Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] them on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent . |
| 2 | ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day . |
| 3 | Entrepreneurs , by their nature , are relatively thin on the ground — and an ungrateful lot not given to remembering those who helped them on the first , shaky steps on the ladder . |
| 4 | She arranged them on the big table on the terrace where they looked impeccable , like clothes set out for a wedding . |
| 5 | Jane , who had a natural feel for mood and background which complemented the clothes , swam more than competently and her black and white images of windswept models against bleak moors or stark beaches created for many who saw them on the white shop walls their indelible image of ‘ Laura Ashley ’ . |
| 6 | you 're absolutely spot on , cos you had them on the other one did n't you ? |
| 7 | They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave . |
| 8 | Erm , you see they were dyed on the wrong side you know they were of course it was easier to penetrate than it would be if they dyed them on the right side you see , it was technically i far far superior . |
| 9 | He crushed them on the open field of battle . |