Example sentences of "them [prep] [noun] [subord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is obviously important to get people to join the G M B and it 's just as important to keep them as members once they have joined . |
| 2 | The pet shop where his grandad had bought him his hamster called Hammer and his goldfish called Sickle and where his nan used to take them for resurrection when they died . |
| 3 | Martin Peak and Karen Brielly died when soldiers mistook them for terrorists when they roared through a roadblock . |
| 4 | In the subsequent show report , I proclaimed that it was love at first sight and when I heard that a new model was in the offing which would , the company told me , prove to be their most eye-catching to date , I pestered them for weeks until they sent me one for review . |
| 5 | But no steps were to be taken to put them into effect until they had been communicated to the king , who , when he had satisfied himself that they had been made without prejudice , would decide what was to be done . |
| 6 | Members will take them into account when they come to a decision . |
| 7 | It is they who plucked starving kids from the back streets and made them into heroes before they sank into oblivion mentally and metaphorically . |
| 8 | It looked as if he was weight-training , then I realized he was bending them into circles so they could be covered in coloured paper and turned into Christmas wreaths . |
| 9 | Despite some earlier hesitations , it is now certain that A commits the tort of intimidation against C if he threatens B with conduct which is unlawful in relation to B and thereby intentionally causes B to act ( or refrain from acting ) in a way which causes damage to C. It is not a requirement of this tort that B's conduct be in any way unlawful in relation to C. An old illustration is Garret v. Taylor , where the plaintiff was the lessee of a quarry and alleged that the defendant had ‘ disturbed ’ his customers and his workmen by ‘ threatening to mayhem and vex them with suits if they had brought any stones . ’ |
| 10 | Landlords might try to coerce their tenants into voting for their favoured candidates , threatening them with eviction if they failed to comply . |
| 11 | BNFL chiefs got an injunction against U2 threatening them with arrest if they turned up at the plant gates . |
| 12 | John of Marmoutier tells the legend that Geoffrey le Bel dressed up as a rustic and listened to complaints about his prévôts ’ rapacity ; on his return to court , he paid back the sums they had extorted , and threatened them with death if they continued to defraud the peasantry . |
| 13 | In May papal backing was given to her conditions for return ; two legates brought letters urging the younger Despenser to assist the reconciliation of the king and queen , virtually a request for him to abandon the court , but they got no further than Dover where the king interviewed them and threatened them with death if they dared to publish the pope 's letters . |
| 14 | There was a fair wind spattering them with rain as they made their descent to the beach . |
| 15 | Among those who did receive grants , moreover , most received them in areas where they already had influence . |
| 16 | Among those who did receive grants , moreover , most received them in areas where they already had influence . |
| 17 | He looked at them in bewilderment as they stood , abashed . |
| 18 | ‘ Be careful , ’ Moran advised when he kissed each of them in turn as they were ready to leave . |
| 19 | It is impossible to place them in context so they are virtually worthless . |
| 20 | ‘ Cyclists in bus lanes may also cause delay to buses , although banning cyclists places them in danger if they are required to ride in the main carriageway , with buses passing on their nearside . ’ |
| 21 | Earlier this week we joined them in Hungary as they rehearsed their display for the Fairford show . |
| 22 | ‘ She 's left me , ’ said Evans with difficulty , mouthing the words in an exaggerated way as if examining them in disbelief as they came out . |
| 23 | No I do I think that 's wise to teach them in schools because they learn the right way . |
| 24 | People whom the Home Office has described as illegal immigrants unlikely to comply with voluntary restrictions will have the centre explained to them on video when they arrive . |
| 25 | Now , all he wanted was to get back to his typewriter and put them on paper before they faded . |
| 26 | Their relatives were overjoyed that they could see them on stage when they returned to their home town in the summer for a couple of weeks at the prestigious new Palace of Varieties . |
| 27 | And he said : ‘ We have watched them on television when they were playing in France and , from what we 've seen , they are offside all the time . ’ |
| 28 | He helped her out of her things and put them on hangers so they would be less creased by morning . |
| 29 | He had then lain in wait for the man 's wife and daughter and knifed them to death as they returned from a shopping trip . |
| 30 | Bigwig told Hawkbit and Speedwell that he 'd scratch them to pieces if they did n't obey him . |