Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 He made them put it in the garden shed . ’
2 The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo .
3 Now why , what made them take it to the stage
4 ‘ In European countries , it took the working class years and years before they fully realized the fact that they formed a distinct and , under existing conditions , a permanent class of modern society ; and it took years again until this class-consciousness led them to form themselves into a distinct political party , independent of , and opposed to , all the old political parties formed by the various sections of the ruling classes .
5 In order to teach potential students the value of laundry work you make them do it for a while .
6 What 's probably happening is that you are trying to tell them you are annoyed but also saying you still want them to like you at the same time .
7 If I 'm going anywhere where I want them to see me as a ‘ teacher ’ you know with all that that implies , then I 'll wear my wedding ring .
8 Later in the evening when the place had quietened a little and the cyclists had eaten , I invited them to join me for a glass of wine .
9 She liked flowers , liked even more the thought behind them , but Gaily only remembered when he caught them staring him in the face — or in the feet , as now .
10 He was mightily pissed off with me ; perhaps he wished he had just let them shoot me on the ground .
11 Apart from that , there 's a certain justification for the MC4 clasping the live album nettle — given that it was their constant , sometimes belligerent belief in gigging that helped them establish themselves in the first place .
12 He had a feeling that Maidstone mentioned them to vindicate himself in the eyes of others .
13 The soldiers of Judas betrayed him , the soldiers arrested him , th the the the scenario works out , it all unfolds they nail him to a cross .
14 But surprising the people that you do n't realise , you know , it troubles the parents and as I say they took them to a number of specialists and given different things
15 I hate the system that forces them to do it for a living and then screws them afterwards . ’
16 I I like writing them writing them on the nodes like that .
17 If an employer does not prevent them availing themselves of the opportunity to learn business secrets how can he later seek to restrain an employee from using the same information .
18 Though they are what is commonly called our enemies , yet , if they make proper use of what I have laboured for , let them enjoy it with the blessing of God .
19 When it came to fisticuffs Sean Connery was happy to mix it with the best of them — ‘ He believed stuntmen were there to take the knocks and let them have it in the fight scenes , ’ said one .
20 She says they condemned her to a lifetime of pain and disability .
21 He says they asked her to the disco .
22 Let 'em rough it for a week .
23 ‘ If they do n't do it in training I ca n't see them doing it on the park . ’
24 He could remember them discussing it over the ironing and himself on the floor playing with his soldiers behind the sofa and keeping very quiet about it because it was way past his bedtime .
25 And handed them handed them to the people .
26 The ground staff at Edinburgh were very helpful , and when we finally boarded ( in really raw and biting cold and -2 degrees centigrade ) thanked me for having my luggage so clearly labelled as it had helped them get it to the hold doors for immediate removal at Brussels .
27 they 'll just er stick them put them in a box and sling them you see
28 erm the policies are offered in general most dealers in fairness this question of charging for the policy , in the majority of dealers that we 've actually got they include it within the within the purchase price of the vehicle anyway .
29 For example at Edgehill , a GIST pack for discussion of sex roles — Gender in Our Lives — was used in the personal and social education lessons , with teachers talking honestly and openly about their personal experience ; as it happened they found themselves in the middle of a discussion about fathers being present at childbirth , and the children were obviously fascinated by this new view of their teachers as emotional beings . [ … ]
30 ‘ Then tomorrow , you can take it down to the oven and tell them to put it at the bottom , so it -cooks really slowly , to keep it moist . ’
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