Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [verb] them [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They claimed that Philip III of France , his court and his officers had recently ( a modico tempore ) hindered and troubled them by citing them before other courts — not only the Paris Parlement , but the court of the French seneschal of Périgord . |
| 2 | The temptation for the rich nations will be to avoid or limit them by deferring expenditures on pre-emptive measures which will add up at home to taxes , higher energy costs and technology transfers to poor countries striving to compete with the donors . |
| 3 | On 6 March 1992 more than 35 agents of the Mobile Military Police cordoned off four blocks of Guatemala City and violently rounded up the street children , handcuffing and beating them before dumping them in a van and taking them to the 2nd precinct police station . |
| 4 | Since colours can vary slightly , it 's important to buy all the tiles you need at once to ensure that they 're from the same batch ; it 's also a good idea to unpack and mix them before fixing them , to even out any colour variations . |
| 5 | The dealers snatch the baskets of produce they have bought and rush them to waiting lorries . |
| 6 | But it is still a passive role and , while many major figures in sport express a sense of responsibility for black youth , none actively encourage or discourage them from following their examples . |
| 7 | How right we were : he drew plans with all the details we needed and submitted them for planning and building approval . |
| 8 | Three or four of these youngsters will approach the elderly person , try and confuse them by speaking to them about something completely irrelevant , and just er disappear during which time of course er valuables have been taken from these people . |
| 9 | ‘ The Parliamentary system is n't there to give people a say in how the country is run but to delude them into thinking they have some power . |
| 10 | According to a study by the finance ministry , the government 's aim was to ‘ liberate the considerable financial resources which [ these enterprises ] absorb and employ them in financing activities and companies with a future and capable of generating stable employment ’ ( cited in El País , 6 July 1983 ) . |
| 11 | ENVELOPE EDITING : Select objects and twist , stretch and reshape them by dragging . |