Example sentences of "[prep] they on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It beat about them on the wind as men shook their fists and shouted , faces shining . |
| 2 | ‘ I can leaf through them on the train , and they might give me something to go on . ’ |
| 3 | The idea was that the private sector would build and finance a number of roads and the department would pay a rent for them on the basis of how much traffic used them . |
| 4 | Performance of that order behind a BMW badge could shake a few prejudices , but these high-fliers may not be available in right-hand drive form until next year because of the demand for them on the Continent . |
| 5 | In short , Labour and the Liberal Democrats will have the argument won for them on the ground — and as long as they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation , rather than punitive redistribution , the current election election result has given them a platform from which effectively to challenge for power next time round . |
| 6 | Actual guides were waiting for them on the Scots side , from the Graham tower , producing a grim smile from Douglas , for one of his principal headaches as Keeper of Liddesdale was apt to be the inroads and cross-border raiding of these same Grahams , Kirkandrews prominent . |
| 7 | Hurley was waiting for them on the tarmac near the terminal in his big blue BMW 520i . |
| 8 | And all the other farmers were paying the guys who were working for them on the side , ten pound a day , for working from nine o'clock in the morning till about five at night . |
| 9 | It was close in the end but it might have been even tighter if Colbert had n't made way for them on the last stage . |
| 10 | If we take sentences without contexts and devise interpretations for them on the basis of the mutual compatibility or otherwise of the type-meaning of the words in them , we are putting ourselves under constraints which have nothing to do with syntax ; by thus restricting and deforming our appreciations of the structure we prevent ourselves seeing what the effect of the syntax , qua syntax , is . |
| 11 | Gould offered an enormous sum for them on the spot . |
| 12 | The spiritual area is concerned with the awareness a person has of those elements in existence and experience which may be defined in terms of inner feelings and beliefs ; they affect the way people see themselves and throw light for them on the purpose and meaning of life itself . |
| 13 | Comrades however had the last say when Dean Gordon grabbed a consolation goal for them on the stroke of full time . |
| 14 | And I used to have to sing hymns for them on the wards , they used to love that |
| 15 | is it but you see you could er pay for them on the ferry then |
| 16 | Their captain 's making it difficult for them on the blower |
| 17 | Look up such excellent works as J. Rachman and Clare Philips ' Psychology and Medicine ( Temple Smith ) or Richard Totman 's Social Causes of Illness ( Souvenir ) and you will find a total of 14 words between them on the subject . |
| 18 | America 's top two golfers — they have won $2.5m between them on the US circuit this season — have been elected favourites for the 32-nation event , and they want to avenge their recent defeat in the Dunhill Cup , when Love , Couples and Tom Kite lost to England in the semi-finals . |
| 19 | She sat between them on the steps of the summer-house , their chins on her knees , warmed by the heat of their bodies . |
| 20 | Ranulf the rat-catcher , Simon the tiler , and a host of others thronged the nave , sitting facing each other on the church 's two and only benches with Athelstan sitting between them on the sanctuary chair . |
| 21 | He poured her another glass of wine from the carafe which stood between them on the table . |
| 22 | This is the means by which LCH becomes the exclusive counterparty to both seller and buyer in respect of a contract made between them on the market . |
| 23 | This is a choice between two types of reading , in that one can choose between them on the basis of whether the novel 's contradictions are to be articulated and sustained in the act of reading ( " rhetorically aware " ) or suppressed by the reading ( " aesthetically responsive " ) . |
| 24 | and sell packaging film , covering 700 miles a week between them on the customer round . |
| 25 | ‘ Mind you look after them on the journey and buy them sweets and comic books for the train . ’ |
| 26 | His colleague stirred , and fixed his attention on a large dark car which was making a stately progress towards them on the southband lane . |
| 27 | They crossed the road to face the oncoming traffic and had just passed a 40 mph speed limit sign when he looked over his shoulder and saw a car heading towards them on the wrong side of the road . |
| 28 | Their conversation ceased as the eloquent tones of Michael Stein carried towards them on the public address system . |
| 29 | The woman floated down the steps towards them on the cloud of her gossamer gown . |
| 30 | A wisp of pale green fire suddenly spurted into existence , hovering below them on the steps . |