Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] them at the " in BNC.

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1 I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend
2 Up to a certain size , that is to say the size attained by the rats at a few weeks old , she caught and ate them , and , with a sure instinct for authority , brought in their tails to lay them at the feet of Martha .
3 Corbett left them at The Bull , its narrow windows draped with black crepe in mourning for the landlord whose coffin now stood outside the main door , perched rather crazily on its wooden trestles .
4 Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs .
5 Hewett despatched Charlton around the outside of the inn to meet them at the outside door , while he and the landlord hurried through to the tap room .
6 Cambridge also contained a strong ‘ republican ’ group at this time , and while there is no proof that Wordsworth joined them at the University we find that he freely associated with ex-Cambridge liberals after his return from France in 1793 .
7 For a while Flavia Sherman joined them at the rail and stood with her hand resting on Joseph 's shoulder ; but she seemed restless and soon tired of watching the peasants at work in the fields .
8 ‘ It was a brutal and cowardly attack on wretched creatures whose offences placed them at the bottom of the prison heap , ’ he said .
9 They were part of Japan until Russia occupied them at the end of the second world war , and the Japanese feel they are justified in wanting them back .
10 Their neighbours Lurgan will also be taking the road to Dublin , with CYM awaiting them at the end of the journey .
11 Their landlord visited them at the flat to recover back rent .
12 She thinks the microwave ‘ has changed our perceptions of time , much as telephones changed them at the turn of the century ’ .
13 He has always been fanatically into body culture , punishing his muscles to keep them at the peak of definition and tone .
14 Nurses volunteer their services when they wish to work and managers engage them at the times required .
15 ‘ It will please the Colonel to see them at the breakfast-table in the morning , ’ I-said .
16 ‘ There will be no great welcome back here for the tour party — the only people to meet them at the airport will be their wives , ’ he said bitterly .
17 He arranged for Len to have them at the camp . ’
18 Kath left them at the lift , and as the doors closed she caught a glimpse of him crouching down and talking to the little lad , his warm brown eyes kindly and concerned .
19 Those statements may be true or false , but there is nothing in their form to exclude them at the outset from consideration .
20 Yes it 's been understood that it was a routing thing to put them at the right side of Southwell to drive through the middle of it .
21 Classmates in Dymock voted for the three 11 year olds to represent them at the Telegraph ceremony .
22 Once at Finsbury Park , the cameras caught them at the sound check , in interviews , backstage , and relaxing before the gig .
23 St. Paul tells them at the outset of his three-chapter discussion on spiritual gifts , that ecstasy is no sure mark of inspiration by the Spirit .
24 If you want to keep the existing pipes ( perhaps using a tap adaptor ) , use a bath/basin spanner to disconnect them at the top .
25 The reasons that we need guidelines now is we had n't time to study them at the time and up to the present moment , as far as I 'm aware there 's one section that 's just been formed a couple of months ago .
26 I doubt if at present you can have it reregistered on an age related basis , but when you write to DVLC ask them at the same time .
27 As Primrose and her brother rejoined them at the table , Madeleine continued to pursue her own thoughts .
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