Example sentences of "between [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between them the ultimate in praise was : ‘ It works . ’ |
| 2 | Father Crispin and Master Buckingham were also visible , while at the other end of the table were Lady Maude and Benedicta , between them the young nobleman who had made his intentions so blatantly obvious earlier in the day . |
| 3 | Between them the major Dutch breeds ( black-and-whites and the red-and-white dual-purpose Meuse-Rhine-Yssel ) account for 99 per cent of the dairy cows in the Netherlands today , with the black-and-whites averaging more than 6,800kg at 4.4 per cent butterfat , the MRY 6,000kg at 4.3 per cent and the less common Groningen Whiteheaded about 5,700kg at 4.2 per cent . |
| 4 | Greenall is a centre-half and between them the experienced pair have clocked up more than 700 League appearances . |
| 5 | Between them the light-armed men-at-arms formed smaller companies with room to manoeuvre at need , and the knights and cavalry , visible in snatches of blazonry and colour against the dun-coloured slopes , were drawn back somewhat higher in three squadrons . |
| 6 | In the foreground are the old bogies , in the background the old top-cover , and between them the newly-constructed sides . |
| 7 | Anything to avoid further reference to what had happened between them the previous evening ! |
| 8 | Between them the 16-year-old schoolboys wrote their way to 20 straight As between them . |
| 9 | In the south-east corner of the massif , however , this fall is interrupted by other heights of sufficient stature and character to be classed not merely as foothills but as separate entities deserving individual attention : of these , Norber and Moughton , enclosing between them the lonely valley of Crummackdale , display features of unusual interest . |
| 10 | She left a series of notes in my pigeonhole that started off plaintively : ‘ I 'm very confused by what happened between us the other night . |
| 11 | ‘ What happened between us the other day , after our picnic — ’ his deep voice was suddenly slow and compelling as he steered the boat slowly towards the busy quay at Kalkara ‘ — that seemed … special . |
| 12 | John Routly , the Ffestiniog Railway chairman , recently told members of the Ffestiniog Railway Society : ‘ Discussions are taking place between us the Welsh Highland and Gwynedd County Council , the aim being to create a divisional board representing both the FR and WHR to take over responsibility for the Welsh Highland if the Minister of Transport makes the transfer . |