Example sentences of "something [verb] them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , they needed more than a word for themselves , more than a central symbol for their pride ; they needed a focus — something to restore them to themselves . |
| 2 | ( c ) We moved " recent critical appraisal " after our analysis of powers of description and humour because these sections give our own critical appraisal ; now , by the time we outline other people 's opinions we have something to compare them with , and can therefore do something more interesting than just repeat them . |
| 3 | This is a great worry to us and we believe we can help to prevent these losses by giving them something to distract them from smoking like liver , bacon , eggs , or steak and onions . |
| 4 | It 's crossing they 're not going to fancy , unless something frightens them into it . " |
| 5 | A former soldier named Ghanim Jaber , who had just left the army , said : ‘ It 's not surprising that we are afraid , but we had something to resist them with . ’ |
| 6 | Why do n't you get something to wipe them with or something . |
| 7 | One explanation for this is that the two bodies constituting Pluto were originally moons of Neptune , but that something tore them from the giant planet 's grasp — the converse of what is thought to have happened to Triton ! |
| 8 | Would n't it be nice if overseas pilgrims to Shakespeare 's town had something to remind them of home , and there 's nothing quite so familiar as a lamp post just like the one on the corner back home in Lisbon perhaps . |
| 9 | Continuous eruptions created a wilderness of blast and air pockets ; they barely recovered from one sickening jolt before something hurled them in the opposite direction , or the plane stumbled into a vacuum and hit bottom fifty feet down . |
| 10 | When someone or something stops them from getting their own way , their frustration can build up to explosion point . |