Example sentences of "[verb] they at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Cos you will throw them at the back of the box instead of lining them up .
2 ‘ It will please the Colonel to see them at the breakfast-table in the morning , ’ I-said .
3 ‘ You 've got chilblains ! ’ their mother said when she came to see them at the beginning of December .
4 I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend
5 The public would still pay to see them at the cinema .
6 ‘ I 've to see them at the bank shortly — there 's that Buttering to be fixed , and no money for it wi'out they 'll give me a loan . ’
7 The Padre , consulted as to the propriety of firing them at the enemy , had given his opinion that they could perfectly well be fired and that they , or any other such popish or Tractarian objects , would very likely wreak terrible havoc .
8 ‘ I shall be seeing them at the weekend . ’
9 Then he took the stones from their pouch and laid them at the bottom of the Bowl .
10 He met them at the gate and was smiling .
11 His Lordship Monboddo , wearing a little round hat and a farmer 's suit , met them at the gate .
12 And er also many engineers when they were out their time , they went to Glasgow and for a few years , he , everybody who went from Galashiels , word got through to him and he met them at the station and got them settled in their digs in Glasgow .
13 Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs .
14 The disorder that had seemed to him for decades to determine the course of events regrouped itself like a pile of iron filings suddenly organized by a magnet , and he had a flash of optimism when it appeared quite possible that men in the days to come might wish to find out more than concerned them at the moment .
15 If you want to keep the existing pipes ( perhaps using a tap adaptor ) , use a bath/basin spanner to disconnect them at the top .
16 But if you have others which I do not deal with satisfactorily then please raise them at the end . ’
17 The main duty of the foresters of fee was of course the safe keeping of vert and venison : the Forest rolls show them searching for , arresting and attaching offenders , and indicting them at the Forest Eyre .
18 Toucans collect them one at a time , throwing them up in the air and deftly catching them at the back of their throats .
19 The wedding , planned for November … ’ ) she had learned that she was the goddaughter of Lady Bartlett ( that mother of sons … ) and had joined them at the end of July .
20 It was as though he had joined them at the table , and it was n't doing D'Arcy 's appetite any good at all .
21 They told you when you asked them at the club .
22 He will then answer them at the council meeting .
23 Their landlord visited them at the flat to recover back rent .
24 They can decide which pathways to follow and explore them at the time they ‘ read ’ the document .
25 We decided to use our green ballot box that we made and painted for the Maastricht campaign for people to post their cards into so that we can count them at the end and post them all together .
26 ‘ There will be no great welcome back here for the tour party — the only people to meet them at the airport will be their wives , ’ he said bitterly .
27 Well somebody built them at the boat builders in Orkney built some .
28 Once at Finsbury Park , the cameras caught them at the sound check , in interviews , backstage , and relaxing before the gig .
29 ‘ We found them at the home of Nigel , your predecessor .
30 Secondly , as the weights are derived from analysis of individuals there is a serious problem of applying them at the level of wards or districts where the information is readily available only in aggregate .
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