Example sentences of "i [vb past] them [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard them talk about the ‘ good creature ’ who did these ‘ wonderful ’ things . |
| 2 | I heard them whispering to the other sailors several times , but I did not suspect what they were planning . |
| 3 | I left right , right , I ran off I jumped out the car because I heard them driving round the corner |
| 4 | Quite soon I heard them coming up the stairs . |
| 5 | ‘ I heard them scavenging along the road somewhere in the mist . |
| 6 | You see , to let you understand , this was maybe about four or five years after nationalization and prior to nationalization of course , was under the L M S , Street Station and were under the L M S and was under the L N E R. But when I arrived at , I heard them talking about the Callie see , the Callie railway . |
| 7 | I urged them to listen to the voice of their individual conscience . |
| 8 | I watched them decide on the wrong place and paint the first mark carefully round a sapling 's trunk . |
| 9 | More rarely , I watched them diving in the sea for sea urchins or other easy prey . |
| 10 | They would never stay in my bedroom very long , but you can imagine my excitement each lunchtime as I watched them arrive in the garden , enter the house and quack their way up to me , as regular as clockwork . |
| 11 | The wind had blown some dead leaves through the door into the church , and I watched them dancing in the sunlight near the grave . |
| 12 | I saw them gleam in the lamp-light . |
| 13 | ‘ I saw them spooning on the beach , ’ she added , rather wistfully . |
| 14 | When my mother and a friend came to visit me at Wolverton I brought them to Cambridge and , with the confidence of inexperience , I took them punting on the river . |
| 15 | I had them processed at the one-hour place , cost me a fortune but … |