Example sentences of "but [vb base] they [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
| 2 | But give them a solid economic recovery and they 'll forget it ever happened . ’ |
| 3 | I 've never seen the sort of breathtaking squalor I witnessed there but give them a day when their neighbourhood is shown to be worth the world running through it , gratefully accepting water and candy from them at the roadside , and it 's amazing the way mutual mistrust can disappear . |
| 4 | Divert children , in a sense , but give them a feeling of power at the same time . |
| 5 | Goldfish , for instance , lay hundreds of eggs at a time , but give them no parental care at all . |
| 6 | According to the trust 's Andy Hunter , the aim is not to treat or rehabilitate people but give them an opportunity to work . |
| 7 | They may not always be too keen on having to wash with it … but give them the chance to make a big splash somewhere and they will never be any happier . |