Example sentences of "[verb] they at their [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Ben and his young friends had been told at the start of the meeting to behave themselves and not get in the way of the other archers , so they were not too pleased when he beat them at their own game . |
2 | really got to play them at their own game really . |
3 | Unless everyone knows their rules , they ca n't play them at their own game , and there can be no equality of opportunity . |
4 | If anybody wants to employ them , they should know before , and then employ them at their own risk . |
5 | The widely read and influential book of the French politician and columnist , ServanSchreiber , translated as The Amer–can Challenge ( 1968 ) , summed up these fears ahout the loss of economic independence , and recommended that European industry and commerce should learn from the methods of the Americans and try to beat them at their own game . |