Example sentences of "[vb past] them at a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He led them at a smart pace along the path where the railway had been and though they grumbled about the branches scratching their legs his sister and his brothers followed him . |
2 | Gaily followed them at a discreet distance and watched as they lowered Miss Faith Lavender into her last resting place . |
3 | None the less , it was felt , firstly by societies themselves of course but eventually by government , that the existing rules , based on ideas which dated remember from the eighteenth century , placed them at a serious disadvantage . |
4 | They bought them at a substantial discount . |
5 | Our horses had more sense and refused to go further so we stabled them at a local inn where we satisfied our hunger on a dish of fish cooked over charcoal before making our way up to the castle . |