Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] them [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Alas I only met them once .
2 But she did not speak the words , only whispered them despairingly inside her head .
3 Just a minute … ’ and finally , ‘ Well , I expect we 'll see you when you 've the time , ’ as if she only visited them twice a year .
4 I personally found them absolutely useless , and I always through mine away , er , right away , but you know , that 's , that 's one of these areas where you have personal choice .
5 We only played them away .
6 That he had not destroyed the books , but merely locked them away , was testament to some ambiguity in him , however .
7 The workers for whom employers competed were not merely the ones with the bargaining strength to make unions practicable , but also those most aware that ‘ the market ’ alone guaranteed them neither security nor what they thought they had a right to .
8 Well I only cut them anyway !
9 His success in calming her down reassured them both that anger could be tamed .
10 He gently pulled them away , staring down at her body .
11 fraid so … only took them just over a minute as Paul Devlin poked the ball home from a corner
12 Anything short of a very near miss merely blew them away .
13 For example , you may have copied directly from a book into your notes , then forgotten that your notes are not your own original work , and so incorporated them directly into your essay .
14 she obviously took them both for the same thing did n't she ?
15 The activities of illegal immigrant vessels were as manna from heaven to the media who naturally gave them much publicity .
16 Since the birth of their sons , Felix ( now aged four ) and Max ( one ) , the Roberts were lucky enough to take over the raised ground floor which not only gave them more space but also allowed them vital access to the garden .
17 Then a large warm hand clamped over her own fumbling fingers and gently removed them so that he could work the latch .
18 I only bought them yesterday , and I have never worn them .
19 I only bought them yesterday .
20 Jessamy opened her eyes , then swiftly closed them again as she saw his tall figure standing there .
21 Right , I 'll put some make up on Just read them straight out the book ca n't you ?
22 Norwich reformers agreed , claiming that amelioration properly carried through made them more long-suffering .
23 Eventually , during my evolutionary wanderings through Biomorph Land — the sense of triumph was scarcely less than on the first occasion — I finally cornered them again .
24 and he never fucking ate them again
25 I just fucking told them straight , I said we had an argument and I never done it
26 The rigours of the English winter soon drove them indoors , and the next few centuries saw the minsters linked up with a series of local ‘ parish ’ churches .
27 that he just received them like , about half an hour before Mike rang up , so he said I 've got to get me secretary to type them out and then we , I 'll send them to you and we 've got to sign 'em , then what happens from there ?
28 sort of , the , the last pair went , went on and on and on , it got to twelve o'clock and the the , the landlord said right that 's it he said I 'm closing down no matter what , he said I 'd , I 've , he was n't eleven o'clock on , he said that 's it I ca n't keep it open any longer , so they closed it down , we called the game off , called it a boring match , they came down the club , fucking played them there , thrashed them out of sight first four games , no first five games , five nil , straight away , wahey , fucking walloped them , walloped their that was the , that was the league champion 's as well , Post Office in Grantham
29 The arrangement of the exhibits was crucial : when W. C. Williamson went to Manchester to take charge of the museum there in 1836 , he found that the stuffed animals were merely arranged in ornamental groups ; he soon reorganized them systematically .
30 The mist scarcely hid them now .
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