Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] them [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 2 | Girls are supposed to be conformist ; but what appealing models are there for them to conform to ? |
| 3 | No because I , no , I well , it 's is , I know people who say well I 've heard very little and I know that 's enough for them to have very good friends . |
| 4 | Provided he is not forced to drop them it may be that Gorbachev , ironically , could be the first world leader to actually reduce a country 's intelligence agencies on the grounds that there is less for them to do . |
| 5 | Bimbos and start saying oh yeah that 's just like them to do that stupid song . |
| 6 | If it is always assumed that they are intellectually inferior , what else is there for them to do … every time teachers are constantly amazed by the fact that in the first year they have at the moment there are two or three really bright West Indian boys , and it 's of constant amazement to people like Mr G … ‘ my goodness he 's bright where does he get it from ’ . |
| 7 | But in captivity there 's nowhere for them to run , so it 's up to us to see they do n't hurt each other badly . ’ |
| 8 | A quick glance between Rose and the girls was enough for them to know that it was better to make no mention of their elder brother . |
| 9 | Some needed only to know that we existed — that was enough for them to throw themselves wholeheartedly into the gay life . |
| 10 | Well the main squad would come in about two o'clock or three o'clock and er was already for them to start working . |
| 11 | Life was there for them to enjoy . |
| 12 | They had not been asked to sit down and indeed there was nowhere for them to do so . |
| 13 | There was n't much space along here , and he could no longer rely on people taking one look and then getting out of his way because there was nowhere for them to go . |