Example sentences of "teach [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you 've taught me the difference between art and life . |
| 2 | My father who was a er a clergyman taught me the piano from an early age and er I first became interested in the organ purely for money purposes in fact , when at the age of fifteen a local methodist church in Durham where we lived at the time said er , We need an organist . |
| 3 | When an animal is brought in , especially an otter which is very nervous , we 've taught them the basic techniques of how to save them . |
| 4 | Or to put it another way , let us see how badly Miss Honey has taught you the three-times table . ’ |
| 5 | Your background , your pedigree , yes you you you 've been brought up in a , possibly your fa your your parents , they 've taught you the right way , they are thrilled pieces , or they were if if they ma , they may well have been de dead by that time , but they were thrilled to pieces when you as a pharisee became a teacher , and a ruler , a leader amongst your people ! |
| 6 | She taught me the basics : casting-on , how to knit and pearl , and I set to work . |
| 7 | It taught me the lesson that you should never do something because you feel you 've got to . |
| 8 | When I was put in charge of the start-up at Fawley at the ripe old age of twenty-nine most of my team were people who were twenty years older than I was and being on shift with a lot of operating people taught me the problems and the realisation that I could learn a hell of a lot from them — the realisation that the chap on the shop floor usually knows far more about what 's going on than management does . |
| 9 | ‘ My father taught me the value of manners and being a gentleman . |
| 10 | He taught me the lesson of supply and demand for , although quite willing to swap , he demanded twelve of my Anstie spares for the one card . |
| 11 | That trip back to Winston Street taught me the answer . |
| 12 | I guess he taught me the right way , because after a couple of years , when I heard something , I knew what it was before any intellectual wheels were turning in my head . |
| 13 | He was a long distance lorry driver but he knew how to dress and taught me the golden rule ‘ Do n't mix your stripes ’ . ’ |
| 14 | She taught me the song later , and showed me how to control my voice , open my mouth wide and sing loud or sing softly . |
| 15 | He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor . |
| 16 | Mme Deloche taught me the basics I needed to learn . |
| 17 | They have prepared me well , supported me through university , taught me the difference between right and wrong , so that I know which I am enjoying at any given time ! |
| 18 | The CNAA was a marvellous learning process which … drove me into intimate contact with a wide range of higher education courses , in dance primarily , which taught me the criteria for judging dance as a higher education subject … |
| 19 | then they taught me the copper |
| 20 | They listened to people who knew nothing about the game , to people who exploited them , people who taught them the wrong things . |
| 21 | Perhaps above all he will be remembered by many as the friend who taught them the craft that is organic chemistry . |
| 22 | She scoured the streets in the poorer areas looking for likely candidates and then , knowing the reality of poverty , taught them the rules of hygiene in her own way , which the Girls would imitate and laugh at behind her back . |
| 23 | He also taught them the arts of circumcision and sub-incision , used to produce the traditional tattoos sported by Aranda menfolk . |
| 24 | Just as Jesus taught them the truth because he was Truth , so the Spirit of Truth would lead them into all the truth about Jesus ( 14:6,17 , 15:26 , 16:13 ) . |
| 25 | I usually stand at the shallow end after she 's finished teaching me the floating bit , and watch her have her swim . |
| 26 | Teaching me the names of all the grasses |
| 27 | One of the girls is teaching me the language . |
| 28 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
| 29 | When students are learning to glide , the instructor is not only teaching them the technique of flying a glider , but also how to make decisions and judgements in the air . |
| 30 | A very famous Yoga teacher from India came to England and , after observing many Yoga classes , asked the instructor why it was that he did not first teach his students to sit , stand and walk with balance and coordination before teaching them the more complicated postures . |