Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] them [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Although it meant a detour he drove them through the Bois du Boulogne .
2 In his key he differentiates them on the number of arm spines and suggested that A. grandis could be separated from A. otteri by its ridged proximal ventral arm plates and by a lower number of arm spines .
3 For a second he supposed them to be Prussian , then recognized the shape of the cloth-covered helmets .
4 One moment he loved them like a brother , then he 'd turn away and never want to speak fondly to them again .
5 This is what trousers he put them in the proper basket instead of leaving them there .
6 After a while he offered them to Nathan .
7 When he divorced a wife he would set her up in a house of her own with her children ; and as his twenty-seven sons came to maturity he directed them into various different occupations , to ensure a spread of enterprise which would be useful to all of them .
8 Naturally Terry had hard-line views on all this , and as we changed for the show on that charged night he proclaimed them to the entire cast , as if he were addressing a meeting .
9 The oranges were given to him by Mr. Singleton of Houghton 's … he realised in Supt. Learmont 's office that the people he received them from might not have the right to give them .
10 Ministers of all denominations testify to the fact that renewal and growth began as they met with those in their churches burdened by God to confess their spiritual apathy or impotence and to seek his power to heal their defeated lives and divided churches in order to become the people he intended them to be , not only in the Church , but in the world .
11 ‘ You 'd think people would have heed , but no heed , never any heed , no care for anybody else , ’ he complained as he drove ; but before the bridge he startled them by driving the car into the space in front of McCabe 's and announcing that they would walk the rest of the way through the village .
12 With a gesture he drew them to the side of the corridor .
13 Throughout the meal he told them of his success at bartering with the guards , or stealing from the farmers when they were sent to work on farms .
14 He was so attentive , and so polite , and we loved the way he addressed them as ‘ Sir ’ and ‘ Ma'am ’ .
15 I must confess , my dear Fanny ( his sister ) , that I found your judgement of him was inadequate ; perhaps , too , he may not have been in the mood for playing when you heard him , which is probably often the case ; but I was again enchanted by his playing , and I am convinced that if you , and Father too , had heard some of his best things in the way he played them to me , you would say the same .
16 In the second place , as the Christian looks at other human beings he sees them of equally infinite value and dignity because they too are made in God 's image .
17 All these men would not only write ; they would also have to read , because the Minister is not able to read all the Cabinet agenda before he gets there , or even all the agenda of the Cabinet Committees ; and if he does read the papers he reads them with an eye which often fails to understand and to spot the relevant .
18 I was the new boy at the office , he the old hand wondering what to make of me ; but if he was having second thoughts he dismissed them in a sudden grin .
19 Whenever we asked for reassurance , Mr Smith assured us that his tribal chiefs were loyal to him and would vote for whatever agreement he advised them to .
20 Back inside the house he gathered them into an oversized bunch and headed for the kitchen , leaving a trail of fallen petals in his wake .
21 Part of the time he sees them in the familiar way as creatures who lack rationality to at least some degree .
22 Without share certificates , a client can only sell his stocks ( even if listed ) through the dealer he bought them from , at that dealer 's price , which may well not be competitive .
23 Shortly after leaving Aix he published them as Exercises in the Form of Paradoxes against the Aristotelians ( 1624 ) .
24 The doctor told me they were strong : in fact he prescribed them for me but it seems more logical to give them to Mum since it 's her that stops me sleeping .
25 Under interrogation he told them about the ball of wax and , when he finally shat it out , they cut it open and found a letter .
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