Example sentences of "i [vb past] them [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I heard them arguing with each other , and then Detchard said to the Belgian , ‘ Why , Bersonin , are you afraid of one man ? ’ |
2 | After all , I 'd only just stopped doing my paper-round and I heard them talking about headlong stuff I never knew about before : abortions , heroin , Sylvia Plath , prostitution . |
3 | cos I saw them skating round that car |
4 | I felt guilty — after all , they had trained me — but in the end I saw so many of my friends making the move , I saw them working in better conditions , earning so much more for fewer hours , ’ she grimaced , ‘ in the end I decided I 'd be crazy not to join them . ’ |
5 | I saw them putting on pale blue underpants . |