Example sentences of "was [verb] they [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does it really matter that those were early days , when the joke on campus was that the only way to kill anyone with a laser was to hit them over the head with it ? |
| 2 | Flowers looked at fault , but the happy Town fans chanted ‘ Goddard for England ’ while the band was serenading them during the interval . |
| 3 | As they returned to Swinbrook on Grye , the gipsy horse , the trees of Wychwood closed in about them and Carrie imagined the sadly diminished yet still proud forest was protecting them from the rest of the world . |
| 4 | The best man was driving them to the airport for their flight to Greece , and Ellie made sure she was right in the middle of the crowd as they all surged down the front path to wish them bon voyage . |
| 5 | He was selling Gary Druer from Travel Enterprise rooms at rock-bottom rates , and Gary was retailing them to the client for top whack , trading on our reputation . |
| 6 | And when they had seen it they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning the child . |
| 7 | Tommy , who was accompanying them on the mouth-organ , noticed that Charlie could n't take his eyes off Rose the barmaid who , although on the wrong side of thirty , never stopped flirting with the young recruits . |
| 8 | But still the horses would n't budge : they were fixed as if something was holding them to the road . |
| 9 | The aim was to put them on the spot — or at least to impress the Inspector with your knowledge and concern . |
| 10 | My first thought was to put them in the dustbin . |
| 11 | Because now Cardiff was hauling them through the staircase door and back on to the first-floor landing . |
| 12 | He was putting them on the game , women and young girls who would otherwise never have dreamt of doing it . |
| 13 | I was putting them round the back and sat thinking about it and I said well we ai n't got no peat , so we had to rush over to Hetford and bought some very good peat , and erm , by the time I got back and started digging hole for them to go in |
| 14 | The cost of a player in the fantasy league does not reflect his ‘ true ’ value ; for defenders and goalies it 's how many clean sheets , +4 points , or goals conceded — 1 point for each ( but they get points for nipping in the odd goal ; why Irwin is worth 3m and Tony 1.9m ) ; for the midfield and forwards it is how many they score , +3 points , and how many they assist with , +2 points , explaining why Speed is valued higher than Macca , as at the time of setting this up he was putting them in the onion bag . |
| 15 | Eachuinn Odhar was awaiting them among the crowd in the hall . |
| 16 | I suppose what I did there was put them on the spot so how could I word that so that it does n't put people on the defensive so much ? |
| 17 | She returned to the sitting room and struck Tam , who had knocked the bowl of biscuits from the table and was wolfing them off the carpet . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best . |
| 19 | ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best . |
| 20 | She was watching them over the rim of the glass , looking from one to the other of their faces , trying to follow their too rapid talk . |
| 21 | Someone was watching them from the top of the stairs . |
| 22 | Or maybe , the other ends got hot while I was a-tapping them on the anvil . ’ |
| 23 | Coming back to the council last year , some time in May last year , and er I was telling them about the noise and the situation , at the time . |
| 24 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 25 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 26 | I was hitting them on the head and they were all falling on the floor . |
| 27 | But when he looked back over his shoulder for help , Garvey too had descended his ladder and was following them into the nave . |
| 28 | And he ki he was killing them in the back yard there . |