Example sentences of "at [pers pn] and [verb] they " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We were outnumbered , but we threw stones back at them and drove them away , ’ he said .
2 The doctor looked at them and put them quietly in the pocket of his coat .
3 Well I think we were very lucky at the start that were were just starting up in England and they were actually more into what we were doing than er to the extent that I think that maybe other record companies might have laughed at them and said they 've no hope of surviving but I mean they had the Furies with er Sweet Sixteen and then they had er about six hit singles from Foster and Allen and about six or seven albums and then they went down to Daniel O'Donald which became an enormous success so I think when that happened then all record companies kind of said well maybe there is something here .
4 She does n't avoid the painful issues that divide us — but , as few writers can , she makes us laugh at them and bring them down to size .
5 I like to look at them and show them to my guests .
6 You like to confuse people , and then you suddenly charge at them and trample them underfoot while they 're caught up in that confusion .
7 The barbels are long and are a great temptation to other fish which sometimes pick at them and damage them , P. pictus Is sensitive to poor water conditions and this often manifests itself in the degeneration of the barbels and the membrane between the fin rays .
8 But never mind , she could look at them and touch them and dream .
9 If pleasant thoughts and memories come into your mind , look at them and enjoy them before returning to your chosen image .
10 Scouts assistant county commissioner Dave Jackson said : ‘ They were in full uniform and the old man started shouting Hitler Youth at them and hitting them with a stick .
11 Talbot looked at them and handed them over to Hawkins .
12 so it was a bit of er struggle to er , to get them to come and look at it and fix 'em up again , well they did n't fix 'em up they , they , they give 'em a new one , they only got it in the sale
13 He said , ‘ Yes , I wanted you lads to catch them at it and arrest them ’ . ’
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