Example sentences of "[vb pp] they [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They had n't checked them all at the time , and then they had forgotten . |
2 | He has placed them both on the sofa under the magnificent painting of a Ramayana demon by his Thai protegé , not facing one another across his huge desk , to indicate that this is an intimate and informal interview , not to be taken too seriously whatever she says . |
3 | He and Ford had a cannon on the roof loaded with everything that they had been able to lay their hands on : stones , penknives , pieces of lightning-conductor , chains , nails , the embossed silver cutlery from the dining-room , and even some ivory false teeth , picked up by Ford who had seen them gleaming in the undergrowth ; but the greater part of the improvised canister was filled with fragments of marble chipped from The Spirit of Science Conquers Ignorance and Prejudice . |
4 | We had no doubt that if there was the slightest suggestion that the statements differed materially from the evidence given by the witnesses the learned trial judge would have called for these statements and examined them himself and if necessary would have made them available to the defence . |
5 | Their contribution is perceived as threefold : they were long-standing rivals of Gloucester , which virtually guaranteed a power struggle in 1483 ; the favour shown them by the king had made them unpopular with the rest of the Yorkist establishment ; and they were so closely identified with the young king , Edward V , that any limitation of their power could only be made permanent by his deposition . |
6 | Their contribution is perceived as threefold : they were long-standing rivals of Gloucester , which virtually guaranteed a power struggle in 1483 ; the favour shown them by the king had made them unpopular with the rest of the Yorkist establishment ; and they were so closely identified with the young king , Edward V , that any limitation of their power could only be made permanent by his deposition . |
7 | I 've watched them all through the week see . |
8 | I 've watched them all through the week . |
9 | she said Joe would of got them all at the top where you could n't see them and things like that , I said well you wo n't get builders doing that |
10 | I get another star , thing is he does n't actually , I can remember them cos he can read them , I do n't know whether she 's got them wrong for the test it 's a bit of a really is n't it eh ? come on |
11 | The watering hole that 's got them foaming at the mouth . |
12 | You should have told them that about the poppy seeds . |
13 | Tom , when he woke later had insisted that they should absorb some culture , had chivvied them both into his car and driven them first to the Villa Lante . |
14 | Although these omissions suited me at the time , I have since found them incredible to the point of doubting my own powers of recollection , but when I checked recently with my sister , she confirmed their accuracy . |