Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun pl] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm keeping my wages to buy them some myself . ’ |
| 2 | She smiled a nervous , hungry sort of smile , opening her arms to welcome them as Finn had done . |
| 3 | ‘ So I 'm beginning to realise , ’ Polly replied , clenching her teeth to stop them chattering . |
| 4 | Ariel kept on walking , and did not respond until she had lowered Sycorax from her back into her hammock and was sponging her limbs to rinse them free of salt . |
| 5 | Sitting in the lotus position they jumped into the air using their thighs to propel them off the ground . |
| 6 | In 1989 she was accused of writing ‘ reactionary songs ’ during class and urging her pupils to read them . |
| 7 | They keep on getting them drugs to keep them going longer , so why ? |
| 8 | Lack of employment prospects for the part-time family and lack of income potential on the family farm had led the sons/daughters to use training as a means of expanding their skills to allow them to undertake contract work . |
| 9 | But although it is such a widespread condition , endometriosis is often overlooked because it can only be diagnosed by a minor surgical procedure called laparoscopy ( the insertion of an illuminated instrument through a small incision in the abdomen ) and many suffers do have problems getting their GPs to refer them to a specialist who can do the these for them . |
| 10 | The military authorities at Blida refused to allow Madani and Belhadj to sign documents authorizing their lawyers to register them as parliamentary candidates before the Nov. 11 deadline for registration . |
| 11 | Hitching his trousers to prevent them kneeing , James knelt in front of one of the bookcases and unlocked the cupboard doors . |
| 12 | This necessitated approaching their parents to ask them to donate blood for DNA extraction . |
| 13 | She turned away , shutting her eyes to adjust them to the darkness , and then with no further hesitation she was going down the rope hand over hand , her feet and knees checking at each knot . |
| 14 | Licking her lips to gloss them , she walked to her mother 's bedroom . |
| 15 | He has always been fanatically into body culture , punishing his muscles to keep them at the peak of definition and tone . |
| 16 | Removing the worry of finding other jobs should make it easier for the players to focus on their cricket and there is also the hope that a couple of the kids to benefit from having our lads coaching them in the winter will develop into Notts players of the future . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , Roman … ’ she breathed laughingly , lifting her arms to wind them around his neck , feeling the joyful surge of love and desire beginning all over again . |
| 18 | She tried to see if he were concealed among the group hanging around near the circolo , but without lifting her eyes to scan them like a strumpet . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , ’ she says , interlocking her hands to stop them from trembling . |
| 20 | Shaving your temples and sticking out your tummy versus binding your breasts to flatten them and pulling out your teeth . ’ |