Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] they a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this time can you concentrate more on what you are going to do with your body to actually tell people via your body or give them a good idea of exactly what you mean |
| 2 | The spherical objects are very fragile and must be guided by Steg , to do this he must either nudge them or give them a quick blow ( erm … yes , fair enough — Ed ) . |
| 3 | Theoretical or descriptive surveys not based on empirical research commonly make no reference to women at all , or allot them a specific section on ‘ work and the family ’ or some such title . |
| 4 | Depending on how influential people were , Mickey either nodded at them or gave them a hearty greeting . |
| 5 | The French struggled for nearly sixty minutes against a generous but raw Romania , ran riot against a Fijian side well below par and short of the menacing inspiration that made them a fearsome proposal in 1987 , while the game against Canada exposed the shortcomings that England later exploited with relish . |
| 6 | But so far neither has shown the tremendous flair with top-spin attacking that made them a major force in the world championships in Dortmund only seven months ago . |
| 7 | It means the League champions have gone 11 games unbeaten , a run that offers them a final placing that would erase much of the disappointment of a frustrating season that includes two defeats by Coventry . |
| 8 | At the Pattmore project in London and the Rosemount project in Glasgow for example , mothers are provided with adequate child care and it enables them to attend courses and gain skills and qualifications that give them a better chance in the job market . |
| 9 | What is interesting about them is that while the development corporations acquired powers that gave them a great deal of autonomy within their own territories , there is today a variety of questions to be raised about the extent to which their ‘ success ’ was secured at the expense of other policies to which they ‘ ought ’ to have related . |
| 10 | All of the walking species had the widely-splayed legs that gave them a slow and lumbering gait , but , in the absence of more streamlined animals , they prospered . |
| 11 | DAVID PLATT celebrated his Italian league debut for Juventus yesterday with the goal that earned them a 2-2 draw at Genoa . |
| 12 | For example , if the credit period were reduced for customers to pay their debts it is likely that sales would decrease as customers may trade with another company that gives them a greater period to pay . |
| 13 | Look for anything that gives them a better chance of following the plot . |
| 14 | so that gives them a little bit of introduction for each one |
| 15 | There are currently nearly ninety Remploy factories up and down the country which employ disabled people in productive work that earns them a reasonable wage . |
| 16 | Somewhat later came the present owner , John Matta , who now takes great pleasure in greeting Citalia guests and welcomes them on arrival with a gift of the wonderful Chianti Classico from his excellent cellars and offers them a typical Tuscan dinner at a reasonable price , which is taken most weeks in the castle 's impressive banqueting hall . |
| 17 | In one act at the exhibition hangar gave NAM ‘ back ’ its workshop , enabling the restoration of Anson C.19 VL348 to come on apace ; it allowed several of their exhibits the luxury of a controlled environment ; gave the Museum an ‘ all weather ’ visitor capability and made them a suitable location for the RAF Museum to loan them their Airspeed Oxford and North American Harvard — see the August issue . |
| 18 | Herefordshire Friends of the Earth have looked into the Green Cone Scheme … and given them a guarded welcome : |
| 19 | However the development , mainly in the voluntary sector , of segregated dementia day centres offers the hope that the needs of the large intermediate group of sufferers and their carers can be looked after in small , local , enthusiastic units , taking pressure away from the " ordinary day centres and day hospitals and allowing them a better mix a Policy Part IV of the Social Work ( Scotland ) Act sets out the provisions for local authority residential care . |
| 20 | Yeah well I could n't so I had to come over and and buy them a flipping new one ! |
| 21 | He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature . |
| 22 | The waiter brought two tall glasses and filled them a good way up with Courvoisier . |
| 23 | But they met anyway , in part because in their early childhood one or other of their parents , usually but not always the father , had taken them aside and told them a great responsibility would fall to them : the carrying forward of a hermetically protected family secret , and in part because the Society looked after its own . |
| 24 | It gusted through the council estate they were now in , picking up sweet papers and whisking them a few yards down the street . |
| 25 | I 'll just pop in and give them a good scare . |
| 26 | The prospects may therefore be good for a long-term strategy which aims at both restricting the scale of most operating units and granting them a reasonable degree of operational autonomy in order to make participative democracy a feasible proposition , while developing further the economies of administration , co-ordination , etc. which are at present realised by large-scale enterprises . |
| 27 | He treated his established artists as professional associates , entering into legal contracts and paying them a regular income in advance against sales . |
| 28 | Dr Merson called for national programmes to make AIDS prevention ‘ truly sensitive ’ to the needs of women and give them a greater say in the programmes . |
| 29 | Privately Captain Simcox hoped the IRA would be a match for the Tans — well , perhaps that was expecting too much — but it would be something if they could put some manners on them and give them a bloody nose now and again . |
| 30 | I have met women who epitomize the ‘ good mother ’ ; they genuinely love and care for their children and give them a great deal of attention , playing with them and guiding them in a way that most of us feel we can never emulate . |