Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have taught me to read the fires of meaning but I am inadequate . |
| 2 | If the minor parties hold the balance of power , somewhat more Liberal Democrat supporters would like to see them keep the Tories under Mr Major in power than want a minority government led by Mr Kinnock . |
| 3 | In history and in modern times , any sporting pursuit which seriously engages blacks is sure to see them become the leaders in the field . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd like to see them get the plans through the government housing regulations . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's very sad because people love to see me wearing the chains , particularly children and old folk , ’ said Coun Wood . |
| 6 | Wilson 's own choice of metaphor was no longer that of the centre forward , but the seasoned centre half feeding passes to his experienced forwards and allowing them to score the goals . |
| 7 | The horns from the Zimbabwean project are kept in storage by the National Parks Department , in the hope that present international bans on rhino trading may be lifted , allowing them to sell the horns to raise money for conservation . |
| 8 | One useful strategy is to give patients weekend leave on several occasions before discharge , encouraging them to discuss the difficulties that they have experienced on their return to the ward . |
| 9 | Those too have been doubled and we are we trust them to appoint the magistrates upon whom we praise such responsibility and on whom we shall have such great praise . |
| 10 | ‘ We do n't want them climbing the walls , ’ Mr Flokati said . |
| 11 | Seeing it features in your catalogue , would you prefer me to send the copies back to you ? |
| 12 | I ca n't see him allowing me take the children so far away from London . ’ |
| 13 | The report concluded that the Fayed brothers , Mohamed and Ali , had ( i ) dishonestly misrepresented their background and wealth to the DTI for the purpose of persuading the Department in 1985 not to refer the acquisition to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) ; ( ii ) used their connection with the Sultan of Brunei to enable them to acquire the funds used in the acquisition ; ( iii ) repeated their lies to their advisers , who had accepted at face value what they were told and failed to check its accuracy ; and ( iv ) misrepresented the extent of their business assets to both the DTI and to the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 14 | ( ii ) To encourage subject departments to inspire pupils with an interest in their subject to use the Library/Resource Centre to further their knowledge of the subject and to enable them to use the skills of the subject , in particular by finding its concepts meaningful for the whole of life . |
| 15 | A better alternative is for the trust to borrow from an external source , with a guarantee provided by Newco , and Newco then makes tax-deductible payments to the trustees to enable them to meet the instalments on their borrowings . |
| 16 | This figure is reminiscent of the Palaeolithic hunters of Western Europe , who dressed in untreated animal skins and wore antlers to enable them to approach the animals they were hunting ( see p. 131 and fig. 14.13 ) . |
| 17 | If , instead , the tax payers had sold their shares for a larger amount , sufficient to enable them to repay the loans , they are likely to have been personally better off , because of indexation allowance to reduce the additional gain deriving from the sale of the shares , and because they would not have suffered an income tax charge under either ss421 or 160 . |
| 18 | They asked me to take the children for a full medical . |
| 19 | The hon. Member for Liverpool , West Derby ( Mr. Wareing ) asked me to list the contributions of our European Community partners . |
| 20 | Nick asked me to read the putts with him but still nothing happened . |
| 21 | ‘ When Julius phoned me yesterday and asked me to bring the files he wanted to work on , he did n't tell me you were staying here . ’ |
| 22 | Female visitors were cheap , a point in their favour which continued to be emphasised as late as 1920 , when the Local Government Board considered the possibility of using them to inspect the homes of widows drawing poor relief . |
| 23 | We will ensure that all 14–19 year olds have a personal tutor and careers advice , helping them build the foundations for personal fulfilment and success . |
| 24 | It is about helping them to recognise the resources that they have to offer one another and to use them effectively in response to individual interests and learning needs . |
| 25 | For many patients , brief problem-orientated outpatient care seems to be a very satisfactory means of helping them tackle the difficulties . |
| 26 | The Parkinson 's Disease Society has been in touch with me , and I am grateful to its chief executive , Mrs. Mary Baker , both for information and for helping me understand the problems . |
| 27 | The Army have not dropped their controversial access conditions as was reported , but have amended them following the representations they have received from the BMC and the views that were expressed at the Castlemartin meeting in March . |
| 28 | ‘ If I 'd been bad he made me copy the notices and labels in cases . |
| 29 | ( 148 ) If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied . |
| 30 | My point is that I see nothing in the Gracious Speech to enable me to counter the opinions expressed by our European partners who are still proud to know us but bemused that we have a Britain which in their eyes is no longer as great as it was . |