Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] them [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The acquisition of grave-clothes did not need to wait until death , and many a young bride-to-be , especially in the more remote country areas , included such items in their trousseaus , either buying them ready-made from one of the known outlets , or having them made by a local seamstress , or producing them herself . |
| 2 | They brought , either bought them themselves or bought them posed to beworking with me cos I want to do something on diaries they 've got weekly diary , little |
| 3 | In an attempt to encourage drivers to opt for cars with converters , or to have them fitted on older models , some European countries are offering tax incentives . |
| 4 | Amused , McLeish said that he would be happy to wait in an outer office for copies of the various documents , or to have them sent on . |
| 5 | I would suggest that you glue the flowers in position to prevent problems , or carry them sandwiched between two sheets of glass . |
| 6 | Or had them stolen ? ’ |
| 7 | Many Italians changed their names to English versions — or had them changed by English people who could n't pronounce Italian ones . |
| 8 | Once you have chosen your texts ( or had them chosen for you ) , you need to decide how to focus on them . |
| 9 | She ruled out the idea of workfare , where claimants are forced to work for benefits or have them withdrawn , for all three million unemployed . |
| 10 | TYRANT Saddam Hussein must ground his warplanes by this afternoon — or have them blasted from the skies . |
| 11 | All this was a direct and ineluctable consequence of the fact that the ego which fails to mature and master its drives must either be mastered by them or have them mastered on its behalf by some external force . |
| 12 | Turning from the attractions of the Scotch whisky industry , can the Minister give us more information about the important regulatory aspects of getting companies which sub-contract to the Ministry of Defence to pay their bills or have them paid quickly ? |
| 13 | At the moment my preferred delivery date is Monday 24 May , and I wonder if we could collect the items from you — or have them delivered to us — at around 9.15 that morning . |
| 14 | With words that made them known ’ |
| 15 | After planting they quickly build up into permanent perennial clumps and nothing looks finer in summer than to see them planted in association with a garden pool or other water garden feature . |
| 16 | The type of counselling advocated in this article and on most training courses is patient-centred and non-directive ; it enables people to make their own decisions and find their own solutions , rather than having them imposed by ‘ the specialist ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Decisions are best when everyone contributes rather than having them imposed from above . |
| 18 | Mr Vernon Malcolm , managing director of the company which supplies parts for Nissan , said most of his employees were paid at least £3.40 an hour , but he needed to be able to set his own rates of pay rather than having them imposed by government . |
| 19 | It is better to speak of such things than keep them hidden . ’ |
| 20 | Stephen had ordered some sophisticated German industrial kitchen fittings from a supplier based in Venezuela , on the basis that it would be quicker to import from there than to have them shipped direct . |
| 21 | Works traditionally ascribed to the masters but considered by de Groot to be incorrect , have been omitted , for as the author stated : ‘ it is less unpleasant for the private collector to have his pictures passed over in silence than to have them mentioned and definitely described as false ’ . |
| 22 | It believes that it should be free to unite with other district councils , as it sees fit , to provide wider services , rather than have them imposed by Whitehall and central Government . |
| 23 | University stress counsellors say students often arrive with their problems rather than have them created at College . |
| 24 | Or rather , since he indubitably wanted a relationship with Alexandra , perhaps what he hoped for was to dictate the terms , rather than have them dictated to him . |
| 25 | Mr and Mrs Ramsdale have now requested that their gift be used to buy equipment which will help other families support their own relatives at home , rather than have them admitted to hospital for their last days and weeks . |
| 26 | By the late eighteenth century it was increasingly common for rural parishes to remit payments to their poor who had become temporarily chargeable elsewhere , rather than have them delivered back . |
| 27 | Finniston is in no doubt that making decisions and seeing them implemented properly are the most important aspects of a chairman 's job . |
| 28 | I mean they certainly rationalize the c the number of competencies and made them stopped du hopefully they do n't duplicate e one another as much as they did |
| 29 | They touched fingers , and got them entwined . |
| 30 | If Felipe did n't like it he should n't have agreed to their coming and got them embroiled . |