Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , oh yes , they lived in the station next you see . |
| 2 | But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ? |
| 3 | If you can hear me you must be within five or six miles of them but if they get to the Motorway first they 'll be able to lose you . |
| 4 | BRITISH yuppies yearning for that charming little place they saw in the Dordogne last summer have probably never heard of Compagnie Bancaire . |
| 5 | While the Americans had not entirely despaired of better relations with Nasser , they looked to the US 6th Fleet to remind possible trouble-makers of the power which the United States could immediately bring to bear against them in a crisis . |
| 6 | BE prepared to be dazzled by the Pale Saints when they play in the North-East next week . |
| 7 | If so , what are they to make of the case last week of Maria Jones , a 22-year-old woman who was 31 weeks pregnant ? |