Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] they at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend |
| 2 | Up to a certain size , that is to say the size attained by the rats at a few weeks old , she caught and ate them , and , with a sure instinct for authority , brought in their tails to lay them at the feet of Martha . |
| 3 | Corbett left them at The Bull , its narrow windows draped with black crepe in mourning for the landlord whose coffin now stood outside the main door , perched rather crazily on its wooden trestles . |
| 4 | Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs . |
| 5 | Cambridge also contained a strong ‘ republican ’ group at this time , and while there is no proof that Wordsworth joined them at the University we find that he freely associated with ex-Cambridge liberals after his return from France in 1793 . |
| 6 | For a while Flavia Sherman joined them at the rail and stood with her hand resting on Joseph 's shoulder ; but she seemed restless and soon tired of watching the peasants at work in the fields . |
| 7 | ‘ It was a brutal and cowardly attack on wretched creatures whose offences placed them at the bottom of the prison heap , ’ he said . |
| 8 | They were part of Japan until Russia occupied them at the end of the second world war , and the Japanese feel they are justified in wanting them back . |
| 9 | Their neighbours Lurgan will also be taking the road to Dublin , with CYM awaiting them at the end of the journey . |
| 10 | Their landlord visited them at the flat to recover back rent . |
| 11 | She thinks the microwave ‘ has changed our perceptions of time , much as telephones changed them at the turn of the century ’ . |
| 12 | He has always been fanatically into body culture , punishing his muscles to keep them at the peak of definition and tone . |
| 13 | Nurses volunteer their services when they wish to work and managers engage them at the times required . |
| 14 | ‘ It will please the Colonel to see them at the breakfast-table in the morning , ’ I-said . |
| 15 | ‘ There will be no great welcome back here for the tour party — the only people to meet them at the airport will be their wives , ’ he said bitterly . |
| 16 | He arranged for Len to have them at the camp . ’ |
| 17 | Kath left them at the lift , and as the doors closed she caught a glimpse of him crouching down and talking to the little lad , his warm brown eyes kindly and concerned . |
| 18 | Those statements may be true or false , but there is nothing in their form to exclude them at the outset from consideration . |
| 19 | Classmates in Dymock voted for the three 11 year olds to represent them at the Telegraph ceremony . |
| 20 | Once at Finsbury Park , the cameras caught them at the sound check , in interviews , backstage , and relaxing before the gig . |
| 21 | St. Paul tells them at the outset of his three-chapter discussion on spiritual gifts , that ecstasy is no sure mark of inspiration by the Spirit . |
| 22 | If you want to keep the existing pipes ( perhaps using a tap adaptor ) , use a bath/basin spanner to disconnect them at the top . |
| 23 | The reasons that we need guidelines now is we had n't time to study them at the time and up to the present moment , as far as I 'm aware there 's one section that 's just been formed a couple of months ago . |
| 24 | As Primrose and her brother rejoined them at the table , Madeleine continued to pursue her own thoughts . |