Example sentences of "[noun pl] that [vb mod] [adv] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had an hour to get back to the rendezvous with their submarine when the storm strengthened , tossing them high on one wave before they slithered off its back to meet the next great sea , all the time in danger of broaching-to across the waves that could then roll them over . |
| 2 | These three sentences will almost certainly find some robust difference beyond the initial three words that will reliably tell them apart . ’ |
| 3 | By masquerading as poisonous insects , they avoid attacks from birds that might otherwise eat them . |
| 4 | The women sit in circles talking , they are passing telegrams along battle lines , telling each other stories that will not put them to sleep , recognising allies under the disguise of femininity , no longer smuggling ammunition over back garden walls . |
| 5 | The Cretaceous period , in which they thrived but which was also marked by accelerated evolutionary trends that would ultimately make them extinct , is long even on the scale geologists use to measure history — 70 million years . |
| 6 | Rover 's 35,000-strong workforce votes today on whether to accept Japanese-style working practices that will virtually guarantee them jobs for life . |