Example sentences of "of they [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LOU : Listen to this poem : ‘ Some of my friends dress as women/Some of them like to take smack/Some of them died of diseases/But all of them think I am crap . ’ |
| 2 | Of the five rebleeders , two received a second injection with the same solution and one achieved haemostasis , the other refused an operation and died soon afterwards ; one received heater probe thermocoagulation and achieved haemostasis ; and two received surgical intervention ( one of them died of wound infection with sepsis , the other had an uneventful course ) . |
| 3 | Most of them died of starvation , beatings or exposure to sub-zero weather , bound naked to trees outside the group 's mountain hideouts. — Reuter |
| 4 | Four of them died in there , all in the last eighteen months . ’ |
| 5 | Signor Baruffini and another farmer were sent to Germany : both of them died in Mathausen . |
| 6 | Most of them died in the onslaught which followed , their historic city completely destroyed . |
| 7 | Stirling County make some interesting changes for their match against Llandovery at Bridgehaugh tonight , some of them geared towards relegation battles that lie ahead . |
| 8 | The king did not lack military resources , but they were useless if the men who were placed in command of them defected to the enemy . |
| 9 | As the three of them proceeded into Caucasia , they disturbed flocks of pelican , whose earthbound ungainliness was miraculously transfigured by flight . |
| 10 | Twenty years ago , about sixty of them accounted for roughly half of all FDI , reflecting the oligopolistic forces discussed earlier . |
| 11 | The sound of the water faded , there were only the two of them locked in this tiny space , and suddenly it became difficult to breathe . |
| 12 | Each of them slept in my room . |
| 13 | In a silence vibrating with silent accusation the three of them filed through the gap in the croton hedge . |
| 14 | The five of them filed into a cab and were decanted outside the Hospitality Inn . |
| 15 | One of them whistled at Tabitha as she squeezed by . |
| 16 | The two of them looked towards the little wooden table outside the sick bay , where a bottle labelled ‘ Dr MacLaren 's Stomach and Bowel Mixture ’ stood , together with a large spoon . |
| 17 | Most of them looked to be students , but in a month we never managed a longer conversation than ‘ Hi ! |
| 18 | One of them looked at his wristwatch , pursed his lips and scowled fiercely . |
| 19 | One of them looked at her resentfully , and she hurried into the eastern end of the lane . |
| 20 | Many of them looked at us curiously , but we just stared back and motored on . |
| 21 | The three of them looked at the dark-dressed figure of their brother , his head back , as he stared at the huge oil painting of highland cattle hanging on the broad stone wall of the fireplace , and he answered , ‘ I do n't know , Reggie . |
| 22 | Both of them looked at her with apparent concern but Kelly knew with utter certainty that they were together in this . |
| 23 | Both of them looked at the stain on the carpet in silence . |
| 24 | What he did n't like was the way some of them looked at him as a potential John . |
| 25 | One of them looked at her as if she were mad as she recounted the story . |
| 26 | Both of them looked at her for a second , then continued their hushed conversation . |
| 27 | Both of them looked at Celia . |
| 28 | The three of them looked at each other , and Husband said cautiously : ‘ If you say a matter of hours , you do mean tonight ? ’ |
| 29 | The two of them looked at it , as blood dripped down on the cold linoleum . |
| 30 | The three of them looked into each other 's faces , and seemed to breathe more freely . |