"It will require troops to seal off the zone, and then troops for raids.
Then troops no longer refers to groups of people but to persons.
President Enrique Pena Nieto sent soldiers into the state to restore order in January and since then, troops have captured and killed several leaders of the Knights Templar.
When Ms. Randle's weary guests arrived, they flocked to her bathroom to bathe and then trooped to the kitchen to fill their bellies with something hot.
On Thursday, the candidates met with Mr. Micheletti at the president's office and then trooped over to the Brazilian Embassy, where they sat down with Mr. Zelaya.
You watched and waited in semi-silence, ate a hot dog, drank a Moxie, watched some more, yelled when something happened, kept score, saw the shadows lengthen, then trooped home elated or disconsolate.
The military guard that bore the colours of the US armed services then trooped out and, in an instant, the First Couple had vanished too, whisked off to the White House after a day of non-stop parades, speeches and dancing.
Members of the ruling coalition, who had deliberately boycotted the debate, then trooped back into the chamber, and the business of the day quietly resumed.This strange scene of parliamentary impotence plays out almost weekly in the Knesset.
"First they sent weapons, then they sent military advisers, then troops to protect military advisers, then troops to fight the Vietnamese".
