Example sentences of "we [verb] them in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But bitter Ferguson refused to blame individuals for United 's continental calamity and said : ‘ We let them in the back door and they stole the game . ’ |
| 2 | But bitter Ferguson refused to blame individuals for United 's continental calamity and said : ‘ We let them in the back door and they stole the game . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I think our second half performance was our worst for a long time , but we murdered them in the first . ’ |
| 4 | We betrayed the Arabs over the Balfa declaration , we betrayed them after they cleared Africa and the Middle East under Lawrence , we betrayed them in the last war when they backed our rear and allowed the ninth army , and I was there , to join the eighth army and get out , and directly the last war was over , we betrayed them again — there 's a complete betrayal of the Arabs in the Middle East . |
| 5 | However , as we know them in the modern world , there are virtually no middle classes in 1700 . |
| 6 | I am not arguing therefore that metaphors should not change , but that it is impossible for us to change them organically unless we understand them in the first place . |
| 7 | But erm , after the erm forty four Act of course , things began to er develop quite quickly and erm we then had what we called erm discretionary awards or minor awards we called them in the first place |