Example sentences of "it [be] [noun sg] [prep] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course then it 's shame for them . |
| 2 | The they 're never sort of given feeble excuses , we are erm very truthful with them , i in order to make them understand that , you know , there are limitations erm within our jobs as well , cos a lot of people expect things , and erm you may promise them , well other people may promise them , and it 's not delivered then of course it 's sort of them and us , and we , we try to dispel that idea , it 's not them |
| 3 | China is using every negotiating device , and it is master of them all , to carve out as big a place for itself as it can in pre-1997 Hong Kong . |
| 4 | Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them . |
| 5 | Yeah , yeah was kind , it was kind of them , yes and we went all round the shops and er I thoroughly enjoyed it and in the new Co-Op as well you know , I thoroughly enjoyed it but he took me in the car so that we did n't have to hang about you see |
| 6 | When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom . |
| 7 | It was time for them to put their houses in order , ‘ and for the Home Secretary to insist they do ’ . |
| 8 | When Loc , with another worried glance in Jacques Devraux 's direction , insisted it was time for them to go to bed , Paul galloped across the clearing with little Hoc on his shoulders and dumped the boy squealing with laughter on his sleeping mat . |
| 9 | When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back . |
| 10 | By Sunday evening , when it was time for them to leave and the three of them were piling into the Bentley , what she felt inside her , by any definition , was far more than simply sexual excitement . |
| 11 | Exactly , but also it was food for them . |