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Example sentences for "received them"

  • Miss Forward (for it was she to whom this visit was made) received them in a manner which justified the character Sir Bazil had given of her.

  • Old Shinti, whose capital they now reached, received them as before in a friendly way, and supplied them abundantly with provisions.

  • The bishop, acting as head of the provisional government, received them in form, and gave them permission to come to Loanda and trade as often as they wished, with which they were greatly pleased.

  • He received them in an open space in front of the royal residence.

  • Under this supposition the Government Agent at Muscat, a Jew of the highest respectability, received them, and did all in his power to make them comfortable.

  • Captain Goldsmith, the commander, received them on board, and at two o'clock we left the harbour for Alexandria.

  • These the editor offers to the publick, as he received them, without any alteration or addition.

  • I shewed the letters to your brother, as soon as I received them.

  • An ascending passage, low but of ample width, received them.

  • The courtiers and dignitaries, upon their approach, received them in respectful silence, standing in groups about the tables.

  • Wherefore, as they entered now, he received them with a smile.

  • He received them, however, with simple dignity.

  • He received them respectfully, but did not tell them that their wishes would have been anticipated but for the defeat of the Union army at the second battle of Bull Run.

  • The other two were certainly not intended, when I received them, to be made public, though intended for public service, and actually applied to it.

  • He held it particularly dishonorable to receive them; he had bound others by an oath not to receive them: but he received them himself; and why does he conceal it?

  • We shall prove that the kind of men from whom he interdicted his Committee to receive bribes were the identical men from whom he received them himself.

  • He received them kindly, and gave each mandarin a gold necklace.

  • These needles he placed, as he received them, in a little box; and when he took them out of it, he found that he had sufficient men for his purpose.

  • Among them, when I received them, the wine made from grapes pleased me greatly.

  • Recovered from his first surprise, he received them kindly, and gave them the best which his hut, in which he lived alone with his wife, afforded.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    but not being able; deputy marshal; each ring; firm belief; good size; internal taxes; opera glass; received from; received intelligence; received many; received orders; received sentence; received the; received the following letter; received them; received yesterday; self from; shall come; shall serve; specific experience; stew gently; territorial claim; things done; this child; well founded; when here