Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] they [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better to give them a good life here than to let them suffer in the vague hope of some better afterlife . ’ |
| 2 | Grey eyes swept the outfit which had caused her some qualms , but it was modest compared to Nicky Kai 's , the oyster-coloured chiffon shirt collarless and slit to a point between her breasts , loose enough to leave them a mystery only occasionally glimpsed when she moved , dark nipples a shadowy suggestion . |
| 3 | It is not hard to portray the BR of the eighties Monty Python style with such stupidities as creating a semi-autonomous Cornish Railways with great enthusiasm one year only to abandon them the next as though that were equally great progress . |
| 4 | But enough to give them a week in Devon . ’ |
| 5 | Unfortunately this was still not enough to give them a parliamentary majority as the Legislative Council contained four members who would be nominated by the Governor . |
| 6 | On the one hand , Parliament did not trust the police enough to give them the power they wanted and then let them get on with it . |
| 7 | At least , I was grateful enough to send them a copy of the thesis , but there is no evidence that they read it or found it useful . |
| 8 | Just to sell them a product without educating them to challenge and to care about the ingredients that go into those products would be wrong . |
| 9 | ‘ Move them all about , every few hours , just to give them a change ? ’ |
| 10 | erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ? |
| 11 | And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand . |
| 12 | We launched this draw not only to encourage more people to enjoy ‘ old York ’ , but also to give them the opportunity to experience the excitement of New York . ’ |
| 13 | We widened the steps slightly to make them a secure and comfortable width to walk and wheel a barrow down . |
| 14 | The latter does not like what he sees : ‘ ‘ Young men ought to be brought here to give them a horror of debauchery' ’ exclaimed the worthy man , bursting with disgust . ’ |
| 15 | Er we we 're here to give them a decent service , and we 'll do our utmost to do that , |
| 16 | It 's a full-time job ; in fact I 've just spent my leave there simply to give them a break for a few days . ’ |
| 17 | After satisfying herself to that end , she rose presently to give them a chance to be together , and to allow Bishop Jon to awaken without embarrassment . |
| 18 | I am there to give them the ultimate challenge and I do . |
| 19 | Were were would you suggest that they have a lot of unresolved feelings about that , or maybe they had emotional scars because no-one was there to give them the kind of hope that might be available now ? |
| 20 | As she hitched up the fox fur draped about her neck , she was tempted now and then to give them a regal wave but decided that to sit back in dignified hauteur was more fitting to her role . |
| 21 | Find out who will be there to wake them the next morning , if you are not on duty . |
| 22 | ‘ My time was being taken up by people asking me either to find them a folly or a buyer for some extraordinary building , ’ says Gwyn . |