Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] them [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Neither man liked the other , but they had strewn eggs in their own pathways towards each other and they walked on them all afternoon . |
2 | He chatted to them all evening , then went home and fell asleep . |
3 | A second swarm of enemies attacked Arthur 's skin and he swore at them blue murder . |
4 | It was a dangerous moment , fascination obliterating resentment , but when Luke suddenly turned his eyes her way again , the contempt Maria saw in them restored hatred . |
5 | ‘ We all went to them Cadillac Bar for lunch which was really good Mexican food . |
6 | You saw to them this morning . |
7 | If I looked at them all night long , I should n't grow tired of the sight . ’ |
8 | He says slight seconds , well I looked at them last night and there 's , I ca n't see nowt wrong with them . |
9 | For various reasons they were wrong ; but illusion of continuity was easily available because they had at least some of their kinsmen at close quarters , met them and socialized with them each day . |
10 | ‘ I will never stand in your way ! ’ she cried to them that evening in the bedroom . |
11 | Nevertheless Cara smiled at them that morning , as she smiled at the frail , clerical-looking gentleman who was both their saviour and their torment , the pawnbroker who held his court on one corner of St Jude 's Passage , the other corner housing the red-headed madam of the fringed shawl who did not emerge from behind her green shutters so early in the day . |
12 | They left behind them broken glass , tyremarks on the road and another exasperated shop owner . |
13 | We stayed with them last year in their old farmhouse , which was built in 1642 , just outside La Loupe . |