Example sentences of "when he [verb] them [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 When he sold them around the pubs and to neighbours that evening , the money would subsidise his meagre pension .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Anthony even claimed to have discovered ‘ maps of Ireland ’ on the sheets when he stuffed them into the machine in the local Launderette .
5 When he chased them around the office , he felt young and alive again .
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