Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] them [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We may produce guidance to local authorities or call them in for private chats ’ .
2 Where the eye often used to be bruised by hectic entrances and exits , Page now keeps his dancers on the stage , shifting them around in complex patterns or gathering them up in long architectural phrases .
3 Most frogs lay eggs coated in jelly and then abandon them , but some rear their eggs in pouches on their back , in their throat sacs or hold them back in their oviducts .
4 Probably the majority of paedophiliacs suppress their inclinations or indulge them only in fantasy .
5 members of staff who may be required to brief candidates or show them around ;
6 In future , students will be able to take individual Higher National Units or build them up to gain group HNC or HND awards .
7 Any system which is exhaustively described by Figure 9 would be incapable of repeating nonsense words or reading them aloud or writing them to dictation .
8 Then make a Jelly with pipins & put them in .
9 ‘ Now , now , ’ Miss Louise called back sharply , ‘ mind your manners and let them in . ’
10 Dad marched over , pulled my hands out of my ears and forced them down to my sides .
11 Winkles down at Finn Mill there used to be sm well thousands , millions of them , winkles and the ships used to come round from the Blackwater from Colchester area , come round , stay round the Finn Mill about a fortnight and they used to have what they call a well in their boat and they used to have fill up little sacks like a sand bag of winkles and take them round there and cultivate them .
12 It collects these flakes with the brush near the end of its hind legs and passes them forward to its mouth where it kneads them with saliva .
13 ‘ The basic idea is that you jump towards them , scoop up their legs and take them down hard , ’ she explained .
14 We and i it 's , when we had sprouts it used to get its hind legs and pull them down and start ploughing at them .
15 First , take the legs and heave them up and over ; then grab the body by the arms or legs and drag it to the edge … no , that would n't be practicable , that way the killer would be moving backwards and be the first to fall .
16 Only when he was naked did he take the edge of the covers and draw them gently off her body .
17 Sliding off the bed , Tug pushed his feet into his trainers and laced them up .
18 Now she 'll transmit in code every hour , on the hour , and you 'll read those signals and write them down then give a receipt .
19 I stop these couple of young kids and ask them where my home is , but they just laugh at me .
20 The opportunity and the time to just talk to some kids and sound them out … or y' know , listen to what they 've got to say — have the time to do that .
21 The tabloid papers , which make their money from guessing the prejudices of their readers and dressing them up as informed opinion , had a field day .
22 Tackle all the tasks set during tutorial sessions and know them thoroughly , since it is possible that you might find one or two similar questions in the examination paper .
23 And that is what we 're talking about , we 're talking about taking out the two or three hundred really active people , the control and the command structure of the I R A and of the other terrorist organizations and putting them in .
24 The drafter may be tempted to adopt a 'scissors and paste " approach , drawing individual clauses from a number of precedents and putting them together to form a finished product .
25 Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves and squeeze them together quite hard , using the muscles in your arms .
26 It 's all to do with squashing up waves and spreading them out . ’
27 It 's understood Mr Culley was devoted to animals and kept them everywhere he could find space .
28 Nor could you just shut your eyes and throw them down the hatch ; because the whole pleasure of a chicken 's foot would come from sucking and nibbling it slowly , seeking out the tasty skin and the fragments of flesh like the last moments of a particularly luscious spare rib .
29 Fenella felt ridiculous tears sting her eyes and brushed them away impatiently because this was no time to be emotional .
30 She was surprised to feel tears mist her eyes and brushed them quickly away , hoping that he would n't notice .
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