Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Pat was infinitely available to Alice , helping with painting and cleaning ; between them the two women accomplished miracles , dingy caves being transformed one after another to fresh and lively rooms . |
| 32 | These do not reflect activity from the eyes individually , but between them the two channels will record an eye movement in any direction . |
| 33 | Between them the ultimate in praise was : ‘ It works . ’ |
| 34 | Father Crispin and Master Buckingham were also visible , while at the other end of the table were Lady Maude and Benedicta , between them the young nobleman who had made his intentions so blatantly obvious earlier in the day . |
| 35 | Between them the eight runners had won three races ; they were racing 's cannon fodder . |
| 36 | Between them the major Dutch breeds ( black-and-whites and the red-and-white dual-purpose Meuse-Rhine-Yssel ) account for 99 per cent of the dairy cows in the Netherlands today , with the black-and-whites averaging more than 6,800kg at 4.4 per cent butterfat , the MRY 6,000kg at 4.3 per cent and the less common Groningen Whiteheaded about 5,700kg at 4.2 per cent . |
| 37 | Greenall is a centre-half and between them the experienced pair have clocked up more than 700 League appearances . |
| 38 | Between them the four countries have some 144,000 elephants . |
| 39 | Between them the light-armed men-at-arms formed smaller companies with room to manoeuvre at need , and the knights and cavalry , visible in snatches of blazonry and colour against the dun-coloured slopes , were drawn back somewhat higher in three squadrons . |
| 40 | In the foreground are the old bogies , in the background the old top-cover , and between them the newly-constructed sides . |
| 41 | Anything to avoid further reference to what had happened between them the previous evening ! |
| 42 | Between them the 16-year-old schoolboys wrote their way to 20 straight As between them . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | Between them the three sons held title to most of Henry II 's kingdom — but title only . |
| 45 | For me the European theatre is where it 's at — a physical art rooted in the circus . ’ |
| 46 | Several months into my secondary education , this working provided what was for me the greatest locospotting thrill of the decade . |
| 47 | ‘ Oliver Craddock wrote this down for me the first time I saw him and I 'd forgotten all about it , ’ he said . |
| 48 | For me the chief attractions of this programme were the two pieces by Hans Gàl , whom I knew towards the end of his long and fecund life ( he died in October 1987 , at the age of 97 ) . |
| 49 | The story of Ruth illuminates for me the unbridgeable difference , rather than the similarity , between her situation and mine . |
| 50 | Not for me the reckless , romantic heroisms that make obituary writers reach for phrases like ’ untimely end ’ and ’ cut down in his prime ’ . |
| 51 | More than any other sound , more even than the grunting roar of a lion , their howling evokes for me the African night . |
| 52 | Duval agrees : ‘ For me the real issue is programme choice , in the sense of what is actually scheduled . |
| 53 | His poem exemplifies for me the many wonders and the brilliant light of the transcendent ; and also the unity of our soul as it basks in the warmth of that light . |
| 54 | Elegy ( E2 5c ) on the Lower Tier of the Roaches is for me the finest slab climb on gritstone . |
| 55 | A recent first visit to the USSR brought into focus for me the large question of evaluating music whose basis of appeal is grounded in extra-musical circumstances . |
| 56 | His daughter fed him on tins of baby food , which again confirmed for me the sour joke of existence and the particular contemptibility of this old man . |
| 57 | When he was hot , he was hot , but for me the whole thing was not so good . |
| 58 | So for me the three points were the Aldershot method er the importance of understanding arousal and the need for audience contact . |
| 59 | So for me the three things were the structured thought patterns plus the arousal and the need for audience contact . |
| 60 | For me the transcendent landscape has taken on the aspect of patterned fields , or small patches of flower beds . |