Example sentences of "[verb] they [adv] in the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 He had come on as sub just as Tottenham began to turn the tide against an Everton side who had torn them apart in the first half .
2 love is kind enough not to leave them there in the first place .
3 For Christians , it is a grave mistake to confuse God with our inner desires , even if God placed them there in the first place .
4 After calling for non-Muslim forces to be withdrawn from the Gulf , they cursed the Saudi Arabian government for inviting them there in the first place , and took a side-swipe at Israel for having occupied the West Bank in 1967 .
5 McCarrick put them ahead in the eighth minute and they should have settled it in the 67th when Muir had a penalty saved , but Rimmer made no mistake from the spot to level the scores in the 83rd minute .
6 Murray bought his compass and they walked on together , beginning the skein of meaningless jokes and catchwords which was to bind them together in the next few weeks .
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