Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] them [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clear autumn day drew to a close and Corbett made them rest their horses for a while . |
| 2 | From the women 's point of view , the need in the future is for a more reliable and responsive support network and a wider circle of friends and acquaintances to help them strengthen their hold on , and increase their share of , life in the community . |
| 3 | Immediately the little mountain tribesmen , who seemed to have stepped straight out of the sepia photographs in his history book , began unloading the baggage , and Joseph saw them take their crossbows and arrows from the carts and carry them to their own huts a hundred yards away along the riverbank … |
| 4 | Fleischmann and Pons could n't do this and Jones invited them to bring their ( working ! ) cells over to Brigham Young University so that his neutron spectrometer could measure a detailed spectrum . |
| 5 | The mating behaviour of pied flycatchers is immensely complicated and scientists studying them interpret their behaviour slightly differently . |
| 6 | On retirement their savings and pension enable them to buy their own flat or cottage ; but because they may never have cooked more than a snack for themselves or lived alone , the adjustment to this different way of life can be hard to make . |
| 7 | The past often appears ideal in retrospect , yet if one looks at it closely it reveals itself as a dangerous place where we laid mines to trap others , and others laid them to trap us . |
| 8 | However , we would hope that some of the income could be earmarked to provide financial support for our many talented sportsmen and women to enable them to achieve their true potential . |
| 9 | Germany is giving money to Poland , the Czech Republic and Slovakia to help them patrol their borders more strictly . |