Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'm going anywhere where I want them to see me as a ‘ teacher ’ you know with all that that implies , then I 'll wear my wedding ring . |
| 2 | Eventually , one of them attacked it with a large branch , striking it a damaging blow . |
| 3 | Some story about a raid , that was it , them finding ST with a stainless steel jig screwed to his pate , them sticking him in a sack , jig and all . |
| 4 | Moreover , although their new jobs were temporary , not all of them regarded them as a " stop-gap " . |
| 5 | On the following Monday some of them pursued him to a review that was taking place on Wimbledon Common , while others went to the City , occupied the Royal Exchange and picketed the coffee houses , carrying placards reading More Wages . |
| 6 | they 'll just er stick them put them in a box and sling them you see |
| 7 | In order to teach potential students the value of laundry work you make them do it for a while . |
| 8 | How about your Christmas card this year ? why not knit one and them photograph it for a really professional look ? |
| 9 | They go in for the emotional point of view , and I thought it would help them see me in a fatherly light , giving him my own name . |
| 10 | Having made a sequence of images , ask them to put them into a different running order . |
| 11 | What gives you this impression ? 6 The teacher set them to do something in a short time . |
| 12 | I hate the system that forces them to do it for a living and then screws them afterwards . ’ |
| 13 | The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile . |
| 14 | ‘ They play three at the back , but the ability of players like Awford enables them to use it as a springboard for attack as well as a defensive system . |
| 15 | ‘ In European countries , it took the working class years and years before they fully realized the fact that they formed a distinct and , under existing conditions , a permanent class of modern society ; and it took years again until this class-consciousness led them to form themselves into a distinct political party , independent of , and opposed to , all the old political parties formed by the various sections of the ruling classes . |
| 16 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 17 | If he is in a bargaining mood , he might like to ask them to furnish him with a new typewriter . |
| 18 | He again went to see them and persuaded them to accompany him to a meeting at the police station with Mr McLean on August 24 . |
| 19 | Each one of them tells us about a different aspect of the creature . |
| 20 | Below , they revealed nothing but a thin haze . |
| 21 | And they got them from a host of people including Lady Thatcher , the Princess of Wales , Noel Edmonds , Frank Muir , Cliff Richard , Sir Harry Secombe and Ian Botham . |
| 22 | Instead , they got themselves into a thoroughly embarrassing mess , saying they accepted Gatting 's statement that nothing improper had taken place but sacking him all the same . |
| 23 | They got themselves in a mess by losing millions on loans to foreign countries and dubious borrowers at home . |
| 24 | ‘ His parents were too poor to keep him so they lent him to a forester . |
| 25 | Can they make themselves into a statue of , for example , Anancy playing a trick ? |
| 26 | I think sometimes I ca n't help but think it 's how they made him in a way , you know , like I , you , sometimes your , I think you should sit down and play with something , but he wo n't sit quiet and amuse himself |
| 27 | They asked him for a swimming pool and a better playground , but he was n't making any promises . |
| 28 | Lionan , the dandy , was talking behind his hand to the brutal Mullach , who was gulping his beer moodily and staring at the serving maids as they passed him in a bustling procession . |
| 29 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 30 | Then they led us into a building and kept us there , all together . ‘ |