Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [verb] them " in BNC.

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1 It will all depend how long has he owed them it .
2 I think you 'll look terrific in those hotpants , so let me buy them for you ? ’
3 So let us split them up , have two collections , two directors and two galleries .
4 So let us settle them for you by Standing Order or Direct Debit .
5 That 's all I 'm only doing it to wind them up you see there .
6 I can only suppose she gets them from her father . ’
7 Audience were the brainchild of Howard Werth , a band whose art rock attracted such luminaries as David Bowie , Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd enough to invite them to join them on tour .
8 Not only did she receive them quickly , but her answers arrived back in no time .
9 After much beeping someone heard them and came out — they were still stuck .
10 So do we phone them once we get to the hotel or do they contact us ?
11 So do you see them often ?
12 An' yow , ’ she turned on Dad , 'ow long 'ave yer known them two ? ’
13 But how long do I let them struggle with a complicated example before intervening ?
14 How long do you want them to be on H R T for ?
15 Allan — how long do you give them ? ’
16 ‘ How much 've you told them ? ’
17 This was what war had done to innocent children , not only had it starved them of food but reduced them to be scavengers .
18 How long does it take them to die out ?
19 Goodness only knows what makes them tick , or why they thought they could get away with it here .
20 How long have you had them ? ’
21 This quiet group of people looked so simple and unassuming that at first he could not think what made them interesting to him , and then he realized that they gave every appearance of complete sincerity .
22 Liz was prepared to allow the therapist to talk to her parents , but she did not want her to tell them about her problems concerning the shop , preferring to discuss these with them herself .
23 This was largely because the Dutch were conscious that they were operating on a narrow margin , and they did not want anything to distract them from their main purpose , which was to bring goods for trade and re-export to their great complex of ports , banks , and merchant houses around Amsterdam .
24 When two sentences are placed together in sequence by a writer who does not want us to consider them as a continuous text , their separateness or disconnectedness must be positively indicated .
25 ‘ And he just asked you to deliver them ? ’
26 It would be better to admit that these murderous wishes and impulses exist than to deny them , and feel guilt-laden as a result of not allowing ourselves to see them for what they are .
27 For instance , suppliers to transport and defence industries are now being faced with strict safety and reliability specifications and do not win contracts if they can not demonstrate they meet them .
28 Children are often snappish and can not be touched ; they want to do as they please yet do not know what pleases them !
29 Despite the strength of her misgivings , she could not bring herself to voice them .
30 All explanations , all excuses were crude and deadly , and she could not bring herself to make them , but she could not sit there either , contemplating her own slow lapse from grace .
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