Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] they [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , there 's , they say in the brief you 've read it , eh , ok , if they ask you tell them , or show them this form , say what it 's all about , but do n't tell them till after . |
| 2 | In other words , exploit them , but do not get too close to them or show them any affection . |
| 3 | By the time you 've bought them some cigarettes and given them some money for the pub and said well if there er and the car has n't got any petrol so you pay for ten pounds worth of petrol . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , we the wise , to quote Erving Goffman ( 1963 ) are allowed increasing manpower to pursue the cannabis/hallucinogenic using folk devil and to present the incompetent and the inept from the hippie element to the courts and the public for their solace ; and to assure them that drug taking is being stamped out . |
| 5 | Bids you awake , and pity them that weep . |
| 6 | ‘ We made a writing-table and two whatnots and a bedhead from it , and painted them all Adam green and white . |
| 7 | I took each upon my knee and told them that Mamma is gone to Heaven to God Almighty , and asked them both to promise me that they would try to be good children and follow their mother to that happy place … ‘ |
| 8 | So why do n't you use your common sense and show them some respect ? |
| 9 | I say ‘ Yes ’ a lot and show them some photos of me on the Etive . |
| 10 | Comrade Wu , our guide who is coming with us for the rest of the tour , is teaching us some Chinese in the evenings , and we are trying out some new phrases every day and causing them some amusement . |
| 11 | For most members , supporting their frontbench is normal and the occasions when they rebel are rare and cause them some heart-searching . |
| 12 | A little after 3 o'clock this morning he rapped at several doors in Marlborough Street ( adjoining one of the piers ) and informed them that fire had been set to one of the ships in the harbour [ and ] matches were laid in several others ; the whole world would soon be in a blaze , and the town also destroyed … |
| 13 | if management took an interest in the workforce and allowed them some control over their environment then the workforce would feel less alienated from the workplace ; |
| 14 | I 'll go and see them this morning . |
| 15 | I remember one instance , after we had been making love , when he took my hands very tenderly and turned them this way and that , pressing them gently , kissing the palms and the wrists . |
| 16 | The Driver in the case of a light engine then goes to the telephone to inform the Signalman each end of the tunnel and give them all particulars and if blocking both lines . |
| 17 | He wanted to get on with the job of examining the clothes and , he hoped , identifying the body , but he had another job to do first — to call on the River Police and give them such facts as he had . |
| 18 | Check the bowls periodically and give them enough water if necessary to keep the compost evenly damp . |
| 19 | So what I 'm saying is , is lead time in lots of business is highly valuable but if you can cut down the delivery time and give them more lead time you 're actually extending |
| 20 | Before we start Scottish questions , I remind Members from Scottish constituencies that , as is my practice , I shall seek to call those who were not called last time and give them some preference . |
| 21 | Mother also went with me to hear the Archbishop of Canterbury 's wife , Mrs Fisher , talk to young wives and give them some advice on the repair of their families after the separations many of them had suffered . |
| 22 | Do this to all your doors , not just the exterior ones , and treat any panes of glass in doors as though they were windows and give them some sort of double glazing . |
| 23 | At the same time , many governments offered social reforms to ease the plight of workers and give them fewer grounds for opposition . |
| 24 | treat employees sympathetically if they relapse and give them another chance if they take advice and undergo treatment |
| 25 | Quarters again yeah and give them another quarter out of this so they get they 've got a whole one each and then we 've got two left over . |
| 26 | If your card is lost , stolen or your Personal Number is disclosed to another person , the Bank have the right to inform the Police and give them any information they require . |
| 27 | ‘ He 's had trouble with campers , who 've broken down his fences and left fires that have caused a lot of damage — not Guides or Scouts , of course , who you know are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks but he puts all campers together and calls them all nuisances . ’ |
| 28 | When they took them away they said we could come and reclaim them any time we wanted , if we brought ten rupees . |
| 29 | If you stood and watched them all day , you 'd be certain to keep spotting the odd fish you had n't noticed before . |
| 30 | Now , now that all was lost , lost too was the vanity of the bulging notebook , the diversity of material , the forward-looking pleasure of unpacking my treasures and giving them some kind of independent life . |