Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] he [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deane is evidently capable of playing football , they should give him more opportunity to do it . |
| 2 | They should call him jammy man . |
| 3 | But I expect they 'll charge him some time today . |
| 4 | They could offer him full board with a bedroom and sitting room on the ground floor for three pounds a week . |
| 5 | The jury were directed by the trial judge that they could find him guilty only as actor , whereas the true position was that he could be found guilty either as actor or on the basis of art and part . |
| 6 | The way it worked was they 'd give him 70 quid for a gram and they 'd sell it in fiver or tenner bags . |
| 7 | She could not associate him with any loss of dignity , or credit , or grace , not because he felt these too nearly and jealously , but because he wore and used them with as little thought as the breath he drew , and they were as natural a part of him , and like breath , when they left him they would leave him dead . |
| 8 | John and Joan Waters had hoped that , once they realised that Derek had the support of other members of his family , they would leave him alone . |
| 9 | They would think him mad . |
| 10 | He just quoted the verses , smiled , and said they would bring him great success . |
| 11 | If the bench believed him , they would set him free . |
| 12 | Frank Grimwood would not be there , they would see him later . |
| 13 | Mark James , Jim Payne , David Gilford and Paul Broadhurst think they can beat him this week as does Gordon Brand jun who was joint second with Ireland 's David Faherty in Valencia . |