Example sentences of "[adj] of them [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Some of them also gave tribute to the Yenisei Kirgiz from the Minusinsk Depression .
2 And some of them just hit return .
3 If I turn my back , then some of them immediately start break-dancing round the room !
4 Some of them clearly formed part of the furnishing of principal rooms in Sir Robert Walpole 's house which was supervised by William Kent .
5 Some of them never saw cheese did they ?
6 With each of them individually playing Herbert Thunder , they act out the first part of the story : Herbert finds a lonely spot for himself , and there he cries himself to sleep .
7 Neither of them ever mentioned Mr Hellyer 's name again .
8 As he walked with his brothers , Angel felt that , however lucky they were to have a university education , neither of them really saw life as it was lived .
9 Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch .
10 Yet if not all of them necessarily regarded Cnut with disfavour on his accession , it is likely that there were quarters in which he had to face considerable initial hostility .
11 All of them endlessly finish spaghetti .
12 The governor has authorised recruitment of 4000 women , many of them already lay midwives , to act as health agents , applying Unicef procedures .
13 Many of them also nurtured hopes that a new commercial sector would offset what their flights of fancy saw as the ‘ bolshie ’ bias of the BBC .
14 Consider the other questions in this section and note how many of them also build tension .
15 Many of them initially resisted knowledge , others sought it vainly .
16 Many of them therefore became believers .
17 One of them nearly got Rodo when we first arrived here . ’
18 However , the initial response was extremely low-key , with some states not even mentioning the invasion and not one of them directly criticizing Iraq .
19 When an exasperated Bassett eventually did tell them to shut up , two of them immediately demanded police action because THEY had been offended and an investigation ensued .
20 As Bailey said , the two of them never saw eye to eye .
21 Two of them spontaneously told Dr Tervahauta that they wished to commit suicide instead of ‘ living like animals ’ .
22 Both of them now had images of sheltering sheep in their heads .
23 I think that generally they came in because they liked the style erm they , they , usually had er , in their minds what they wanted and because they go round and see all these fittings at night , I mean our shop used to be all the fittings were lit up at night so that you could have a look in , erm it 's very confusing I think when you , you 've got an awful lot of fittings in , in , in a shop and , and all of them lit , decide which one 's gon na to be the best for your house , but I think most of them already had ideas what , what sort of fitting they wanted and of course we used to do a great deal of
24 Most of them later achieved fame in the investigation of Highland geology .
25 Most of them never had experience of : town and country planning , administration of trusts , company law , partnership law , tax planning , book-keeping and accounts , commercial law , or ( doubtless ) advocacy .
26 ‘ They have issued personal protection weapons to construction workers , yet most of them only face danger for the short-term duration of their contracts , ’ he said .
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