Example sentences of "they [verb] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In offering them something and being positive , not judgemental , in giving them support and a belief in the visual medium and the fact that they can participate in it freely . ’ |
| 2 | Of course , all their Thrush Green friends rallied round them , and Joan and Edward Young gave them comfort and a meal that evening . |
| 3 | Minton encouraged them to do as they pleased and a high time was had whilst he paid the bills . |
| 4 | There 's just a mum they like and a dad they hate , or vice versa , and the eccentric old aunts that I 've come across tend to be eccentric only because they 're secret alcoholics and smell like unwashed dogs or turn out to be suffering from Alzheimer 's disease or something . ) |
| 5 | A job they enjoyed and a good family life . |
| 6 | United Airlines and American Airlines I 've been told are n't really all that good to fly with , mate of ours went up to the airport to pick his parents up , they just got back from a holiday in and er they flew and a , on a seven hour journey , where ever it was they come from , they did n't have any food , no food , nothing , what they done is they , they , they 'd taken a container off , but they had n't put a new one on . |
| 7 | They bowed and a group came forward to be introduced . |
| 8 | This support combines a concern to preserve the attractive environments in which they live and a commitment to local democracy at the smallest scale . |
| 9 | ‘ My feeling is that the younger students are caught in a double bind between a lack of jobs if they leave and a squeeze on higher education if they stay . |