Example sentences of "of them [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 It was n't polite of them not to answer the door , knowing that he was standing there , but it did n't really matter .
2 ‘ Lovely bit of weather , ’ said her father , and her mother remarked that she always thought it so silly of them not to go out in the country more when they lived so near to it .
3 Burning brands from the huts and from two galleys the MacIans had fired were seized and thrown into the MacIans ' own ships , to draw some of them away to put out the fires .
4 Thousands of foreigners from all parts of the world were so concerned about events in Spain that they actually went there to fight in the war , many of them never to return .
5 And you have to get some of them in to make good scores .
6 The rest of them still to go .
7 She had seen him surrounded by people shouting and screaming , ‘ Go on , my son ’ , not one of them down to lose or win as much as Jack , and he 'd just stand there like a beautiful , pale statue .
8 Ianthe picked up a bottle in each hand , then had to put one of them down to ring the front door bell .
9 Questions of this switched on and some of them how to do .
10 Trent considered showing one of them how to keep the bows of the Zodiac to the wind in case he had to cast them off but Louis was beside him .
11 She 's had two or three of them home to stay and things .
12 Sorry , do n't you mean the two of them about to go .
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