Example sentences of "them [conj] [pers pn] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | After mating , by stimulus of the presence of the eggs , the male guards the nest and fans the eggs which keeps water moving over them so they are well supplied with oxygen . |
2 | You do hate them so you 're not having any . |
3 | Scaevola disappoints them by informing them that they are not freed of liability . |
4 | He was ringing people he did not like to tell them that they were not invited to his party on Wednesday night . |
5 | Arriving back at the large beach house , she took the two sleepy children upstairs to their large bedroom , firmly overriding their protests that no , they really did n't want a bath by pointing out to them that they were still covered with sand and sea water . |
6 | But soon the colleges came to grips with Little Shop of Horrors as a topic for campus debate the world over , and they decided that Corman was telling them that he was not trying to hide the fact that it was a cheaply made film — this was the one he shot in two days — but he was n't trying to pass it off as serious movie-making either . |
7 | He persuaded them that I was not employed by the Government , explaining that I was under the Emperor 5 personal protection , which accounted for my escort of soldiers . |
8 | It 's the only dignified way of telling them that you 're not going to be made a fool of any longer and you 're not going to be dragged down to their level . ’ |
9 | Lavishing so much care on the offspring , cherishing them until they are well advanced in their growth , inevitably reduces the number of young that a female can produce . |
10 | Keeping the legs straight , raise them until they are almost vertical and then lower them until they are almost touching the floor . |
11 | It 's usually a good idea to arrange for grandparents or a good friend to look after them until you 're fairly organised in your new home . |
12 | When the hit rate — the percentage of records that has to be processed — is low , records , whole tracks and even cylinders may be skipped without reading them if they are not required . |
13 | Drugs used to control specific symptoms such as asthma or hay-fever should not be used routinely during the diet — only use them if they are actually needed . |
14 | We need also to identify opportunities for enrichment in older age , promote them , and defend them if they are misguidedly attacked . |
15 | Yet would it not have been better for them if 't were not done at all ? |
16 | a lot of them if it is n't sorted out have them the no , what do you call them the adenoids |
17 | You recognise the anger you feel against your parents , but at this stage there 's little point in contacting them if it 's only to unload your bitterness . |
18 | Bringing her mind back to the keys she suggested having a photograph taken so that there would be a record of them if it was ever needed . |
19 | Reasonably , but they 've , they 've got to wear them and they 're not allowed to wear T-shi T-shirts with no sleeves on and , certain rules and regulations for |
20 | ‘ It does n't embarrass them and they are often gripped with interest as they learn . |
21 | And while we were , while we were there we had some invitations to , to dine out with well it was my daughter 's and we went and had a meal with them and they were quite taken back by er they lived in this little which originally I had thought was a was a er a poultry house . |
22 | We 're not expecting trouble from them and we 're there to help and direct them into the areas where they can get into the ground . |
23 | He does n't want them and he 's not getting them ! |
24 | He could outmanoeuvre them if he wished but he could not get rid of them and he was only groping round in circles about the tree he had made his own . |
25 | and look what he said on Friday , I wanted on main lines he said , but you 're not one of them and you 're not getting a new motor |
26 | Some of it got into the car and irritated my eyes : I had to take a hand off the steering wheel to rub them and it was almost wrenched out of my grasp as the car lurched into a hole in the road . |
27 | And the other reason they do n't want to turn up is primarily because they do know that we have compulsory purchase powers and the planning — the paper put forward by the Chief Planning Officer today was a vindication of wage for a good many years , a good many months rather , that we do have compulsory purchase powers and we are able to use them and it was specifically asked at the Panel today , by both Monty Finnist and Sir Monty Finnist and Tony Christopher , why does n't the City Council market this site and use its compulsory purchase powers and that 's one question to address tomorrow as a politician who could make that decision . |
28 | Aviation was one of them and I was completely fascinated by the thrill of flying , so much so that I thought seriously of giving up journalism and becoming an aviator . |
29 | Yeah but I do n't , see savings they 've got on suits at the moment , special offers on them cos they 're not shifting them . |
30 | steps up and right footed he blasts it into the bottom corner , it subdues the Shrewsbury crowd somewhat , Blackburn fans are rampant because at last there 's some light for them but they 're still trailing Shrewsbury by three goals to two . |