Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before entering battle , the warriors stripped to breech-cloth and moccasins , some donning war-bonnets , then prepared their medicine bundles and applied sacred body paint to invoke the Wyakin medicine powers that gave them supernatural protection . |
| 2 | The two blows that scuppered them were , of course , the crash of the R101 and the Hindenburg disaster in New York . |
| 3 | ‘ They will be very popular people — perhaps even more in demand than the producer — and should be able to sign short term contracts that allow them to continually search out the people willing to pay them most money . ’ |
| 4 | But even Joanna 's courage was shaken at the sight and sounds that confronted them when they mounted to the walkway at the top of the curtain wall . |
| 5 | Some of the criticisms which are voiced by service planners and professionals when thinking about ordinary housing for long-term patients is that it is ‘ too expensive ’ , or that ‘ They ca n't cope on their own , ’ or that ‘ They 'll be affected by the same stresses and strains that put them in hospital in the first place . ’ |
| 6 | This is a political system based on descent groups and the kinship and marriage ties that link them . |
| 7 | Now it seems that makes them sympathetic to those who — quite literally — get away with murder . |
| 8 | The effect was dramatic , paralysing French artillery support and enabling the Germans to make deep advances that brought them to within striking distance of Verdun itself . |
| 9 | It was only the actions of passer-by David Price and PC Len Bains that saved them . |
| 10 | The fact that many contract computer staff incorporate themselves as one-man companies suggests that to describe them as temporary workers is in some ways misleading . |
| 11 | Maybe it was the forthcoming U.S. date(s) that inspired them , maybe it was the smell of money but on December 10 Rough Trade made an error by issuing a New York dance mix version of ‘ This Charming Man ’ . |
| 12 | She asked the two men all about driving a steam train , and they showed her the automatic brake , and the little clock faces that told them how much steam the engine was making . |