Example sentences of "[pron] was in [noun] [prep] them " in BNC.

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1 When this had been done they made to go downstairs again , but I was in front of them going down two at a time .
2 You was insured not to leave yo wha you I was in charge of them horses , you must n't leave them .
3 I was in touch with them .
4 She enjoyed Charles 's little displays of anger , especially when she was in sympathy with them — as , on matters such as the Venables , she usually was .
5 The most important point to come out of the Crabb affair was that it showed that the intelligence services were prepared to carry out operations contrary to the direct orders of the prime minister who was in charge of them .
6 He considered : surely things were n't so utterly disorganised in the kitchens that the scullions no longer knew who was in charge of them , or where his office was ?
7 He would know from Fouché 's response whether he agreed , or whether he was in league with them .
8 He was in authority over them and in a class above them .
9 They ate what was in front of them .
10 What was in store for them and their young but the fox 's maw , the poisoned grain and the angry scatter-shot of the farmer 's gun ?
11 They had no idea what was in store for them ; their education was basic and there was no television to enlarge their horizons .
12 Dismissing the assault as a subject of no concern , Joyce turned upon the intellectuals themselves with a promise of what was in store for them .
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