Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb past] them [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No sooner had she begun manufacturing a few defences than he demolished them with a flick of his finger . |
| 2 | ‘ Mac , ’ as of course he was known , would promise to bring down the wrath of almighty God on them if he found them in the Trocadero , Elephant and Castle , when they should be ‘ capable of , and available for work , ’ as one had to be in those days . |
| 3 | The proprietor must have thought that they were lovers because he showed them to the most secluded table in the place , talking all the while in rapid French , which she could n't understand at all , but which Piers had no trouble in comprehending . |
| 4 | He had to put archers and javelin-throwers of his own up all the climbable trees before he had them on the run , and lost a dozen men to no purpose . |
| 5 | When he sold them around the pubs and to neighbours that evening , the money would subsidise his meagre pension . |
| 6 | He thought of startling Fred and Daisy with a flood of Italian when he met them off the boat train at Victoria Station , but at the sight of them his plans fled for excitement . |
| 7 | He once caught a pigeon , but it was mostly sparrows so small that , when he laid them on the embers to cook , they were ready by the time the feathers had singed and were hardly worth even sharing , except with the twins who insisted . |
| 8 | Anthony even claimed to have discovered ‘ maps of Ireland ’ on the sheets when he stuffed them into the machine in the local Launderette . |
| 9 | Other women at the city council office where he worked hid when he chased them with a syringe filled with water , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 10 | When he chased them around the office , he felt young and alive again . |
| 11 | Ellwood and Luke were crouched over Piper as he told them about the slow , magical dance of the cosmos . |
| 12 | ‘ We are a scientific community , ’ he said as he led them into a dismal cavernous hall , ‘ and also a spiritual one . ’ |
| 13 | The rest clambered into their saddles , and followed him unquestioningly as he led them at a canter downslope to where the hills opened out and patches of ground could be seen where the snow was melting . |
| 14 | The moon and man stepped up to Le-eyo together , and the god became confused , saying ‘ Man , die and remain away ; moon , die and return ’ as he sprinkled them with the reversed charms . |
| 15 | ‘ Keep still , do n't panic , and you 'll be all right , ’ Trent told the three men as he handed them into the boat . |
| 16 | My text here is Evans-Pritchard 's unrivalled study of the witchcraft beliefs of the Zande people of the southern Sudan as he found them in the late 1920S and early 1930S living under the generally benign rule of the British raj . |
| 17 | He smelt of good-quality eau de toilette , his grasp firm as he shook them by the hand and strode ahead , waving the nanny and his young son towards the sitting-room . |
| 18 | He touched Miranda on the elbow as he steered them towards the lectern where the table reservations ledger stood . |
| 19 | In fact Auguste and Sid were the only volunteers and even Auguste had second thoughts as he smelt them on the gridiron . |
| 20 | They were glad then that all was calm , as he guided them to the harbour they desired ’ ( Psalms 107:29–30 ) . |
| 21 | After all , as he wrote in his diary : ‘ Muhammed bin Tughluk was especially well known in his generosity to foreigners for he preferred them to the peoples of India . |
| 22 | Minton , though he rendered them with a Chinese delicacy , despaired at the sight of so many fir trees and did less sketching than was usual on his trips abroad . |
| 23 | The increasingly objectivity and precision of O'Keeffe 's imagery also made a strong impression on critic henry McBride , though he interpreted them in a surprising way . |