Example sentences of "be [v-ing] them [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The four local MPs are urging them to sell the yard to the Merseyside Development Corporation . |
| 2 | They 're teaching them to pull the trigger at the Academy of Marksmanship . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm teaching them to hold the pencil properly and write their names , ’ she says . |
| 4 | ‘ We were asking them to play the main role in caring for their children , but they felt their authority was being undermined by the assessments . |
| 5 | It 's helping them to understand the immense pressures on them to stay forever in the closet . |
| 6 | If it is to put pressure on broadminded intellectuals to persuade their leaders to change their policies , it is having the opposite effect , and is causing them to support the nationalist government . |
| 7 | And finally : ‘ Do n't merely talk , like some gasbags do , about shedding the last drop of your blood for your country — the difficulty with them , when the time comes , is getting them to shed the FIRST drop of their blood . ’ |
| 8 | He said : ‘ It came out looking as though I was telling them to stuff the season of goodwill , not buy the children any presents and put a bullet in the turkey . |