Example sentences of "they [vb base] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 2 | The three answering apparitions make him feel safer with their answers of … and yet he decides to kill Macduff for safe measure but as Macduff has fled he decides to kill everyone linked with Macduff though they pose him no threat . |
| 3 | They send him a free one every six months ! |
| 4 | What happened was there was a burglar and er they went downstairs and they him over the head and then they put him a chair and they got the and he goes , what shall we , what shall we wrap him up in ? |
| 5 | He astounded his American masters by demanding that they give him a more worthwhile job or he would be on his way home . |
| 6 | Christian pilgrims always made sure to take a sample home with them , and then ‘ when anyone falls sick of a quartan or tertian ague or some such fever , they give him a little of this earth to drink . |
| 7 | * So I 've been a bad boy at times but they reckon I ca n't walk out on a job if I 'm in the Jungle and Matt 's temperamental which means he does n't normally work unless they give him a hamper full of white powder but he seems to have kicked it and there are n't too many dealers swinging through the trees like Tarzan out here . |
| 8 | he 's after something , h his apprenticeship so they give him a thousand pound |
| 9 | Every so often , he goes to a local hospital where they give him an injection of something , which cheers him up noticeably . |
| 10 | ‘ When they have a problem , they give him the ball and he does a few tricks . |
| 11 | At the end of the year they give him the cash . |
| 12 | They teach him the dynamic techniques of his art in order that he may be able to apply them , perhaps in a life-or-death predicament , on the streets . |
| 13 | I said the sharp one this one he 's fairly cheap but they use him a lot , . |
| 14 | There is a story that they bet him a substantial sum that he could not read a certain number of books of the Bible without talking . |
| 15 | ‘ They call him the enfant terrible but he 's actually very shy and certainly not arrogant . |
| 16 | They call him the mystery man with a record for his mystery girl ; people have been writing in wanting to know more , women especially , but Amis does n't have the will to respond . |
| 17 | ‘ They call him the undertaker and , my God , it suited him . |
| 18 | THEY call him the ‘ second Ellery Hanley ’ — and the comparisons do n't bother Jason Robinson . |
| 19 | Jesus Christ and all , and all his fucking disciples and Mohammed and all his fucking disciples and everybody else they love him , they love him the whole bloody thing is what rules the bloody universe . |
| 20 | They deport him the same day . |
| 21 | ‘ Kristian is very good with fans when they see him the street and ask him for autographs . |