Example sentences of "them at their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaving them at their close door he walked off , frowning . |
| 2 | He said he had been invited to call upon them at their new house . |
| 3 | As despair grew and self respect diminished we would take them at their unspoken word and go and buy a bottle of anaesthetic and uncork the genie who would play merry hell with the last vestige of hope of recovery . |
| 4 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 5 | One interesting practice , for example , is for two businesses , both short of funds , to exchange P Notes of the same value and tenor , and discount them at their respective banks — presumably when most other sources of finance have been exhausted . |
| 6 | Mr Major raised the tax on company cars 20% ( yielding £200m ) , but taxing them at their full value would have collected another £300m . |
| 7 | The subject is similar — the Edwardian English abroad — but this shows them at their bigoted best . |