Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] they [prep] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , a small band of bridge trolls tried to ambush them on one occasion , and a party of brigands nearly caught them unawares one night ( but unwisely tried to investigate the Luggage before slaughtering the sleepers ) . |
| 2 | It started when the Crown , which up till then considered swans as Royal property , agreed to share them with 2 City of London livery companies ; the Vintners and the Dyers . |
| 3 | He did feed them at one time , but they became so rampant he had to stop . |
| 4 | All he had was the certainty that whatever steps had been taken that day had led them in one direction only . |
| 5 | The problem arose if our visitors had changed them between one trip and the next , when he would be completely foxed . |