Example sentences of "to [num] [prep] the [adj] men " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well no , now you see , now is , what 's happened is this tt we argued er the case after we saw the notice , but we only saw the notice about a week before it went into com into committee , so we 'd only a very short time to get everything organized , well we got letters and this petition , we sent it in to the council , Stanley came round and talked to one of the young men round our place , not like that , but he was saying oh we 'll do this , that and the other , but when he came round and now we know they 'd lobbied all the committee that were good and they knew it was gon na be passed , they knew before they went in it was gon na be passed |
| 2 | Stewart used the ‘ tennis-ball ’ bounce to advantage with some stirring boundary hits , but he too fell to a lifter , topping a pull to one of the two men placed deep behind square . |
| 3 | Welcome back : In a few minutes , a night of tributes from the stars to one of the great men of British cinema . |
| 4 | The two sons she 'd reared had left home , and even being married to one of the richest men in Europe could n't compensate . |
| 5 | Twin sisters Emma and Rebecca Harper , who died in the fire at Uckington near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire , were last seen looking for their clothes , according to two of the 3 men accused of killing them . |