Antonio and the Concepción into the headwaters of the bay — only to be horrified when he saw them being swept by unsuspected currents and winds into a huge maelstrom of surf and spindrift , and on to a wicked-looking spur of black rock . |
| 7 | A DOCTOR who treated three woman for backache by fondling them was convicted of indecent assault yesterday . |
| 8 | Tensions continued but the opportunities to discuss and resolve them were improved by regular and closer collaboration . |
| 9 | Wise move : Breeders of barn owls will need a licence to release them into the wild from January to stop them being freed into unsuitable areas ill equipped for life in the wild . |
| 10 | Slovenia and Croatia had introduced their own currencies in October and December respectively , and new banknotes of the Yugoslav dinar were being issued to the other republics to prevent them being flooded with unwanted currency from Slovenia and Croatia . |
| 11 | Objects are defined by their function , while actions and those who perform them are viewed as connected parts of a greater whole . |
| 12 | It is an important implication of this that they are never a matter of how the things which have them are related to other things . |