Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They must give him a chance . |
| 2 | ‘ They should make him a national treasure , ’ said Ian Wright . |
| 3 | He persuaded the Stationer 's Company that they should send him a copy of each book its members printed . |
| 4 | He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it . |
| 5 | and er , she 's got two more raises at school , they 'll give him a credit and then wrote him a letter saying that he 'll probably be expelled again , of course she went busting up there |
| 6 | I 'm sure they 'll do him a sandwich box . |
| 7 | Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat . |
| 8 | They did a crafty one — one came out and a woman came in , very nice , telling him he had to face up to his responsibilities , she said she 'd help us , they 'd get him a job , they 'd pay his rent and he had to move in with me for a month 's trial . |
| 9 | And er the old man , they they used to call him the iron man and he was the iron man . |
| 10 | Er I never actually had any part in it but I heard tales about er the rivet boy in particular , the they would er they would give him a wage equivalent to what they thought was was a was a reasonable wage for him , because of the fact that they were on piece work , he had to see that the rivets there on time . |
| 11 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 12 | And then writing back to this contact i either in New York or in Virginia or wherever it was , saying that it th they would give him the dimensions of the roof , that they could tell him exactly how many slates they 'd need to cover it . |
| 13 | When finally they would carry him no more , he ducked into a doorway and sank on to his bottom , breathing heavily . |
| 14 | But when he said so , hoping that they would find him a job away from the Zoo , they said instead that if he wanted he could work through the remaining years to his retirement as general helper and sweeper . |
| 15 | But they will give him a bed if he 's got him right , right ? |
| 16 | They will tell him the rules for bringing motions before the council , for moving amendments , for raising questions , for length of speeches , rights of reply and the like . |