Example sentences of "men [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three of the men agreed to come back to the captain , and we put the others in my cave . |
| 2 | Eight of the men came running out of the trees and heaved at the sides of the lorry . |
| 3 | The two men started to dig down among the scattered bones to find other signs of interest . |
| 4 | Both men had moved up in the world recently and the evidence of their new wealth was all around them in the curtains , the carpets , the original paintings and the quality of the ornaments and effects . |
| 5 | When the men had gone back to the Inn Allen dropped out of the tree and ran down the slope to her . |
| 6 | The men had gone back to the bunk shelf and their feet swung , threatening and powerful , beside his face . |
| 7 | He 'd pulled out a handful of coins , at the same time grabbing her shoulder , but Midnight had moved aside pulling Jess with him , and the other two men had hung on to the furious Paddy . |
| 8 | These men had come out of the tubes of a submarine , probably a Delta class . |
| 9 | Two men had driven up to the gate in a van containing a 70 kg bomb which they then detonated . |
| 10 | As she passed Veronica 's house , she noticed that one of the men had got out of the green Maestro and was making his way round the back of the building . |