Example sentences of "would [verb] them at [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Sergeant Potter would meet them at Swallow Hall with the pistols , Uncle Bean and Biddy would arrive at lunchtime with the horses .
2 Cec told ‘ Gilly ’ that if he ( Gilly ) bowled any beamers at Cec 's team he ( Cec ) would bowl them at Gilly 's team .
3 When the landlord 's agents and the militia arrived , the tenants offered the whole of next year 's rent in advance if only Mrs. Pedelty would leave them at peace ; it had taken half an hour to get word to her of this offer and to bring back her refusal Then they asked for compensation for the land they had cleared and she sent back to say if they persisted in the claim she would sue for dilapidation and waste .
4 So I would suggest that regional and sub- regional policies need to occur much higher up the list and er perhaps I would put them at number one if not number two .
5 She would visit them at home at times , and have them spend an evening with her , with or without boy-friends .
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