Example sentences of "them [vb past] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bartlemas had an enormous private income , and the pair of them lived in a tall Victorian house in Islington , which was filled to the brim with play-bills , prints , prompt copies , figurines and other souvenirs of their two heroes . |
| 2 | Some of them lived in a rented house , while the Taiwan Ten took over the garage and yard . |
| 3 | In my own section , towards the middle of the cloakroom , I saw to my horror two lines of girls staring at me and giggling , and as I came near , one of them asked in a sarcastic voice where I came from . |
| 4 | ‘ A Goddamn ! ’ one of them replied in a thick , Scottish accent . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't you dare beat me up , you nasty nasty man , I 'm a policeman ! ’ one of them shrieked in a mocking falsetto . |
| 6 | Do n't put baby bouncers on tables or work surfaces and use a harness to keep them strapped in a high chair . |
| 7 | Two pints of your best , and have one yourself , ’ one of them said in a loud voice . |
| 8 | " Here mate , " one of them said in a puzzled voice , " You 're a customs officer , what the hell were you doing in there ? |
| 9 | The West Indian islands contain less than a dozen active volcanoes , all of them congregated in a small arc at the east of the chain , but one of these , Mt Pelee , was responsible for the most lethal eruption of this century . |
| 10 | Each of them ended in a shiny black shoe . |