Example sentences of "they and drove them " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were outnumbered , but we threw stones back at them and drove them away , ’ he said . |
| 2 | After killing a number of traders and native policemen , and an elder who had counselled prudence , they took to the hills , where a detachment of the King 's African Rifles surprised them and drove them out , with about twenty casualties . |
| 3 | Traditionally , herdsmen used to walk their animals , often for days , to markets in the Sahel where merchants bought them and drove them to markets in the south . |
| 4 | The eagles debated this coming for years , for in other places men harmed them and drove them away , and they wondered if they should attack the men , even at the sacred site itself . |
| 5 | The capricious blaze , devouring the easiest fuel , hissed between them and drove them apart , and Isambard came leaping through it , grinning like a demon and bringing with him a shower of sparks and the smoky , scorching odour of hell . |