Example sentences of "they and [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was suggested that some existing pensioners , who may not have drawn the sum due to them on leaving the Bank , could now claim the sum due to them and donate it to the Fund . |
| 2 | The Spirit who inspired their writing is perfectly well capable of taking some part of them and writing it on our hearts so that it becomes an inescapable pointer to a particular course of action . |
| 3 | The three youths waited , debating within themselves whether honour had been satisfied as he took his attention from them and returned it to Marion ; and suddenly , as his eyes burned into her like a couple of lasers , it was as if the two of them stood alone and everything else was just background . |
| 4 | We expect the people to be like them and presuppose it in dealing with the people themselves . |
| 5 | One strategy is to take a statement from them and tender it under the Civil Evidence Act to see if the other side serve a counter notice requiring them to be called . |
| 6 | He placed a little white enamel cup before each of them and filled it with strong black tea . |
| 7 | I composed a note for them and left it in the hall beside the phone . |
| 8 | The significance of the service lies in the attempt to take the process away from them and place it under the control of national and local welfare élites . |
| 9 | They started to run meetings in the house for the wives of the clergy , where Ramsey talked theology to them and mixed it with a lot of humour . |
| 10 | Then , leaning forward , she picked an olive out of the glass dish in front of them and held it between thumb and forefinger . |
| 11 | Oh you 'll dro If you write to i If you write to them and drop it in that 's fine then . |
| 12 | The police spokesman added : ‘ It is incredible that someone should carry so much cash around with them and leave it in a car . |