Example sentences of "we [vb past] them [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derek , just keep up the pressure , just demonstrate how we got them by the short and curlies and |
| 2 | It 's just like sharing I mean if we had two pizzas and we shared them between the two of us how many would |
| 3 | If we had erm four pizzas and we shared them between the two of us how many would we get ? |
| 4 | Our canvas stretcher-beds were quickly drenched with blood , because we used them for the worst wounded — the others had to be laid on the tiled floor . |
| 5 | ‘ I think our second half performance was our worst for a long time , but we murdered them in the first . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 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 |
| 8 | We rattled them from the first minute and did n't give them any breathing space . |