Example sentences of "[vb pp] they [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
| 2 | The River Thames had received them with some kindness , not passing on to them hepatitis or typhoid or any of the other plagues its waters might be carrying . |
| 3 | Meryl had joined them with some reluctance after the welcoming address , but the moment had been well chosen ; Anthea and the professor had been deep in conversation with an eager group of ladies from Leicester , leaving Meryl momentarily alone . |
| 4 | Sarah had joined them through another miracle , a cloak thrown by Mary Jacobus which upheld her feet on the water . |
| 5 | The Viennese modernists , Klimt , von Hofmannsthal , Hoffmann , Moser , had only joined them in this acceptance . |
| 6 | I 've given them to that solicitor that |
| 7 | Contemporaries certainly regarded them in this light . |
| 8 | Contemporaries certainly regarded them in this light . |
| 9 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 10 | I had expected them at that stage to do the decent thing and wait for us to catch up but , smelling their first blood of the season , they continued in much the same fashion and eventually ran out 7–0 victors . |
| 11 | In their defensive exchanges , they ceased to value what had first so attracted them to each other . |
| 12 | It 's important that we identify what desires and needs we could have in common with one another when using this approach ; if we do n't know the people concerned very well , or have not considered them in this way , we need to use the participative approach described above . |
| 13 | About one-third of pupils have traditionally attended them since that time . |
| 14 | And whoever took this four marb eight marbles had chucked them in this hole and if a even number come out it was mine , if a odd number came out then he 'd take the eight . |
| 15 | It turned out that she did n't realise they were down , but thinks she must have pushed them into that position when dropping the ribber . |
| 16 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 17 | But , we 've seen them on this side as well ! |
| 18 | Frederica said obviously that the sky and the sea and the boats were uncannily like Van Gogh , and Hodgkiss said that of course they would never have seen them in this way before he saw them . |
| 19 | Tony 's mother had made them for this occasion , and though recipes vary slightly the end result is a large currant biscuit . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've also shown them to some bluegrass musicians , a guitarist and a mandolin player , and they say that they 're really fast once you get used to them . |
| 21 | Although he said he 'd bought them from another dealer , the police proved he 'd been handling stolen goods . |
| 22 | Where politicians have challenged him , he has outmanoeuvred them until such time as he perceived his work to be done ; and then — Vienna 1964 , Berlin 1989 — he simply and quickly stepped aside to move on to fresh projects . |
| 23 | Now to be honest if they had come to us first we would have got them into another union the t&gwu or ACTT but having said that , one thing we should knock on the head straight away . |
| 24 | Got them into this place . |
| 25 | I think he has still got them to this day , ’ says his father . |
| 26 | I mean you liked it at night but I mean we 've got people right but some Friday nights we 've only got them in that bar . |
| 27 | Yeah but , they 've only got them in that flavour , I do n't like cherry . |
| 28 | These are the new rate books , we 've literally only had them through this week . |
| 29 | An especially clear example is in the fabliau Boivin de Provins , in which the hero , Boivin , having deluded a household of whores into providing him with a meal and a girl for free , and having set them at each other 's throats , goes off to tell the provost of the town the tale , who in turn spreads the tale around , producing much mirth and laughter . |
| 30 | Foolishly , she had set them opposite each other . |