Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] them [prep] [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old retainer who had received them on their first visit tried to help but Cranston pushed him gently away , saying it was a holiday and besides he was here at Sir Richard 's request to pursue his inquiries privately . |
| 2 | ‘ France has her eyes on you , ’ he had told them in his first Order of the Day , and the troops had their eyes on Pétain ; even though for the best part of a week they were not actually to see the new commander in person . |
| 3 | Our friends told him that they were sure nobody had followed them since our last meeting . |
| 4 | There were candles and matches on a ledge just inside the front door where she had left them on her last visit , for Lydia was in fact a sufficiently practical person and not the ass she sometimes chose to appear . |
| 5 | Only Spurs have beaten them in their last nine visits to the capital . |