Example sentences of "[verb] between they the " in BNC.

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1 His first experience of the conflict between two powerful men , tossing between them the idea of war .
2 In the south-east corner of the massif , however , this fall is interrupted by other heights of sufficient stature and character to be classed not merely as foothills but as separate entities deserving individual attention : of these , Norber and Moughton , enclosing between them the lonely valley of Crummackdale , display features of unusual interest .
3 These new measurements were counted in two series of twelve with their poles at noon and midnight , and to differentiate between them the terms ante meridiem and post meridiem ( ‘ am ’ and ‘ pm ’ ) were coined .
4 They are custodians of a vast variety of potatoes — hundreds of genetically differing kinds , no doubt containing between them the secrets of natural disease resistance , tolerance of climate change , chemical-free extended shelf-life , frying without fat absorption and who knows what other desirable characteristics .
5 These were Alexander II 's only real choices , but before he decided between them the notion of tying the provinces more closely to the centre had to be ruled out of court .
6 Anything to avoid further reference to what had happened between them the previous evening !
7 They were still prisoners of the attraction which , under the guise of antipathy , had arced between them the moment Nathan had entered the Customs office .
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