Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some it may be that the act of crying was left free for them to use in a healthy way . |
| 2 | Obviously , it is easier for them to develop in the Second Division rather than the First Division . ’ |
| 3 | Two pints of your best , and have one yourself , ’ one of them said in a loud voice . |
| 4 | " Here mate , " one of them said in a puzzled voice , " You 're a customs officer , what the hell were you doing in there ? |
| 5 | Bartlemas had an enormous private income , and the pair of them lived in a tall Victorian house in Islington , which was filled to the brim with play-bills , prints , prompt copies , figurines and other souvenirs of their two heroes . |
| 6 | Some of them lived in a rented house , while the Taiwan Ten took over the garage and yard . |
| 7 | Without turning round he said in a harsh voice : ‘ If you want to know about Inez , Mr Wycliffe , you must ask Sara , the two of them lived in the same house for nearly twelve years . |
| 8 | Vases in the Marine Style , including rhytons , bridge-spouted jugs and three-handled amphoras , are decorated with triton shells , argonauts , octopuses , starfish , rocks and seaweed — all of them treated in a free and fluid way . |
| 9 | containing the names and particulars of the directors and secretary and a consent signed by each of them to act in the relevant capacity ; and |
| 10 | An ordinary freedom-fighter or revolutionary — and there were a great many of them operating in the Holy Land at the time — might well have won popular support for his actions , but could not have been acclaimed as the Messiah . |
| 11 | Some 15 million of them served in the armed forces , over 11 million going overseas ; and it is estimated that another 15 million moved from their homes , mainly in the smaller towns and the rural areas , to the booming sites of the war industries , such as those in California . |
| 12 | Most of them believed in an immaterial reality too . |
| 13 | We attended between us five workshops and found all of them lacking in a clear overall framework/direction which would at least set an agenda for future constructive discussion ( let alone action ) . |
| 14 | Two of them came in the first half as Bolton tore Watford to shreds . |
| 15 | Two of them came in the third round . |
| 16 | There are 200 species of primate , 90 per cent of them living in the tropical rainforests of Asia , Africa and South and Central America . |
| 17 | Many have good sight , but there are a few forms which have lost their eyes , some of them living in the lightless world of caves . |
| 18 | In my own section , towards the middle of the cloakroom , I saw to my horror two lines of girls staring at me and giggling , and as I came near , one of them asked in a sarcastic voice where I came from . |
| 19 | This was a book of fables , most of them pointing in the inevitable direction ; the title story told , with some charm , of a little boy who saw from a hillside while out walking a house whose windows were all of gold . |
| 20 | The West Indian islands contain less than a dozen active volcanoes , all of them congregated in a small arc at the east of the chain , but one of these , Mt Pelee , was responsible for the most lethal eruption of this century . |
| 21 | Wayne said as the two of them sat in the empty hull of a partly-restored cruiser on the Saturday morning , but Pete could only shrug . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't you dare beat me up , you nasty nasty man , I 'm a policeman ! ’ one of them shrieked in a mocking falsetto . |
| 23 | Some of them appear in the above list , for a hard line can not be drawn . |
| 24 | ‘ A Goddamn ! ’ one of them replied in a thick , Scottish accent . |
| 25 | A groom came out to take their horses and , when he saw Corbett , immediately ran off leaving all three of them standing in the pouring rain . |
| 26 | There are at least ten or a dozen different principal textures , but it would be unusual to find a large number of them used in the same piece . |
| 27 | Each of them ended in a shiny black shoe . |
| 28 | ‘ At home , children expect to come first in the life of the family and in school many of them behave in a selfish , uncaring way with no idea of consideration of others , ’ wrote another . |
| 29 | Galleys took some small part in the indecisive battle of Cape Matapan between the Turkish and Venetian fleets in 1717 ; but apart from the large fleets of them maintained in the Baltic by Russia and Sweden they had become obsolete long before the end of this period . |
| 30 | Karadjordje 's response was to declare : ‘ It is easy for the Sovereign Law of yours to rule in a warm room , behind a table , but let us see tomorrow , when the Turks strike , who will meet them and beat them . |