Example sentences of "i [vb past] them [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I met them on one of my early trips out here . ’ |
| 2 | I sold them for fifteen pounds . |
| 3 | ‘ I got them in some shop in Covent Garden . |
| 4 | I got them from that er |
| 5 | I found them at last . |
| 6 | I found them in those dawn hours . |
| 7 | I used them on many rainy days , and never once suffered from wet feet . |
| 8 | Oh dear , I told them at one point why we did , and I 've had it |
| 9 | The Muslim Palestinian defenders of Beaufort were ignorant of all this , sitting around the walls in silence when I told them of this historical the old tale of fear , treachery and pain . |
| 10 | Let's try and get it on the board , which somebody has written on and I told them about that and asked them to clean it , but , bring a spray can of white paint next time . |
| 11 | Yeah I know I told them about that ! |
| 12 | And I told them about this job I 'd done here . |
| 13 | Mm , mm and no , I dropped them off this morning , that 's it , he 's picking them up |
| 14 | Mind , I welcomed them with open arms because it meant I could stay off school . |
| 15 | There were other possibles — mostly underworld figures — but I discounted them as red herrings . |
| 16 | ‘ I joined them for selfish reasons , ’ he admits . |
| 17 | Although the ministers were too polite to commit themselves , even when I pressed them on this point , it was clear to me that they felt they , and their church , had been used . |
| 18 | I walked them for three or four hours a day , but nothing tired them or won their love . |
| 19 | I must have bloody done so , because they both produced contracts and five or six witnesses who swore that , although I was completely paralytic , I signed them on last Monday night at the Duck and Forceps . |
| 20 | I followed them at all three , but if The Valley was a 100 miles away , I 'd still be back . ’ |
| 21 | I had a clear view of them from a branch of a tree that overhung the water , and I watched them on several occasions . |
| 22 | I could n't get to sleep , and I noticed in the air there was a red light flashing , and several other green lights flashing , and they were coming , helicopter noises , and er I watched them for several minutes and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and rest were going up and down . |
| 23 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
| 24 | I called them into this room and spoke to them . |
| 25 | Whatever it was , the moment I saw the Parsons I knew them for British as surely as though they 'd had the word stamped on their hides like bacon . |
| 26 | And I 'll say this now , they was in business there , nextdoor , and I knew them like that , they says any machinery come here and use it , and they 'd got shears and all that sort of thing , and with their help , you know , I had these four locks and did them and took them down in no time to m to er , to and they was flabbergasted because of the quickness of them , you know , and they says er we can always find you sommat to work if er this is the case . |
| 27 | those four tapes , incidentally , I saw , you know the compil the Bach , Beethoven , Mozart and Tchaikovsky , I saw them for fifteen pound . |
| 28 | ‘ I had to coax two into it because they are not very experienced cook , but I chose them for that very reason , ’ he says . |
| 29 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 30 | I discussed them in some detail in the chapter on event planning . |