Example sentences of "[verb] they at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Ruth , crouching by Gran , he seemed hugely tall ; but he gazed round like a helpless child , seeming not to see them at first . |
| 2 | The girl cried out in alarm at the sound of Rohmer 's shout , swinging back to see them at last . |
| 3 | Seven student teachers will be taking their examinations on 21st and 28th March — we wish them luck and hope to see them at next Q.T. Day . |
| 4 | It is a moment that is likely to reshape the strategic thinking of traditional , print-on-paper publishers , perhaps encouraging them at last to re-define their activities and participate more extensively in information media of all kinds . |
| 5 | Men often ‘ raise questions , and multiply disputes , which never coming to any clear resolution , are proper only to continue and increase their doubts , and to confirm them at last in perfect scepticism ’ . |
| 6 | I found them at last . |
| 7 | Bernice had n't seen them at first : their black silk cloaks merged into the darkness beyond the doorway , and only the jerky movements of the red-painted muzzles of their stubby blasters revealed their location . |
| 8 | it did n't like them at first , because she felt that they were very rough and uncouth . |
| 9 | Start by using each yarn for two rows of weaving — it can seem quite difficult to organise them at first , but you will soon start to be able to do this more quickly . |
| 10 | He 's costing me a fortune in tights — I wondered who 'd been taking them at first . |
| 11 | Thus it fell to one of the rank-and-file to make a lucky find that brought them at last to the downs : and probably saved a life or two ; for they could hardly have spent the night in the open , either on or under the hill , without being attacked by some enemy or other . |
| 12 | True , they had been vassals of China for nine long centuries — but had n't their hearts " like iron and stone " enabled them at last to throw off the Chinese yoke when the Tang dynasty crumbled ? |
| 13 | I thought further of the great fears that the rich must possess , of misfortunes that might reduce them at last to rejoin the human race . |
| 14 | I tried to tell them at first , but now I just smile and say nuffin' , like Brer Rabbit . ’ |
| 15 | Have they at last had their day ? |