Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] they [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could afford to wait for them now , if he wanted . |
| 2 | By analysing element of the calls back at the laboratory , the biologists were able to show that the prairie dogs distinguished between them reasonably well , effectively creating a distinctive call for each person . |
| 3 | The Little Avon was used to feed the millpond via a half mile long leat , the mill powered by five large internal wheels , producing between them over 40 hp . |
| 4 | An uneasy tension seemed to have fallen between them again , as if the hot , searing flash of passion inside the cave had been a product of their environment , and not of their own feelings for each other . |
| 5 | A variety of holidays in locations at home and abroad including guided tours have been arranged for them annually for many years . |
| 6 | At the time , power for Oil Mill was provided by a pair of water wheels , generating between them around 50 hp . |
| 7 | The wind had an icy tang to it : it swirled about them right down to their feet , disturbing any loose leaves it could find ; and for a minute or two its voice was the only sound they heard , until Charlie 's broke into it , saying , ‘ Well , do n't worry , at least about me . |
| 8 | Andrew got between them almost shouldering Nicandra out of his way . |
| 9 | ‘ The cutlets yes , certainly , since the Prince rejected them first time round , and asked for them later , ’ dredging up memories from the depths of his mind . |
| 10 | When Richardson asked for them back , Billy airily said , ‘ Oh , I 've given all that to the Musée Picasso ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ We lost some very promising dogs because owners asked for them back after a fortnight , ’ explained the spokesman . |
| 12 | It finished only just ahead of the Alliance poll of 26 per cent ( which produced for them only seventeen Liberal and six SDP seats ) . |
| 13 | The wind was whipping about them now , billowing cloaks out and ruffling the hair and the fur of the Beastline . |
| 14 | There has never been any difficulty finding the facts in Northern Ireland — the news media comb through them relentlessly and university libraries are crammed full of academic literature on the troubles . |
| 15 | I do not intend to go through them here . |
| 16 | The following pages er then describe the budgetary changes commentary on a number of and I do n't propose to go through them individually . |
| 17 | Maureen said : ‘ I did n't think about them again until that psychic woman asked for them , but it was only after I had given them to her I realized they were n't his at all . |
| 18 | Acknowledge their existence and tell yourself that you will think about them later — then let them go . |
| 19 | Sonja sighs and looks through them again . |
| 20 | It 's not beyond the wit of the Tories to move in European people into the country , into this country in certain seats from the right in Europe to make sure those seats are won for them again , and I think it 's an extremely dangerous precedent to allow European voting if you 're not , if you 're just resident within Britain rather than a citizen . |
| 21 | I long for them not to be there . |
| 22 | Does Dr Serafin know about them yet ? |
| 23 | The three of them soon to be part of one fusion , still at this time isolated from each other : three figures representing and summarising between them so much that was central to the complex notion of the Romantic Age . |
| 24 | it 's just , this lot have voted for them again , I 'm going what are the red ones ? |
| 25 | Managers may be used to using briefs and may not want to stray off them too far . |
| 26 | ‘ We can wait for them here on the highway . ’ |
| 27 | No Peter wants about them finally closing his business down . |
| 28 | I should n't care to work for them even if they asked me . ’ |
| 29 | And if anyone is callous enough to check on that story then I would n't want to work for them anyway . |
| 30 | The Old Ones never appear in person , so we do n't have to worry about them anyway , but a cultist who only believes he has their powers or blessings and acts accordingly is just as dangerous as one who genuinely has their powers and blessings . ’ |