Example sentences of "them down and [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Go through your drawers and anything you do n't need bring them down and throw them in the bin . |
| 2 | I shall write them down and sign them . |
| 3 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 4 | They would salt them down and let them lie in the brine for a while and they would take them out and dry them . |
| 5 | Would he really let rhinoceroses out of cages so they charged people in the suburbs and trampled them down and ate them alive ? |
| 6 | I once saw this great T-shirt in New York which said , ‘ If you love somebody let them go … and if they do n't come back , hunt them down and shoot them ’ . |
| 7 | Vivienne would pick them up and say , it 's alright I 'll just wash them down and put them back on the rack . |
| 8 | She pushed them down and left them on the floor . |
| 9 | A The surest away of getting rid of them is to cut them down and dig them out . |
| 10 | The idea is that , if you pick out the best bits from the past , combine them , mix and match them , dust them down and restore them fondly , then the result will be something better . |
| 11 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 12 | People may actually be right but that is not an excuse for smugness , and non-interest in what anybody else thinks except to knock them down and force them to acknowledge the superiority of one 's own views . |
| 13 | Horses rearing and neighing , as ostlers and stable-boys tried to calm them down and lead them away . |
| 14 | You could write them down and give them to your next of kin or a close friend . |
| 15 | She wants me to take them down and swap them for one . |
| 16 | With the loss of their own leaders the armies of Chaos were in retreat and the Elves swiftly hunted them down and destroyed them . |
| 17 | We order you to cause the said oaks to be delivered to him in the place which is most suitable for transporting them , and to assist him to find men to cut them down and carry them , at our expense . |
| 18 | scrap through the remains of erm and got the wire wool and got them down and washed them , what I would like today if you would be so kind as to assist when you 've finished your pottery is to re-label these , now some of you er , have already finished pottery and start straight away , those who only have the finishing touches to do , start half way through the lesson or whatever , but I do intend to give a demonstration now , so , could you gather all round |