Example sentences of "they [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was claimed that soldiers on a British training exercise had been caught by a fearsome ‘ flame weapon ’ which had burned dozens of them alive at the water 's edge . |
| 2 | Need a the , these Fiestas , but they never get them right at the , the bloke I works with got one exactly the same as this does exactly ten miles and it cuts out on him . |
| 3 | Victory for the Cherry and Whites could take them clear at the top of the Courage League , if Orrell and Leicester come unstuck . |
| 4 | They were knocked out of the Anglo-Italian Cup by Portsmouth , who beat them two-nil at the Manor . |
| 5 | Town beat them 3-1 at the County Ground in October . |
| 6 | If a composer remembers to keep this audience entertained , think what he can say to them all at the same time . |
| 7 | But so many once-wealthy children are leaving the private sector that there is no room for them all at the most popular schools . |
| 8 | Which is probably better than getting them all at the same time . |
| 9 | They had n't checked them all at the time , and then they had forgotten . |
| 10 | she said Joe would of got them all at the top where you could n't see them and things like that , I said well you wo n't get builders doing that |
| 11 | It MIGHT make them tired at the end of the season — but the confidence they would gain would more than compensate . |
| 12 | The militants are split between degrees of intransigence , which could make them vulnerable at the polls . |
| 13 | And were they faulty at the time that you the shop sold then to you ? |
| 14 | You ca n't and keep them open at the same time . |
| 15 | Ten years earlier no Company official would have done much about this , and even in 1757 not many officials would have done the same as Clive : he joined the conspiracy against Siraj-ud-Daula , led his little army of 3,000 men against the Bengal army of 60,000 , committed his troops beyond hope of withdrawal by crossing the Hughli ( the lesser Ganges ) , and on 23 June 1757 held them steady at the battle of Plassey . |
| 16 | All those red and green LEDs from the two graphic equalisers and their level indicators should knock 'em dead at the next British Legion Blues Night ! |
| 17 | LONDON TOWERS caught Carlsberg League champions Roland Kingston with their guard down for the second time this season by defeating them 103-97 at the Michael Sobell Centre , Islington , on Sunday night . |
| 18 | He had an alley mate , the man on the next machine , who pulled the levers for both of them at one end while William 's grandad pulled for them both at the other . |
| 19 | I often missed Constanza , but not being with them both at the same time was easier . |
| 20 | Hold them at the same height above the ground and let go of them both at the same moment . |
| 21 | He bent down , still trying to keep them both at the same height . |
| 22 | In fact , only one serious relationship lay behind her , with a Wellington actor who read news bulletins in order to eat , and it had died owing to lack of feeling , disappointing them both at the time , but Maria had philosophically absorbed the lesson at the heart of the sad experience . |
| 23 | If the whites can only hold their form , this may allow us to sneak up on the blind side and pip them both at the death . |
| 24 | The watering hole that 's got them foaming at the mouth . |