Example sentences of "[noun pl] get them " in BNC.

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1 We 'll never know why their parents deserted them ( maybe pesticides got them ) , but I 'm sure their offspring wo n't lose any sleep over it .
2 ‘ Oh , the dragons got them .
3 In Darcy 's Utopia there are bound to be children , but their parents will be carefully selected , and being in short supply they will grow up in a world which loves and admires children and finds them interesting , and does n't herd them together in schools to get them out of the way , dunk them in front of obscene videos to keep them quiet , and slap them about and threaten them in the streets , which is what happens in this society of ours which you seem to find both perfectly ordinary , and , worse , inevitable .
4 But a horse that anticipates trouble flattens his ears to get them out of harm 's way .
5 Obviously completing joint statements booking in time to go on the computers to get them typed up nicely
6 ‘ I 'll put in a request for them to check out Albany ’ George grumbled , ‘ but it takes months to get them to do your office never mind your home .
7 We take them out at about six months to get them used to travelling on buses and trains , as well as teaching them to stop at kerbs , listening for traffic and avoiding any obstacles .
8 Yes I know er yes I er er I er er I , I think it 's a good thing that people , if they ask for information , you 've got to buy books to get them .
9 When this is the case , pre-meeting briefing of supporters to get them to ask the right questions ( ones that you can answer well ) and to t ring in relevant information and viewpoints is essential .
10 Even the cellars got them
11 That 's alright , well we 'll do it this morning , are your socks clean now if you 're gon na take off your shoes to get them , try them on ?
12 It is puzzling why the C&G 's managing director Andrew Longhurst feels he needs to pay Guardian members 4 per cent of their balances to get them to agree to the merger .
13 You connect them and they have arrangement with funeral directors to get them on the cheap .
14 Yeah , it 's amazing , you get home take the dogs get them their food , have some tea , and it 's sort of half past eight you know .
15 Worms get them all in the end .
16 When they get big there 's no problem at all , it 's just that couple of years getting them settled down .
17 And the worst branches have been given the , the , the stiffer targets to get them up to scratch .
18 They dig for days to get them out of the ground , and hide them jealously from other Yahoos . ’
19 In this roadside check , drivers with one or two suspect tyres were given fourteen days to get them into shape .
20 And other costs , such as readers and having to buy books because you ca n't borrow them for long enough from libraries to get them recorded or brailled , er those sorts of things really are n't taken account of and you 're simply going to have to borrow money er to pay for your disability in effect .
21 It must of taken them years to get them made up to look even vaguely
22 You choose a tune such as ‘ Yellow submarine ’ or ‘ I love to go a-wandering ’ and go round the different groups getting them to practise their parts .
23 You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long .
24 I do n't know whether reps get them at home , do they ?
25 ‘ Quickly , ’ said George , tugging at one of Zach 's well-darned sleeves , ‘ let's grab them chairs afore the big 'uns get them . ’
26 See there were n't no lorries to get them about we used to have to drive .
27 I have n't made any adjustments to the figures to get them lower .
28 CONNOISSEURS of the bizarre will recall the night Sheffield Wednesday players spent on wintry moorland , one of their ex-commando trainer 's ploys to get them out of the Third Division .
29 The thing that I object to is that many old people and the disabled relied on taxis to get them into that area , and I would say that Hackney Carriage vehicles should be allowed in .
30 and then you take your long end and you wind above covering the edge and overlapping and then the low , then covering the edge and overlapping , there and again you keep working your way up and down , a figure of eight until you get to the end of your bandage then tie away from the body in your reef knot , either you tuck your ends in or if that 's awkward you can just put a sticking plaster over the ends to get them out of the way like that , so just tuck the ends in and I do n't think your casualty 's going to need a sling for a little graze like that
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