Example sentences of "[verb] they the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sussex , though , are unlikely to be among the cynical chorus , not after their slip-up against the Minor Counties on a Marlow marsh made them the 14th first-class county in 55– or 6–overs play to have their colours lowered by junior opposition . |
| 2 | This will make them the first and fifth most visited attractions in the world , with the other three being existing Disney sites . |
| 3 | His ability to deliver the C2 blue-collar , Essex-man vote has , arguably , won them the last two general elections . |
| 4 | Then one day I discovered that he was borrowing them to show off at his dinners and returning them the next morning . |
| 5 | ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby . |
| 6 | Not our our owns but erm other people and they could see them the next day when the steamers went to the north isles for the er the cockerels or the hens sitting on the top of them . |
| 7 | In response to the unasked question she handed them the last cans . |
| 8 | He was referring to the times at Achnacarry when I would on occasion meet the trainees returning from a speed march and pipe them the last two miles back to the camp . |
| 9 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 10 | He returned them the next day , asking for a refund . |
| 11 | Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there . |
| 12 | It is not hard to portray the BR of the eighties Monty Python style with such stupidities as creating a semi-autonomous Cornish Railways with great enthusiasm one year only to abandon them the next as though that were equally great progress . |
| 13 | Why not join them the next time your barometer begins to fall rapidly ? |
| 14 | Find out who will be there to wake them the next morning , if you are not on duty . |
| 15 | In a surprising development regional autonomy groups in the north , campaigning against the centralized state and against immigration , particularly from southern Italy , and advocating federalism , won 5.6 per cent of the vote overall , making them the fourth largest political force nationally . |
| 16 | But North West teenagers receive an extra 20p making them the third highest paid in the country . |
| 17 | A peek through the window showed that the taxi had arrived , brief farewells were made to the men , and Karl left , promising to ring them the next day and making mock threats to Erika and Paul should they forget to meet him the following Sunday . |
| 18 | He tended to the people while they were dying , gave them the Last Rites and everything , buried them . |
| 19 | Individualism of this variety strives to put individuals in their social context , but nevertheless gives them the last laugh . |
| 20 | He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again . |
| 21 | Cos I call on them everyday , I can pick the tools up and deliver them the next day . |
| 22 | It was liking someone one minute and hating them the next . |
| 23 | It is a safe bet to assume this competition will present no problems for them leaving them the first pipe band in history to collect every available award and go undefeated for the duration of the season . |
| 24 | The girl in the conservatory reached out a hand and flicked the switch , lighting them the last few yards , and floodlighting herself at the same time . |
| 25 | The–e be put with their mother into the greenhouse , but visiting them the next day found that only five chicks still had legs . |
| 26 | This makes them the first chain of salons in the U.K. specialising in both Afro and European hairdressing . |
| 27 | Alejandro caught me stealing out to water them the first night . |
| 28 | Well , they sa they 've works them the next day , and then Christmas Day we call it setting day , they 're all done up int they ? |