Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] they [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Ian Porterfield 's young side immediately showed to the challenge from the start , showing the form that has taken them to fourth in the Premier League after just one defeat in their previous 11 games .
2 Welshman Ian Woosnam would have joined them in second place but for a double bogey at the 17th for a 73 , while Scotland 's Colin Montgomerie is tucked in just behind after finishing four over par .
3 I 've lots of ideas for these , but as they are all quick to make I 've left them for next month when you have finished your special presents and they are neatly folded and packed away in all their glory of tissue paper and gold and silver ribbons .
4 But he had locked them in last night and he had done so on orders from the Gruagach so they did not dare rely on him .
5 He had not forgotten , either , the story Bartolomeo Zorzi had regaled them with last night , and which he supposed had now been repeated to Nicholas .
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