Example sentences of "he [verb] they [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already the young men in Harare have been coming to Arthur , knowing his record in Mount Darwin and sensing a kindred spirit ; and he offers them a better way than stone-throwing and kidnapping tactics . |
| 2 | He asked them a few times . |
| 3 | Be having another now cos he read them the other day . |
| 4 | He found them a quarrelsome lot , patronizing though kind to a provincial , giving him opportunities to address large crowds , but leaving him time to attend to the new NAS&FU branches which developed as a result of the strike . |
| 5 | So he found them a tiny cottage just south of Orvieto , in the grounds of the villa of some Italian friends of his who had departed for the northern mountains , a villa with a pool and a shady veranda along one side and an unspeakably romantic view down the steep hillside towards the floating cathedral . |
| 6 | Rather than have his son and his wife Anne endure the desert country , he found them a rented villa in Malta . |
| 7 | Well , he found them the best ski runs in the Cairngorms when they started and they could n't afford to give him anything very spectacular , so he said , ‘ Can I have the ski shop and the bobble hat concession ? ’ |
| 8 | He told them the only way we could agree to a news-blackout was if they co-operated with us and gave us a free hand in the investigation . ’ |
| 9 | Could he give them a few facts about himself for the company 's press release ? |
| 10 | Well he , he , he given them a free cup of coffee it 'll be alright , but he did n't , he gave , the machine took ten P pieces so he provided them with the ten P pieces to put in and then when it was full up he 'd empty it out and give them all ten P pieces back |
| 11 | He showed them the careful lay-out of the hospital planned by Miss Nightingale herself . |
| 12 | He showed them the huge chest , far too heavy to lift , with the silver cups and plates for special occasions . |
| 13 | If he showed them the latest Washington telegram which he had seen before his departure [ KPs 66 and 85 ] , they would have been made aware that although they had to exercise the utmost restraint for the time being , a new and firmer policy might soon be adopted . |
| 14 | Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately . |
| 15 | He returned them the next day , asking for a refund . |
| 16 | ‘ Defenders do n't like playing against him because he gives them a rough time but he knows what to expect from me . |
| 17 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
| 18 | He gave them a strange look and pursed his lips . |
| 19 | The local policeman took it in hand , and nobody grumbled , if he gave them a good clout . |
| 20 | So I asked them in the lodge like do n't do any damage and Tom was in e he gave them a good lecture so and the lads in the lodge said , Well look you tell them as well not to do this attitude and perhaps you 've seen it on these flumes when they saw a crowd that was there they were changing gear with the Land Rover and through you know like anybody in the way you 'd be underneath . |
| 21 | seventeen thousand pounds if he gave them a free cup of coffee . |
| 22 | He gave them a huge grin and blew them a kiss . |
| 23 | Anyway , he gave them a few examples of the jobs he was looking for and they told him he was unqualified . |
| 24 | He gave them a bright smile , which faded like a sunset . |
| 25 | ‘ O.K. ’ He gave them an incredulous glance and said sarcastically , ‘ stop me if I 'm boring you . |
| 26 | Nowadays he teaches them the cowardly art of aggressive selling to the elderly and disabled . |