Example sentences of "them and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they added them and nobody told me . |
| 2 | Stands to reason nobody 'd dare to bomb us , because , we 'd do the same to them and they know it . ’ |
| 3 | Suddenly the ground fell away before them and they came out on an open plateau with a floor of chequered marble , white on black , and a wide stone staircase with balustrades running down to the dried bed of an ornamental lake , which the mist turned to a bowl of milk . |
| 4 | them and they came had this little pancakes were dishes of er there was a dish of the sauce that |
| 5 | You told me Stevie was coming round once before so I got all these water bombs , water bombs ready for them and they came round they were n't there . |
| 6 | The doors of the bar opened behind them and they went in to order hot chocolate from the rather older part-time student who had learned the advisability of doing something to earn a little money and had taken several jobs as a waitress . |
| 7 | He pushed it open for them and they went inside . |
| 8 | Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson |
| 9 | ‘ We missed three first-time tackles against them and they scored three scintillating tries . |
| 10 | The flies were troubling them and they blew through distended nostrils , or shook their heads , or stamped an impatient hoof . |
| 11 | Sometimes he played soldiers with them and they thought little of his plans for defence in depth . |
| 12 | He speaks to them and they separate into two groups , trembling . |
| 13 | Fortunately , the British can now buy them and they form a basis for this kind of pizza . |
| 14 | The eyes of the world were on them and they savoured , relished and devoured every moment . |
| 15 | It did n't knock them and they kept on playing . |
| 16 | While I 've been injured I 've missed them and they 've missed me . |
| 17 | they nearly did it brilliant way , remember I had the little labels on them and they 've all got mixed up one way or another |
| 18 | ‘ They know we 've always gone out with more than one of them and they 've always accepted it . |
| 19 | I in fact , half the rubber you , cos yo unless you order them and buy them like we used to buy them in some big packets but erm , you buy them in a shop , you buy them and they 've got teatles right across the middle have n't they ? |
| 20 | I 've had a preliminary meeting with them and they 've asked me to go back because they 're interested in me . |
| 21 | You have to drive them and they 've nothing on their heads . |
| 22 | This may be so but er with all the skirmishes we 've got on at present and there 's active there 'll be ex-servicemen from them and they 've these funny enough these young ones are coming along and joining the British Legion |
| 23 | They 've got all spit on them and they 've got food stuck in and everyone takes them out and they go , oh look this is my brace |
| 24 | From the viewpoint of this being and objective experiment , I would be a little bit worried about everyone knowing the nature of the experiment you had in mind , because , as you probably know , in industrial studies there 's a well-known effect , I think it 's called the Hawthorn effect , which merely by studying a group of people you change their behaviour and their output , simply because they know that you 're taking an interest in them and they 've got some idea of your expectations . |
| 25 | From the viewpoint of this being an objective experiment , I would be a little bit worried about everyone knowing the nature of the experiment you had in mind because , as you probably know , in industrial studies there 's a well known effect , I think it 's called the Hawthorne effect , which merely by studying a group of people you change their behaviour and their output simply because they know that you are taking an interest in them and they 've got some idea of your expectations . |
| 26 | Marie-Claire and Monique learned little English because Frederica intimidated them and they intimidated her . |
| 27 | I do n't stand any nonsense , mind you , they do what I tell them and they speak when they 're spoken to , but they know where they are with me . |
| 28 | They have no difficulty in imagining , for example , that there are thousands of people at large in Britain who are in the habit of aborting babies specifically for the purpose of eating them and they argue , ingeniously , that the lack of forensic evidence of satanic abuse can itself be read as proof of the existence of Satan . |
| 29 | There God dwelt among them and they saw the visible manifestation of his presence . |
| 30 | And , almost immediately , the city was behind them and they saw , like a crinkled ebony sea , the black earth of the fens . |