Example sentences of "to teach [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her attempts to teach them a step was hysterical . |
| 2 | It behoved us to win , to teach them a lesson . |
| 3 | The drops of water became so naughty that Rain Cloud decided to teach them a lesson . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is wise , however , to teach them the basics of radio and how to construct an interesting letter ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | The futility of their efforts is deemed to be enough to teach them the lessons they need to learn . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've overheard the Headmaster saying he would like to teach me a thing or two . ’ |
| 10 | His other voice , the voice he uses before something happens to teach me a lesson : ‘ Come along please se , you 're getting overexcited . ’ |
| 11 | Will you take my new shoes away from me to teach me a lesson ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Oh , I can see I 'll have to teach you a thing or two about the Royal Navy . ’ |
| 14 | I just wanted to teach you a lesson — and make sure I had your name and address . |
| 15 | ‘ Now will you behave , ’ he murmured quietly , ‘ or do I have to teach you a lesson ? ’ |
| 16 | The influence of the ‘ parent ’ is very strong — parents tried to teach you the concepts of life . |
| 17 | And as an extra treat , Annellie Clyde is coming to stay for a week to teach you the rudiments . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Little did he know that the experienced dealers were about to teach him a lesson . |
| 20 | ‘ But in order to pay your father back , to teach him a lesson . ’ |
| 21 | Nicholas and Robin Higgs had approached Neil McEvoy and suggested he break into David Jamison 's room at the house they shared in Kensington Road , Middlesbrough , to teach him a lesson . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | One evening I reluctantly agreed to go back to school and attempt to teach him the solo . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It would be pointless to teach him the effect of the e-marker if he 's not clear about which symbols represent which sounds . |
| 27 | Alone in the hushed half-darkness , she feared he was trying to lose her , to teach her a lesson . |
| 28 | She asked him to teach her the trick , but he said that she was not ready yet . |
| 29 | There are numerous accounts from researchers or trainers who start their contact with dolphins thinking they will teach a dolphin how to communicate with humans , and end up wondering it in Fact the dolphin has been trying to teach us a thing or two about communicating with them . |
| 30 | There was no-one really to teach us the ropes . |