Example sentences of "he [vb past] them at " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he h He sold them at a profit of thirty three and a third percent which is a third . |
| 2 | He met them at the gate and was smiling . |
| 3 | He met them at the gates of the airfield ( still a debris of contractors ' equipment surrounded by barbed wire ) and informed them gravely that if they entered — no difficult matter — they would be breaking the law . |
| 4 | And er also many engineers when they were out their time , they went to Glasgow and for a few years , he , everybody who went from Galashiels , word got through to him and he met them at the station and got them settled in their digs in Glasgow . |
| 5 | He led them at a smart pace along the path where the railway had been and though they grumbled about the branches scratching their legs his sister and his brothers followed him . |
| 6 | The rest clambered into their saddles , and followed him unquestioningly as he led them at a canter downslope to where the hills opened out and patches of ground could be seen where the snow was melting . |
| 7 | He found them at Neath Abbey , and the king was taken to Renilworth Castle while Isabella and Mortimer proceeded to wreak their vengeance on his supporters . |
| 8 | Ben and his young friends had been told at the start of the meeting to behave themselves and not get in the way of the other archers , so they were not too pleased when he beat them at their own game . |
| 9 | A DISTRAUGHT mum last night begged her ‘ danger man ’ husband to free their two young children after he snatched them at gunpoint . |
| 10 | A DISTRAUGHT mum last night begged her danger man husband to return their two young children after he snatched them at gunpoint . |
| 11 | He recognised them at once . |
| 12 | Luib took the practice sword from him with a nod , and he joined them at the edge of the field . |
| 13 | Murad II came out of retirement to inflict a severe defeat on this motley force when he confronted them at Varna . |
| 14 | He saw them at their home , talked with them , wrote to them , received letters from them — and all the time heard blow-by-blow accounts of their sexual activities , all of which a few years earlier would have had them rotting away in jail for life . |
| 15 | The family had expected to feel strange in Stephen 's company , but he put them at their ease and asked Jonadab 's advice on farming matters , until they warmed to him . |
| 16 | They have them at St Ermin 's , of course , and I know Ossie Thames used to get quite a lot of office workers when he had them at St Luke 's . |
| 17 | And he gave thanks to God for the grace which had been vouchsafed to him , and said to his mother , that he did not think it good to keep the Kings in captivity , but to let them go freely ; and he set them at liberty and bade them depart . |
| 18 | He was still writing verses but , according to Hooton 's notes , he abandoned them at the end of this year under the influence of Pater . |
| 19 | He windmilled them at speed in improbable directions , knocking over the Perks as they rose to their feet . |