Example sentences of "them [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The detail of these two Appendices is indeed so full of problems as to make them rather grim reading . |
| 2 | ‘ The creative use of leisure ’ sociologists called it and it worried them badly that fret-work and bird-watching might be all there was to fulfil people after pressing the buttons at the fully-automatic , atom-powered , closed-circuit-TV-monitored , computer-directed plant for a couple of four-hour shifts a week . |
| 3 | THERE have been lucky winners of the Grand National but , of them all 100–1 chance Foinavon must rank supreme — and may also have been indirectly responsible for saving the race . |
| 4 | Honestly , it sounded to me as if he was giving them all some kind of ultimatum . ’ |
| 5 | It takes them all some time to understand it . |
| 6 | One of them apparently recognised Ranulf and called out honey-phrased invitations as to what she would offer for a silver coin . |
| 7 | Another five-hour journey from Darwin to Brisbane left them only one training session before facing Queensland , which was hardly an ideal preparation . |
| 8 | To remind them that their rule was derived from God himself , and that they were neither creators nor rulers by right , God forbade them only one thing : they were not to partake of the knowledge of good and evil ; such a mysterious gnosis belonged to God alone . |
| 9 | The museums can promise them only one thing an enduring memorial and gratitude for any help given . |
| 10 | They both agreed that if you could n't enjoy yourself on the way , what was the point in running a business that afforded them so much freedom to travel ? |
| 11 | Parents feel betrayed because their children have caused them so much worry and , later on , children often feel guilty for upsetting their parents so much . |
| 12 | It was as if , because she bore them so much love , the actions of her children had the power to anaesthetize some of her most cherished convictions . |
| 13 | They give them so much protection nowadays . |
| 14 | The Venetians had already gained control of the Montenegrin coast and were developing the trade between the Adriatic ports and their Ottoman-held hinterland which was to bring them so much wealth during the ensuing centuries . |
| 15 | Rhyme , measure , and the turning of verses , which is indispensable and which gives them so much vigour , are analogous to the hidden symmetry , to the equilibrium at once wise and inspired , which governs the meeting or separation of lines and spaces , the echoes of color , etc. ’ poetic painting was Delacroix 's preference , but ‘ David 's picture of Leonidas at Thermopolae is masculine and vigorous prose , I admit ’ . |
| 16 | These were the ones giving them so much grief because of low chip yields ( UX No 412 , 413 ) . |
| 17 | Where will you find in any of them so much Nature , Sweetness , Simplicity and Ease , and such a judicious Choice of new and enlivening Epithets ? |
| 18 | you did , you 're the cleverest girl in the world are n't you ? there 's your space suit where are you ? , come here while I pull your pants up , pants up first , pants up first lets run some water wait a minute your trousers are not pulled up right both hands in a little bit of soap on , now rub them together good rinse , get all the soap off , right shake , rattle and roll , hands washed , I mean dried sorry |
| 19 | Whether it was chance or the covert workings of the Unbeheld that had brought them together this way , there was surely significance in their reunion . |
| 20 | Why did it hurt to learn that it had been the machinations of others that had brought them together this time ? |
| 21 | Adam it was who made up the fires of a morning , when his mistress , who slept only fitfully at night , was already awake , Adam who crept noiselessly about the place , unnoticed , who must have seen them together last night outside the ballroom . |
| 22 | In this respect the displays carry a long tradition of early " pencil and paper " methods but , of course , they bring with them much greater computing power . |
| 23 | When we look at each of the small group " scenes " we can accord them much higher status ; instead of commenting on the changing position of the door handle , we can discuss which moments from each of the " interviews " we will keep in the documentary ; we have an informing context in which to discuss what each of the interviewees said . |
| 24 | As Eve had anticipated , it did win them much more freedom . |
| 25 | We 'd get to one poem four or five days into the war , or after The Belgrano or Sir Galahad , and then you have ‘ Lie Still ’ … which is sombre , like a tribute , and then the others , like ‘ Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night ’ , which started off as a camp throwaway as a tango ; but the poems put together with an orchestra gives them much more depth . ’ |
| 26 | Put them elsewhere next year and make sure they have plenty of organic matter to draw on . |
| 27 | If there are any cancer cells not yet being attended to , I will give them just one minute to stand up . ’ |
| 28 | EIGHTY factory workers were looking forward to a very merry Christmas — until their boss gave them just one bottle of whisky between them . |
| 29 | He allowed them just enough milk to supplement the grass they were learning to eat and then pushed them aside , replacing their mouths on the teats with his fingers , squeezing the milk in short squirts into a frothing bowl on the ground below . |
| 30 | Give them just enough food for them to be able to work for their keep . |