Example sentences of "to teach [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | where a special area in one housing estate has been set aside for problem families , where they are given daily supervision combined with training and instruction designed to teach them the elements of home craft and mothercraft so that in due course , when they have proved they can manage their affairs , domestic , financial or otherwise , they can return to a better house in a more desirable neighbourhood . |
| 2 | It is wise , however , to teach them the basics of radio and how to construct an interesting letter ! |
| 3 | Small children can sometimes be persuaded to eat cow cake in the same way that old people will eat cat food , but the chief result of all this farming was to produce huge food mountains which we could then refuse to give to the Third World , or to the socialists of Eastern Europe , in order to teach them the error of their ways . |
| 4 | Peculiar to Children , was not to teach bad Latin , harsh French , as if the children were ‘ a parcel of Parrots or Magpies ’ , but ‘ to teach them the Government of themselves , their Passions and Appetites ’ . |
| 5 | The futility of their efforts is deemed to be enough to teach them the lessons they need to learn . |
| 6 | Perhaps the most useful thing she did was to teach me the language , so that in a few days I could speak it quite well . |
| 7 | He asked for and was sent Sketches of Anatomy for Artists ' Use , and struggled to teach himself the complexities of bones and muscles by endless copying . |
| 8 | The influence of the ‘ parent ’ is very strong — parents tried to teach you the concepts of life . |
| 9 | And as an extra treat , Annellie Clyde is coming to stay for a week to teach you the rudiments . ’ |
| 10 | His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour . |
| 11 | I pointed out that his voice had certainly ceased to be soprano , but he pestered me to teach him the solo for the next eisteddfod . |
| 12 | One evening I reluctantly agreed to go back to school and attempt to teach him the solo . |
| 13 | Only last year , on the instructions of Luther Reynolds , David had brought the boy out of the mines and begun to teach him the way of business ; Matthew often accompanied him on his rounds , and though he made little attempt to befriend David , the boy worked , and learned , and spent so many hours closeted in the ‘ den ’ with the old man , that Beth was obliged to voice her concern . |
| 14 | One day , to escape heavy rain he wandered into a tavern called the ‘ Spotted Dog ’ which was kept by Joe Parrish , a veteran fighter , who became impressed with the young lad — then aged 16 — and began to teach him the science of the ring . |
| 15 | It would be pointless to teach him the effect of the e-marker if he 's not clear about which symbols represent which sounds . |
| 16 | She asked him to teach her the trick , but he said that she was not ready yet . |
| 17 | An escapade or two can help to teach what the world is like , and even why it is what it is ; but novels in this age-old tradition of English fiction , though often radical , are in no way revolutionary . |
| 18 | There was no-one really to teach us the ropes . |
| 19 | The idea was to teach us the beauty of the English language . |