Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] they [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her family she could stand , and even regarded some of them as having qualities superior to her own , arrogant as she knew she was . |
| 2 | I want to meet some of them and talk to them . |
| 3 | Madeleine said : they could n't be buried in the cemetery if people had forgotten all about them and did n't know where they were , could they ? |
| 4 | you know , we could buy one of them and have no mortgage . |
| 5 | Michael , Managing Director at the Brewery has one of them but does not know whether it was Lance Henly 's , but is delighted to learn that it could have been . |
| 6 | This brings in the other theme of how money can corrupt which is obviously shown by the ways in which Pip 's attitude changes towards those around him by becoming condescending towards them and showing little respect and compassion . |
| 7 | He blew a lot of his money on gambling , even slot machines , and buying cars before he got bored with them and sold them off for a fraction of the price he paid for them . ’ |
| 8 | no well because your looking down on every body else you tend to feel erm , well I feel sort of that you 've got to er feel responsible for them and look after them |
| 9 | Whatever the answer to this may be , the general policy conclusion that can be drawn is that making access and use of medical services more equitable will reduce certain aspects of class inequalities in morbidity and mortality but will not do away with them or reduce them substantially . |
| 10 | He admired some of them as determined but ordinary folk . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He published 171 titles in all , writing or compiling ten of them and contributing introductions to ten more . |
| 13 | When I opened one of them and saw English words I could feel the tears pricking at the back of my eyes . |
| 14 | He had n't eaten all day , so he opened one of them and cooked it up . |
| 15 | All of these fish have appeared only recently in any numbers and some of them are still extremely rare and pricey but if you do see any of them and have the money , I would recommend you buy them . |
| 16 | He 's got two of them that go in to his next room |
| 17 | This is all of a piece with the way some men assume they may stare at women , stand close to them and invade their physical space by touching . |
| 18 | Well your a super go and get one of them and do n't cut a whole out of that bit |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | When the Major returned and discovered what they had done , he galloped off and , knowing the country , was able to overtake the thieves on the road to Ludlow , where he killed most of them and retrieved his property . |
| 21 | She had met him in the Coupole the night before when she was sitting with her friends from the atelier , and he 'd known one of them and come over . |
| 22 | ‘ I find most of them that have been very successful , I go and am very disappointed in some of the supposedly better ones out of America . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It had the effect of startling all of them and silencing any other refusals . |
| 25 | He felt suddenly a brief return of the closeness they had used to enjoy when the children were small and she still felt important to them and minded less his involvement with his work . |
| 26 | Well perhaps you can just forget one of them and do the one . |
| 27 | I felt revolted by them and began to sleep in the hall , dragging a pillow and a wool blanket off the bed and leaving the room to them , in the hope that they would understand my anger , that they would no longer stay till the early hours of the morning , stepping over me as I lay asleep , leaving overflowing ashtrays and empty glasses and cans and bottles strewn about the floor . |
| 28 | You had certain of them that knew where you could slip in — you could slip in for a smoke and a cup of tea , so long as you were n't caught . |
| 29 | ‘ That 'll have to be sold and the inside scrubbed and made ready for them as buys it . |
| 30 | It was at that moment their quarry became aware of them and increased his own speed sharply , sprinting flat out across a small clearing . |