Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] [adv] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me . |
| 2 | Low stated that , if any Croats escaped into Austria , " we would guard them , disarm them , put them in a camp and later return them to Yugoslavia " . |
| 3 | Theologically , if we are going to accept cremation at all ( given our belief in bodily resurrection ) should we not at least commit the ashes to a grave and not scatter them to the winds ? |
| 4 | I hate the system that forces them to do it for a living and then screws them afterwards . ’ |
| 5 | I could take on a Gladiator and probably beat them ! ’ ’ |
| 6 | Whilst most of this macro was created using the Macro Record facility , the sections which deal with the path and document name were added by loading the macro as a file and then typing them in . |
| 7 | It was safer to wrap the dead up in a canvas and simply roll them over the parapet into the largest shell-hole in the vicinity . |
| 8 | United staged a fight-back that almost brought them a point . |
| 9 | They tell us that they only do dope occasionally , a factor that potentially puts them at greater risk . |
| 10 | Divide the children up into groups for a game and then tell them that you are going to form a marching band . |
| 11 | I love three colours in a row and often use them , but I always use the three colours throughout , even if one only shows occasionally . |
| 12 | The tomatoes were black as though they 'd forgot they were frying them , they looked like they 'd stuck them on a grill and just left them there |
| 13 | Readers will work hard at a text if they need to know something about their favourite football player or team , if they want to know about their favourite singer or group , if they want information for a project that really interests them , or if they need information a make something or improve their performance in some way . |
| 14 | Cultural marginality , which encompasses the culture of poverty concept ( Lewis 1966 ) , has been largely discredited because of the implication that traits such as apathy and passivity , which are the hallmarks of the culture of poverty , are very strongly imbedded in those who grow up in such a culture and therefore prevent them responding positively if opportunities arise . |
| 15 | Think of any of them and it is probable that they will be static , caught like a photograph in a position that somehow typifies them . |
| 16 | When working with couples , the therapist 's role is to help the partners identify the problems that they face as a couple and then to encourage them to tackle those that appear soluble using the approach that has already been described . |
| 17 | I was going to blast a couple and then string them up to scare the others . |
| 18 | But it 's something that I think someone can only have a go at if they have a great deal of support and a chance to experiment in a way that still gives them the option erm not to change if they feel that they ca n't handle it any other way erm so I think there are a lot of difficulties associated with this kind of problem . |
| 19 | ‘ For my part I do not think that the House of Lords in that case had in mind the special position in the administration of justice of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Crown Prosecution Service or would have been prepared to extend the effect of the orders of a civil court in such a way as indirectly to bind them in the performance of their duties in relation to the criminal law and before the criminal courts in circumstances in which they had not sought and may not have wished for an order for discovery . |
| 20 | I pick flowers so that they look pretty in a bunch and just jam them into a vase . |