Example sentences of "teach [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father who was a er a clergyman taught me the piano from an early age and er I first became interested in the organ purely for money purposes in fact , when at the age of fifteen a local methodist church in Durham where we lived at the time said er , We need an organist . |
| 2 | But you 've taught me the difference between art and life . |
| 3 | Or to put it another way , let us see how badly Miss Honey has taught you the three-times table . ’ |
| 4 | The CNAA was a marvellous learning process which … drove me into intimate contact with a wide range of higher education courses , in dance primarily , which taught me the criteria for judging dance as a higher education subject … |
| 5 | When I was put in charge of the start-up at Fawley at the ripe old age of twenty-nine most of my team were people who were twenty years older than I was and being on shift with a lot of operating people taught me the problems and the realisation that I could learn a hell of a lot from them — the realisation that the chap on the shop floor usually knows far more about what 's going on than management does . |
| 6 | She taught me the song later , and showed me how to control my voice , open my mouth wide and sing loud or sing softly . |
| 7 | then they taught me the copper |
| 8 | She taught me the basics : casting-on , how to knit and pearl , and I set to work . |
| 9 | Mme Deloche taught me the basics I needed to learn . |
| 10 | ‘ My father taught me the value of manners and being a gentleman . |
| 11 | That trip back to Winston Street taught me the answer . |
| 12 | They have prepared me well , supported me through university , taught me the difference between right and wrong , so that I know which I am enjoying at any given time ! |
| 13 | He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor . |
| 14 | It taught me the lesson that you should never do something because you feel you 've got to . |
| 15 | He taught me the lesson of supply and demand for , although quite willing to swap , he demanded twelve of my Anstie spares for the one card . |
| 16 | She scoured the streets in the poorer areas looking for likely candidates and then , knowing the reality of poverty , taught them the rules of hygiene in her own way , which the Girls would imitate and laugh at behind her back . |
| 17 | Perhaps above all he will be remembered by many as the friend who taught them the craft that is organic chemistry . |
| 18 | He also taught them the arts of circumcision and sub-incision , used to produce the traditional tattoos sported by Aranda menfolk . |
| 19 | Just as Jesus taught them the truth because he was Truth , so the Spirit of Truth would lead them into all the truth about Jesus ( 14:6,17 , 15:26 , 16:13 ) . |
| 20 | One of the girls is teaching me the language . |
| 21 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
| 22 | Teaching me the names of all the grasses |
| 23 | When students are learning to glide , the instructor is not only teaching them the technique of flying a glider , but also how to make decisions and judgements in the air . |
| 24 | She has been working out in Sierra Leone for some years and has been taking children off the streets and teaching them the basics of domestic skills and education . ’ |
| 25 | As long as you teach them the basics , they should be all right . |
| 26 | ‘ Who taught you the trade ? ’ |
| 27 | I dare say he 's bred you true to a Welshman 's bounden duty , and taught you the sacredness of a blood debt , but I think it was not he who sent you here alone on such an errand . |
| 28 | I might be teaching you some er number theory , or I might be teaching you the structure of number theory . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's teaching you the verses , is n't he ? ’ |
| 30 | You go … teaching you the verses , is n't he ? … a sick man … |