Example sentences of "they [adj] [prep] 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 | And catch them alive in the burrows . |
| 3 | Official human rights sources in the country reported 228 " extrajudicial executions " and 45 disappearances in 1991 , two-thirds of them attributable to the security forces and civil patrols . |
| 4 | She was a woman from an age quite different from Erika 's own ; separated by a gulf , a measureless chasm of experience distancing them each from the other as surely as though they were beings from two different planets . |
| 5 | To force increased employment costs on such firms , as we do when we add all that baggage to employees , is likely to drive them nearer to the margin , nearer to closing down . |
| 6 | You should have told them that about the poppy seeds . |
| 7 | Erm thirty five percent and you will have worked you will te you will be able to tell them that on the phone . |
| 8 | Did you tell them that in the farm . |
| 9 | Quite simply , this will ensure that the loan repayments are protected if you are unable to meet them due to the death , illness or injury of specified members of your business . |
| 10 | Those local authorities contain the number of Labour members that serve on them due to the choice of the electorate . |
| 11 | Each student entering , gains experience and confidence and for the winners , many doors open to them due to the kudos of the event and the talent they have demonstrated . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And those bits again , either tuck them in out of the way or better still fold them over and put a big plaster over the top to get them right out the way so no ends are left dangling , remember for most people you 're doing this for they 'll probably be returning to their place of work , okay , so they need to be safe to return to work , everybody okay on that lot ? |
| 14 | See I do I get them right in the class |
| 15 | Over three days , speakers repeatedly conjured up images of incompetent social engineers , bent on disarming honest citizens and leaving them helpless in the face of criminals ; ‘ anti-gun fetishists ’ in the media , with their expense-account life-styles and homes far from the front line ; lawyers who turn criminals out on to the streets to kill and rape again ; and , above all , the federal government , which is determined to subvert the constitution by establishing a monopoly of arms . |
| 16 | However , it will never make them rich in the same way that potentially having an independent company and taking that to the market would have . |
| 17 | We can then pay them direct with the possibility of obtaining a discount . |
| 18 | The program enables you to make designs , print them out , or transfer them direct to the E6000 console . |
| 19 | Manufacturers of goods such as machine tools , computers , ships and other large or expensive items tend to move them direct to the buyer without involving middlemen or intermediaries . |
| 20 | Once the syndicate was formed and terms agreed , the borrower would sell the bonds to the managing group , which in turn would sell them direct to the underwriters or the selling group , who in turn would distribute the bonds to the public . |
| 21 | The charge was reasonable enough — a few pence per bird — and with a community in which many families kept hens or whose menfolk were able to buy them direct from the country farmer Rev. Levitt 's qualification as a slaughterer of fowls brought him a regular , if modest , bonus on his salary . |
| 22 | MUSIC lovers were yesterday told how to make ‘ significant ’ savings on compact discs by ordering them direct from the US . |
| 23 | My deliberate actions are means to ends , and are defended in debate by proving them adequate to the ends . |
| 24 | ‘ Slowly , ’ he warned and backed the tiny storm jib , making the sheet fast so that the breeze would hold them clear of the Baglietto 's stern . |
| 25 | The wind was already driving them clear of the shore as he raised the sails . |
| 26 | The mast quivered and bowed as Trent dived for the main and jib sheets , whipping them clear of the cam cleats . |
| 27 | He urged Vincent to clean them up , get them clear of the earth they stood on . |
| 28 | She stole the time to brush them clear with the side of her hand then slipped back inside , hoping no-one would notice her . |
| 29 | Victory for the Cherry and Whites could take them clear at the top of the Courage League , if Orrell and Leicester come unstuck . |
| 30 | The Morellian method had opponents , among them some of the German scholars of whom Morelli made fun by his articles . |