Example sentences of "[adj] of them [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I got older and people used to bring me injured birds to look after , I was always very careful of them and did n't approach without the leather glove I wear when working with birds of prey . |
| 2 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 3 | He placed a little white enamel cup before each of them and filled it with strong black tea . |
| 4 | He took an arm of each of them and hurried them out of the building and down the steps . |
| 5 | So father had to get the men up from Blair Gowrie , there was six of them that came . |
| 6 | Remarkably United have n't lost to Charlton in their last eleven meetings ; today 's draw means they 've drawn six of them and won five of them , but for eleven meetings , United have not lost to Charlton . |
| 7 | Molassi scowled at all three of them and sheathed the knife He strutted angrily and aimlessly off . |
| 8 | Then there was a heavy pause , like the moment a ball must feel between the time it 's thrown up and the time it starts to come down , and something picked up all three of them and slid them into a struggling heap . |
| 9 | Chaps had been called up into the army , nearly all of them that worked with us , they were all on army reserve . |
| 10 | The senator smiled broadly at all of them and lifted his hand towards the Frenchman , gesturing for him to lead the way . |
| 11 | came unto the workmen and beat and terrified them , threatening to kill them , if they would not leave their work , threw some of them in the river and kept them under water with long poles , and at several other times , upon the Knelling of a Bell , came to the said works in riotous and warlike manner , divided themselves into companies , to take the workmen and filled up the ditches and drains , made to carry away the water , burned up the working tools and other materials of the Relator and his workmen , and set up poles in the form of gallows , to terrifie the workmen and threatened to break their arms and legs , and beat and hurt many of them and made others flee away , whom they pursued to a town with such terror and threats , that they were forced to guard the town . |
| 12 | Not surprisingly , those of them that tried to reverse this fate have sometimes prospered . |
| 13 | The Arab states , with the exception of Lebanon and possibly Egypt , might well have resettled the bulk of the refugees , had Israel accepted the principle of the right of return by receiving back about one-quarter of them and had the international community generously funded resettlement . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , one of them that caused the trouble , he has n't got a father , you see , so therefore … and he was mucking about and she told him to get out and of course he answered her back , which I do n't think she could take really . |
| 15 | ‘ So it was one of them that kidnapped us ? ’ said Twoflower . |
| 16 | Aye , but there was n't one of them that went in by |
| 17 | there 's one of them that messed up both of us |
| 18 | This was , this is what it said last night , one of them that lost the weight said , she said it must of been her , yeah |
| 19 | He had n't eaten all day , so he opened one of them and cooked it up . |
| 20 | When I opened one of them and saw English words I could feel the tears pricking at the back of my eyes . |
| 21 | Massenga took the keys from one of them and unlocked Ngune 's cell door . |
| 22 | He could have sat down with only one of them and achieved the same guidance on weight and machining capability , but three of them came to the meeting , which he thought typical of engineers . |
| 23 | To be absolutely sure she followed one of them and came to the place where they curved round in front of a tree and retreated . |
| 24 | However , my wife has become concerned about the health of one of them and refused the invitation . |
| 25 | Very intimate sounds were coming from the cubicles , but it was n't until the girl who had beckoned her earlier on came out of one of them and pointed to another where the door was open , and whispered harshly , ‘ Do n't you want to go ? ’ that she realised , Yes ; yes , she did want to go . |
| 26 | She stood behind one of them and rested her hand against its curved back . |
| 27 | Do you remember any of the teachers particularly well any of them that had had an impact on you ? |
| 28 | I think everyone 's got their own ways of dealing with them , you know certainly some people ignore them , you know I prefer to ignore them rather than taunt them , er possibly because I was n't really friendly with any of them that did go back , I think people who were close friends have found it very awkward and I know even now they 're probably looking daggers at each other you know , that sort of thing . |
| 29 | He stopped himself from looking at any of them and stuffed them into his waste-paper basket . |
| 30 | ‘ Although it was an ensemble piece , ’ said Richard Lester , ‘ I felt that Michael and Rita Tushingham were the co-leads because we structured the film more around the two of them than did the play , which was a fairly even four-hander . ’ |