Example sentences of "he [verb] they [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wexford brought his beer and as he passed them the man got up as if to take his leave . |
| 2 | They looked back at him with the bright eyes of rats in old people 's faces and when he asked them a question . |
| 3 | He built them a pagoda of solid jade and embellished it with precious gems — not realising that to grow up a dragon must accumulate its own hoard , must steal it from Emperors and princes . |
| 4 | The measures empowered the south-eastern regional governor to send individuals into internal exile in other regions if " he deemed them a threat to public order " . |
| 5 | He told them a story about his own children , when they were very young . |
| 6 | He told them a story about a gooseberry in a lift and one about holes in Australia . |
| 7 | He showed them the mark on his hand . |
| 8 | He oils them every week . |
| 9 | When the Access people billed him , he bunged them a wedge for £1000 . |
| 10 | Then , with their pack gaining the upper hand , Rugby once again benefited from Mr Lander 's judgment when he awarded them a penalty try . |
| 11 | He calls them a blueprint for disaster in their current form and wants them amended . |
| 12 | But he accords them the right to boast , for they have returned with money and presents which are proof of their achievement . |
| 13 | When Harold Smith , the brother of F.E. , was asked for advice in organization by Huddersfield Unionists , he delivered them a lecture on Liverpool methods , and in the following year they elected F.E. Smith as their President to carry through reforms that would make Huddersfield like Liverpool . |
| 14 | Their names were Farag and Libab and he saw them every day . |
| 15 | First impressions are that he offered them a recipe of component parts from many different guitars and the result is a sort of nouvelle cuisine which leaves this weary plucker scratching his head . |
| 16 | He did , however , acknowledge that it would be neither responsible nor sensible to ignore the existence of the Action Committee , and he offered them the opportunity of a meeting with representatives of the council . |
| 17 | Then , when Uncle Guy arrived from Dublin he brought them a present , an enormous box of chocolates which was made like a chest or jewel box with trays that pulled out like small drawers , containing different foil-wrapped shapes . |
| 18 | He tells them the plan . |
| 19 | I 'm sure he gives them a lot of his time but if you practise and play that much … hell , you have got to do so many other things as well . ’ |
| 20 | Er he gives them a lot of moral support and in their blast off parties when they 're ready to go out and conduct the missile competition , er he really stirs the pot and gets the guys moving . |
| 21 | Clifford says that when he and Flt Sgt L Lewis suggested the idea of a magazine to the station commander , Wing Commander Leslie Bennet , MC , he gave them every encouragement and support . |
| 22 | By showing them that they mattered to Him as people He gave them a sense of dignity and released them from their captivity . |
| 23 | But Roxburgh has every confidence in his men , and he gave them a lesson in economics by way of illustration . |
| 24 | He gave them a number . |
| 25 | He gave them a croak of encouragement . |
| 26 | He gave them the newspaper , and laughed . |
| 27 | In the evening when they came back he would crumble salt on a flat stone for them to lick , and once , in addition to their hay , he gave them the heap of grain that was left at the bottom of the fermentation jar when the beer was finished . |
| 28 | He had been in the ‘ custody ’ of psychiatric nurses but after his trial was adjourned for the day , he gave them the slip . |
| 29 | Police were told and tailed Newall but he gave them the slip and fled from Britain on a yacht he inherited from his parents , a court in Gibraltar heard . |
| 30 | Or he gave them the impression that he wrestled , with limbs contorted , in the effort to seize hold of what truth could be found . |