Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [coord] [verb] them " in BNC.
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1 | If the rules are inadequate , then the answer is to get them right and enforce them , not to rely on equitable principles which are uncertain in their application to a modern market . ’ |
2 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |
3 | People come up to them daily and thank them for helping with ‘ the best thing that 's happened to the valley in decades . ’ |
4 | Stack them high and sell them cheap . |
5 | The local people caught them in vast numbers for food , eating them fresh or drying them in the sun , and until recently they made up 80 per cent or more of the total catch . |
6 | I do n't know what view of these events my uncles took as we woke them early and followed them around as faithfully as any spaniel — maybe that was why they often nipped off to the pub in the evenings . |
7 | I used to roll them in my hand and get them warm and get them in my finger like that and shoot it down , and watch it go down er |
8 | Leave them natural or paint them to suit the rest of the decoration . |
9 | Emeralds were sometimes used in their natural form as hexagonal crystals , but their comparative softness made it a simple matter to rub them smooth and set them en cabochon . |
10 | Frost ai n't good for plants , it turns them black and kills them off if you ai n't careful , but I reckon grass must be OK . |
11 | Dissatisfied with the effect , she tugged them loose and placed them finally in position on either side of the V-neckline of her dress . |
12 | Blake believed that if he could understand all aspects of his horses , he could make them happy and motivate them to work better and to be more successful in competition . |
13 | The walk back from that moment had been silent but the closeness between them shocked and frightened them both . |
14 | You can hammer them and get them thin or mould them to make panels for cars . |
15 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that higher taxes and minimum wages would put up the costs of British businesses , making them uncompetitive and costing them jobs ? |