Example sentences of "them [adv] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We shall know whether they sink or swim by putting them in at the deep end , and I have every confidence that they will all do well . |
| 2 | We realise that chucking them in at the deep end is not satisfactory . |
| 3 | Or drop them in at the Northern Echo offices in Northallerton and Darlington . |
| 4 | With clenched teeth , Ace pulled the pins on the grenades , paused for a couple of heartbeats , and hurled them over at the German position . |
| 5 | I do n't even know whether they let them off at the head office . |
| 6 | Exasperated Pakistani officials have threatened to round up the Arabs and drop them off at the American embassy . |
| 7 | So we 've planted a seed and we either get introductions there and then or we 've paved the way to the pick them up at the second appointment . |
| 8 | John Taub and others at the University of California School of Medicine required subjects to sleep an hour or more longer than usual , by putting them to bed at either II p.m. or I a.m. , but getting them up at the same time — 9 a.m . |
| 9 | So I 'll pick them up at the next brief . |
| 10 | It is clear that the derivation of the high number of word paths from mid-classes and the problem of filtering them out at the lexical access stage means that syntactic/semantic information must be brought to bear as soon as words are accessed . |
| 11 | The state of mind of day-dream escapers was not simple and they both believed in their plans and knew quite well that they would never carry them out at the same time . |
| 12 | Mike said , ‘ TCT are doing a sequel and a prequel to ‘ T is ’ and bringing them out at the same time . ’ |
| 13 | We met Audrey and Margaret on the way , and we saw them again at the next stop , Motueka , 60 miles to the north . |