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 ?
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