Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [num] [prep] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of the corner of one eye Charlie could n't help noticing that one of them was resting his only hand against his only leg . |
| 2 | The embossed iron doors were rusting and one of them had fallen off its hinges . |
| 3 | Whitmore recorded 29 types of tree around such a village in Trengganu , noting that 12 of them were identical with wild forest trees , such as the rambutan ( Nephelium lappaceum , Sapindaceae ) and the sentul ( Sandoricum koetjape , Meliaceae ) , a further six appeared to be selected and improved forms of wild trees , five were cultigens like the betel nut , and three were exotics , like the papaya ( Carica papaya , a New World cultigen ) . |
| 4 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
| 5 | I mean Jason and Kylie getting married at the age of seventeen or something and then like two months later getting and one of them moving to Tasmania . |
| 6 | The three of them were so smoke begrimed and blackened that it was difficult to tell what they were wearing but two of them appeared to be dressed in white while the third was in a navy blue overall . |
| 7 | It is possible to adjust the data for the high proportion of part-time workers , by assuming that two of them are equivalent to one full-time worker . |
| 8 | He landed and stared down at me and at the blood of my broken wing , his terrible beak opening just a little with the pleasure of what he saw ; while I hung there , trying to watch all three at once and knowing that one of them would attack suddenly and then be gone as another came in from a different direction . |
| 9 | It was also to be assumed the four Orientals themselves would have to be faced , as they had no way of knowing that two of them were already dead , thanks to the actions of Sherman and the Prophet himself . |
| 10 | Thank you , Lot number fifty seven Lot fifty seven I 'm offering , that 's the five er Persian sections , there we are , they 've got those showing or one of them Lot number fifty seven , fifty pounds for this , at fifty pounds at fifty pounds , fifty five , sixty , sixty five , seventy seventy five , eighty eighty five , ninety ninety five , a hundred and ten twenty one thirty a hundred and thirty against you near me now one thirty , anybody else want , forty in front one fifty going on sir ? |
| 11 | Apart from cases where the Auctions ( Bidding Agreements ) Acts apply , there is nothing illegal in two potential bidders agreeing that one of them will not bid with the result that the one who does bid obtains the property more cheaply than he other wise would . |