Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | When Mrs Gray had produced two very passable cups of coffee , they seated themselves at the long deal kitchen table . |
2 | Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ? |
3 | O'Toole and Finch even attended his funeral but — probably having drunk a little more than they 'd meant to , to ease their grief — they found themselves at the wrong funeral and mourning over the wrong body being buried . |
4 | They joined us at the far end of the church , Benjamin shouting at the Santerres to stand back . |
5 | They saw him at the same time as he realised he had n't understood what the man had said . |
6 | ‘ There are a hundred ways a firm can get rid of pollution into the river , ’ said an experienced officer , ‘ so long as they do it at the right time . ’ |
7 | They see him at the winning post , |