Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] they [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone in the audience has asked me to greet them the way the chimpanzees greet each other in the wild at Gombe , ’ Jane Goodall began . |
| 2 | If for some reason it is impossible for you to give them the help in the house they need , a Home Help can be provided by the local authority social services department . |
| 3 | I want you to give 'em a jab wi' your needle . " |
| 4 | I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’ |
| 5 | Like me to give them a ring ? |
| 6 | ‘ Remind me to send them a cheque , Woody . ’ |
| 7 | A GANG of five teenagers stole a 20-year-old woman 's cash card and then tortured her to give them the pin number . |
| 8 | Of course , her generous spirit about staff using the amenities of the lodge also allowed her to pay them a pittance that had made Charity 's small salary as an intern seem princely . |
| 9 | Everybody looked at me , waiting for me to show them the robot animal . |
| 10 | Three of them stay upstairs with Crilly , while the other three ask me to show them the bedroom . |
| 11 | Nikos had been busy , too , and he summoned them to show them the result of his labours . |
| 12 | There are many who arrive actually on their 60th birthday , asking us to find them a job because they have no intention of retiring . |