Example sentences of "to teach [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most irritating thing about Rytasha — and there were many — was that , though she does not speak their language , she presumes to teach them a spurious form of their own religion . |
| 2 | Her attempts to teach them a step was hysterical . |
| 3 | It behoved us to win , to teach them a lesson . |
| 4 | The drops of water became so naughty that Rain Cloud decided to teach them a lesson . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've overheard the Headmaster saying he would like to teach me a thing or two . ’ |
| 6 | Roger usually introduced us to his girl-friends across the breakfast table , so this one had to be important and in the two weeks before her arrival I asked Rog to teach me a formal French greeting . |
| 7 | His other voice , the voice he uses before something happens to teach me a lesson : ‘ Come along please se , you 're getting overexcited . ’ |
| 8 | Will you take my new shoes away from me to teach me a lesson ? ’ |
| 9 | Oh , I can see I 'll have to teach you a thing or two about the Royal Navy . ’ |
| 10 | I just wanted to teach you a lesson — and make sure I had your name and address . |
| 11 | I 'm now going to teach you a long-overdue lesson , my dear . |
| 12 | ‘ Now will you behave , ’ he murmured quietly , ‘ or do I have to teach you a lesson ? ’ |
| 13 | Little did he know that the experienced dealers were about to teach him a lesson . |
| 14 | ‘ But in order to pay your father back , to teach him a lesson . ’ |
| 15 | Nicholas and Robin Higgs had approached Neil McEvoy and suggested he break into David Jamison 's room at the house they shared in Kensington Road , Middlesbrough , to teach him a lesson . |
| 16 | To make life easier for us all I started to teach her a few commands , but I found she would obey any order before it was given . |
| 17 | Alone in the hushed half-darkness , she feared he was trying to lose her , to teach her a lesson . |
| 18 | It was only to teach her a little lesson that I 'd added some nail-varnish remover to the ephedrine in that nasal spray she carried around everywhere . |
| 19 | There are numerous accounts from researchers or trainers who start their contact with dolphins thinking they will teach a dolphin how to communicate with humans , and end up wondering it in Fact the dolphin has been trying to teach us a thing or two about communicating with them . |