Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [to-vb] they [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I love the passage ( Numbers 14:15-17 ) where Moses craftily dissuades God from killing his own people by suggesting other people will think he did it to cover up his inability to get them to the promised land . |
2 | It was first spotted by Gary Walker at Wiiija Records — currently championing Huggy Bear and Cornershop and one of the ‘ 90s ’ most underestimated talent scouts — who flew to Belfast with the last of his money to sign them in the early days . |
3 | Dathan and Abiram challenge Moses on the grounds of high-handedness and his failure to bring them into the promised land ( 13–14 ) . |
4 | In this extract the senior devil instructs his nephew to use them as a tactic in subverting the progress of the new believer : |
5 | He had smoked one cigarette after the other , holding them cupped in his palm to protect them from the rain . |
6 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |