Example sentences of "[vb pp] their [noun pl] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The couple worked at the same tasks as their staff , they dressed in the same way , educated their children at the same schools and ate in the same canteen . |
| 2 | No word had come from Rose , and surely she would have cancelled their arrangements at the least hint of scandal ? |
| 3 | ‘ There is considerable danger here of drawing the conclusion that because the two sets of bones were found in conjunction and on the same date , they must have met their deaths at the same time . |
| 4 | ‘ If we discover the SDLP and Alliance Party requested their meetings at the same time or later , there will be one major political row , ’ he said . |
| 5 | The American embassy in Beijing is said to have received envelopes containing a few yuan as contributions from ordinary Chinese to the war effort ; and young would-be volunteer fighters have offered their services at the Kuwaiti and Saudi embassies . |
| 6 | How the more distinguished men must have gnashed their teeth at the trivial basis upon which great decisions are made — but how delighted they must be today not to be branded with the title of court architect ! |