Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Playing against Celtic , however , is generally supposed to be difficult for someone who formerly captained the club and could not say that his regard for them ended on the day he was transferred . |
| 2 | A group apart , the links between them welded by the sheer weight of society pressing down upon them . |
| 3 | For this the British and French between them lost in the region of 600,000 men ; the Germans more than 440,000 . |
| 4 | Any fears , however , that Havel 's talent might be going off were for me resolved by the broadcast version of Redevelopment , given a dramatised reading by the RSC in February under the title Slum Clearance . |
| 5 | The letter she had left for me remained in the possession of the police as evidence . |
| 6 | ‘ This man Siward : how can he hope to hold Lothian , so far from York and from Durham , with a strength such as yours massed to the north of him ? |
| 7 | Yes , half way through I spoke to the environ environment officer |
| 8 | The man who was walking towards them stepped into the light of a streetlamp . |
| 9 | What was she doing on Noah 's mountain alongside a pilgrim turned fanatic and a bearded peasant with whom she could not communicate , while the rock below them exploded like the gunpowder they had brought to ingratiate themselves with the local chieftains ? |
| 10 | Most of them died in the onslaught which followed , their historic city completely destroyed . |
| 11 | The king did not lack military resources , but they were useless if the men who were placed in command of them defected to the enemy . |
| 12 | In a silence vibrating with silent accusation the three of them filed through the gap in the croton hedge . |
| 13 | The two of them looked towards the little wooden table outside the sick bay , where a bottle labelled ‘ Dr MacLaren 's Stomach and Bowel Mixture ’ stood , together with a large spoon . |
| 14 | The three of them looked at the dark-dressed figure of their brother , his head back , as he stared at the huge oil painting of highland cattle hanging on the broad stone wall of the fireplace , and he answered , ‘ I do n't know , Reggie . |
| 15 | Both of them looked at the stain on the carpet in silence . |
| 16 | but er , a lot of them got on the twelve six , you goes the twelve thirty one any way we waved to her when she got on it the coach you see was full at Bart Green , you got , at Redditch |
| 17 | That was how many of them got into the peep shows , selling off their self-respect in order to finance their habit . |
| 18 | One of them parked across the narrow track leading away from the building ; it acted as a barrier . |
| 19 | He 'd caught a glimpse of the two of them reflected in the hall mirror and his heart had lurched because it looked as if he was propping up a corpse . |
| 20 | Both of them listened to the raised voices . |
| 21 | Early reports suggested that few of them knew about the registration process because the government 's public information had been put out on a Friday , the first day of the Kuwaiti weekend . |
| 22 | Russian writers actually lived simultaneously in the two worlds — the ancient communalism of the peasantry , which so many of them knew from the long summers on their seignorial estates , and the world of the westernised and much-travelled intellectual . |
| 23 | Western liberals and the Left once again found their credulity stretched in defence of the one state which most of them saw as the only bulwark against Nazi Germany . |
| 24 | The three of them rode to the bank of the river , dismounted , then slipped quickly through the underbrush . |
| 25 | ‘ What do you know best ? ’ she asked , slipping her arm round Beth 's slim waist as the two of them sauntered to the door . |
| 26 | The three of them stared into the night and Charlie wondered if there was yet another German out there , rifle cocked , waiting . |
| 27 | One of them remarked on the scent . ’ |
| 28 | The men drank beer from the bottles , and one of them passed round the cigarettes he had bought on the flight , and the blond girl contributed a half-bottle of Stock brandy . |
| 29 | Very few women took part in training , which was surprising when one considers how important a part many of them played on the farm . |
| 30 | Without turning round he said in a harsh voice : ‘ If you want to know about Inez , Mr Wycliffe , you must ask Sara , the two of them lived in the same house for nearly twelve years . |