Example sentences of "three [prep] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three of them returned to the car . |
| 2 | She took the flower-filled trug from Dr Neil , admired the blooms , adding briskly , ‘ Come along , McAllister ; you might as well make up for lost time , ’ and all three of them walked into the parlour , Matey and McAllister of necessity , since it was their only indoor access to the kitchen . |
| 3 | Already their father had given an indication of his deep displeasure by ordering all three of them to remain in the room throughout the ceremony . |
| 4 | The girls did this , then the three of them ran along the line to a corner . |
| 5 | The three of them looked at the dark-dressed figure of their brother , his head back , as he stared at the huge oil painting of highland cattle hanging on the broad stone wall of the fireplace , and he answered , ‘ I do n't know , Reggie . |
| 6 | He could have sat down with only one of them and achieved the same guidance on weight and machining capability , but three of them came to the meeting , which he thought typical of engineers . |
| 7 | all three of them came from the pub , |
| 8 | The three of them went into the hallway , the doctor leaving them while he went into Leeming 's room to carry out his duties . |
| 9 | It was as though everyone else in the little hall — Mr Sands , the curious spectators , Havvie 's party — did not exist — only the three of them left in the world . |
| 10 | The three of them rode to the bank of the river , dismounted , then slipped quickly through the underbrush . |
| 11 | Twenty minutes later they were on their way , the three of them piling into the big black Mercedes and heading back to the railway station . |
| 12 | And all three of them made for the stairs . |
| 13 | The three of them stared into the night and Charlie wondered if there was yet another German out there , rifle cocked , waiting . |
| 14 | There were three of them seated in the wardroom , Talbot , Van Gelder and Grierson . |
| 15 | In a silence vibrating with silent accusation the three of them filed through the gap in the croton hedge . |
| 16 | When the three of them scrambled to the surface , a scene of incredible noise and chaos met them . |
| 17 | And , the discomfort is made even more acute when two or three of them arrive by the same post . |
| 18 | All four cameras scheduled for use in this episode are positioned on their ‘ A ’ positions , three of them aimed at the set on which the first scene will be acted out . |
| 19 | A groom came out to take their horses and , when he saw Corbett , immediately ran off leaving all three of them standing in the pouring rain . |
| 20 | That had seemed natural to Stephen , the way things should be : his father working and then emerging from his work , all three of them walking on the beach , or walking to Badstoneleigh to go to the Pavilion , or having tea on Stephen 's birthday in the Spinning Wheel , or going to see Somerset play . |
| 21 | I 'd even driven one once — a mad bass guitarist friend of mine , who 'd hit the minor big league with a couple of records , bought three of them to race around the M25 orbital motorway . |
| 22 | The three of them stood in the middle of the lane , snuffing up the keen cold air . |
| 23 | While the three of them stood by the pump in the stableyard , waiting for their horses to be brought out , George nodded his head towards Gareth Davis , who was across the other side of the yard , well out of earshot . |
| 24 | She dared fantasise , for just a moment , that she had some kind of family again , perhaps with Leila as a surrogate mother , the three of them heading for the stars . |
| 25 | " The three of us went to the flicks , over Badstoneleigh way . |
| 26 | Three of us went in the front , the other three through the back . |
| 27 | Three of us met at the Lesbian Sex and Sexual Practice Conference in London in 1983 . |
| 28 | I pay the cab , and the three of us squeeze into The Colleen Bawn . |
| 29 | For an hour the three of us crouched inside the leaking tent . |
| 30 | On the following Monday morning three of us arrived at the site . |