Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] they [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tiny Regency houses had no doubt been listed to spare them the attentions of developers ; from the state of the paving stones and the grass-studded cracks in the roadway , it seemed that the town council too had passed them by . |
| 2 | On the other hand , you wo n't want to input them every time you run the program either . |
| 3 | Perkins group managing director , Tony Gilroy says : ‘ Despite the current recession in the construction industry , we expect to sell them a lot more than that under the new agreement . |
| 4 | Now Diana wants to give them the sort of holiday she believes young boys should have … not shut up in old castles . ’ |
| 5 | Thus the expansion of larger manufacturing firms was designed to give them the opportunity to expand output with protection from fluctuations in demand given by avoiding any excessive accumulation of fixed costs . |
| 6 | The ship 's doctor tried to give them the kiss of life but they could not be revived . |
| 7 | A want to give them a shuffle for speed . |
| 8 | They want to give them the confidence to grow into caring and hard-working adults who will grasp opportunities and take their responsibilities seriously . |
| 9 | We want to give them the opportunity to put their own language into practice in a genuine effort to communicate . |
| 10 | It 's er , obviously , you 'll need to give them a briefing , so they can play the character , but to the end of degree , 'cos you 'll need to respond to things that they say , as indeed , you 'll have to back in influencing situation , back in your own department , back in your own ground . |
| 11 | If that dwarf , Tariq , is permitted to build them a bomb … ’ |
| 12 | It 's unfair for another reason : most of the walkers , climbers and cavers that come to the Dales , the Lakes and the mountains come because they love them , because they respect them and care for them and want to keep them the way they are so that the people of the future can enjoy the wildness and the greatness of the earth . |
| 13 | where a special area in one housing estate has been set aside for problem families , where they are given daily supervision combined with training and instruction designed to teach them the elements of home craft and mothercraft so that in due course , when they have proved they can manage their affairs , domestic , financial or otherwise , they can return to a better house in a more desirable neighbourhood . |
| 14 | It is designed to offer them a net return higher than that available direct from any building society deposit account . |
| 15 | They would begin to know that putting a little eighth note right before the next bar meant anticipation and that made things easier because , if you have a half hour lesson and they want to learn something by Iron Maiden , and you want to show them a dorian mode in three octaves and they 've got to show you their chords in four or five positions , you 've got to work fast ! |
| 16 | We want to show them the best . ’ |
| 17 | But as she bent to cuddle them a small boy , brushing down a pony , picked up a lump of mud and hurled it at the dogs to drive them off . |
| 18 | He postures as a political activist , and the solidarity forced on the quintet by Shatov 's murder might be expected to make them a more effective instrument . |
| 19 | When wicked women called Charlottes came to tempt them the hermits cast off all their clothes and rolled naked in the patch of nettles behind the pigsty . |
| 20 | AMERICAN ring doughnuts from The Delicious Donut Co are made from a flour which is said to give them a light , fluffy , and non-greasy consistency . |
| 21 | If there 's nothing wrong with your curtains except that you 've grown rather bored with them there 's quite a lot you can do to give them a new lease of life . |
| 22 | ‘ So you 've decided to give them an airing ? ’ |
| 23 | He was by no means unusual for his place and time : there were not a few London families in the mid-19th century who were busy accumulating all the paraphernalia that seemed to give them a gilt-edged claim to middle-class respectability — the portraits , the studio photographs , a family bible , ornate gravestones , even the odd crest and Latin motto . |
| 24 | Far from creating a feeling of dissatisfaction , the opening up of such discussions frequently seemed to give them an opportunity to face questions that had been suppressed , but none the less niggling at the back of their minds . |
| 25 | Eva would have had difficulty holding the reins , even for such a short time , without wanting to give them a short , sharp jerk occasionally . |
| 26 | in order to get them , in order to get them to come , surely you 've got to sell them the idea that they 're going to get something useful out of it |
| 27 | Are these the same fans who at the start of the season boasted a five-man strike force which was going to win them the League ? |
| 28 | Then the really hard part is persuading the public to listen , because the last thing they want to believe is that the charlatan in the white coat is n't going to give them a cure for cancer , a promise he 's been renewing at regular intervals for the past two hundred years . |
| 29 | and then we 're just waiting with Western House , I 'm going to give them a buzz about one o'clock and ask them what the hell they 're playing at ! |
| 30 | Bob 's going to give them a blind choice . |