Example sentences of "but the [noun pl] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the employers persuaded them to hold off until 1966 , when they settled for a mere 5 per cent rise over the three years to 1969 . |
| 2 | At this point a Union flag was waved by loyalists at the foot of Carlisle Road and there was a surge forward by DCAC supporters , but the stewards restrained them . |
| 3 | According to employers in the retailing sector contacted in the course of our case studies , such evening/weekend jobs are categorised as part-time , but the persons doing them do not have any special " temporary " status . |
| 4 | But the Australians imported them in large numbers . |
| 5 | Chimpanzees for instance have enormous canine teeth , but the males have them and not the females , so the idea here is that normally a big canine tooth , a sexually dimorphic canine tooth is probably related to inter-male conflict , rather than to killing and , and whether , how that affects your er what you say about the spacing I 'm not sure , but certainly it would be a safe erm generalization to say normally big canines are an aspect of sexual dimorphism and in mammals are very common . |
| 6 | But the Germans admired them for their toughness and energy and in 1898 persuaded Britain , which then ran Bougainville , to swap the island for some German possessions elsewhere in the Pacific . |
| 7 | He frowned and brushed at them , but the stains marking them did not disappear . |
| 8 | But the piggies pushed them away . |
| 9 | But the kids bought them themselves those ? |
| 10 | ‘ We started with lead labels but the squirrels ate them up . |
| 11 | It grew quickly , putting six fairly large eaves on the water surface — but the Kissers ignored them . |
| 12 | England battled hard to get back into contention throughout the second half , but the Scots kept them at arm 's length and ran out worthy winners . |