Example sentences of "teach him the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father , foreman of the Headington Quarry morris ‘ side ’ for fifteen years , played him the morris tunes in the cradle , and later taught him the dances . |
| 2 | Politics taught him the arts of learning quickly , bluffing and knowing when to shut up . |
| 3 | Minch had long ago taught him the rule among eagles that unless an eagle is seeking to take over territory then he should leave a pair to rear their young in peace . |
| 4 | Haslam believes this experience taught him the need to recognise that many products follow a predictable life cycle . |
| 5 | It also taught him the importance of training . |
| 6 | He would enjoy working with this boy , teaching him the ropes . |
| 7 | Never a mention of the one who spent many an hour teaching him the way of things . |
| 8 | The Intelligence Corps instructor who had taught him the trade would have had such a lock open with one twist but Maxim was out of practice and the lock was old and arthritic . |
| 9 | I pointed out that his voice had certainly ceased to be soprano , but he pestered me to teach him the solo for the next eisteddfod . |
| 10 | One evening I reluctantly agreed to go back to school and attempt to teach him the solo . |
| 11 | Only last year , on the instructions of Luther Reynolds , David had brought the boy out of the mines and begun to teach him the way of business ; Matthew often accompanied him on his rounds , and though he made little attempt to befriend David , the boy worked , and learned , and spent so many hours closeted in the ‘ den ’ with the old man , that Beth was obliged to voice her concern . |
| 12 | One day , to escape heavy rain he wandered into a tavern called the ‘ Spotted Dog ’ which was kept by Joe Parrish , a veteran fighter , who became impressed with the young lad — then aged 16 — and began to teach him the science of the ring . |
| 13 | It would be pointless to teach him the effect of the e-marker if he 's not clear about which symbols represent which sounds . |