Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] them on [adj] [noun] " 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 He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today .
3 He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today
4 We never did persuade them , but for six valuable hours we managed to hold them on that course far out into the Flores Sea , until finally they came to their senses , noticed the distant and almost invisible shore , and hurriedly tacked towards it again .
5 But she had earned them on sheer merit .
6 She confessed that Sally-Anne had written them on old ones Miss Laura had collected on earlier trips , and Miss Laura had posted them for her , to deceive us .
7 Mm , mm I 'd of put them in the , even with these new glasses I these dark ones , you know the dark ones I had to put them on this morning I had to put these dark glasses on cos the light hurt me eyes , so I had to put these on
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