Example sentences of "[prep] they [verb] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Books can be dangerous because the reading and writing of them involves us in an exercise of intellectual freedom . |
| 2 | We almost wished we could ask one of them to join us for a meal . |
| 3 | Each one of them tells us about a different aspect of the creature . |
| 4 | Eventually , one of them attacked it with a large branch , striking it a damaging blow . |
| 5 | The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile . |
| 6 | I 'm Parish Priest and yet the pair of them treat me like a child . ’ |
| 7 | Moreover , although their new jobs were temporary , not all of them regarded them as a " stop-gap " . |
| 8 | On the following Monday some of them pursued him to a review that was taking place on Wimbledon Common , while others went to the City , occupied the Royal Exchange and picketed the coffee houses , carrying placards reading More Wages . |
| 9 | ‘ Suggesting we do n't ride on them strikes me as a whole lot better , yes , ’ said Angalo . |
| 10 | When Queens have to they do it by a cerebral process passed down in the blood … |