Example sentences of "[to-vb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cross-examined by John Griffith Williams QC , about why he did not stop for the children , he said that he was concerned not to hit them and instinctively moved away into the fast lane . |
| 2 | And it stops you having to hit them with a brick . |
| 3 | When I first realised that most of the bites were not simply ‘ line ’ bites ( and you can test this easily by casting in a baitless hook ) I tried every conventional trick in the book to hit them . |
| 4 | Used to hit them on the arm , never on the head . |
| 5 | Always used to draw my truncheon if I went into a place where I thought there was a burglar but never actually used it to hit them . |
| 6 | Does it really matter that those were early days , when the joke on campus was that the only way to kill anyone with a laser was to hit them over the head with it ? |
| 7 | In this chapter I have attempted to draw a distinction between the targets we set and our ability to hit them . |
| 8 | This has made it possible to set goals for growth , under the guidance of the Holy Spirit , and to hit them . |
| 9 | You need to know where to find your enemy 's weak spots , how to hit them effectively , and which parts of your own body to use . |
| 10 | It was travelling at high speed and the boys thought it was going to hit them , the rider was crouched over the bars obviously unaware of the boys . |
| 11 | I 'm able to hit them because they 're trying to get me . |
| 12 | At about 30 yards ' ( 27 m ) range , he began his charge , relying on speed to get him to the target before the pigs knew what was about to hit them . |
| 13 | He did n't play with the kids , he used to hit them , he 'd take it out on them more than me . |
| 14 | Thomas Buchanan had to hit them and push them to the top of the rock . |
| 15 | They used to These they used to be a round used to be round you know and not very used to hit them as you hit them with a stick you see , they used to wheel wheel round and round . |
| 16 | Dangle assorted objects from string near him , so he just has to reach forward slightly to hit them . |
| 17 | Talking of the whip I mean we 're only allowed to hit them five times over here . |
| 18 | In America they seem to hit them twenty five times |
| 19 | So any shortage of places will be likely to hit them hardest . |
| 20 | ( We inevitably got the ‘ you fancy each other ’ spiel but I ignore people like that — I would like to hit them very hard ! ) |
| 21 | You do n't even have to hit them off the ground . |
| 22 | For non-metals if you try to hit them and beat them into sheets or if you try to stretch them you get ? |
| 23 | The Mullahs remained a dominant influence until the twentieth century when the Pahlavis attempted to curb them . |
| 24 | It took some time for their masters to curb them . |
| 25 | ‘ To forgive them ? ’ |
| 26 | It is always hard to forgive people because forgiveness is often seen as a sign of weakness and we feel vulnerable enough after we have been hurt that we tend to build a wall between ourselves and those who have offended us , rather than to have the strength to forgive them and therefore become reconciled with them . |
| 27 | It does n't feel like fair play , but I have to forgive them . |
| 28 | They make a couple of mistakes , the most regrettable being an abominable version of ‘ Ghost Town ’ , but get it so right the rest of the time it 's easy to forgive them . |
| 29 | A woman whose home was wrecked by vandals in an attack which caused thousands of pounds of damage says she 's able to forgive them . |
| 30 | One of the accusations used and levelled against er against Christianity against the , the evangelical message , against things like the , the mission of Graham and , and others is that it , it does n't meet the needs the , the material needs of people but if you deal with the persons spiritual needs , if their sins are forgiven , those problems that are causing the material problem , it 's amazing how there are dealt with as well , the best way to sober up a person , the best way to deal with a person who 's an alcoholic , the best way to deal with a person who is a drug addict , the best way to deal with a person who , who commits adultery is not by telling them the wrongs of those things , it 's not by trying to , to , to do , to , to , you know , to , to counsel them it 's presenting the gospel allowing Jesus Christ to come into their lives and to forgive them , that will make the person sober quicker than all the counselling in the world and Paul says I brought you the most important the fundamental thing , that Christ died for our sins Paul again when he 's writing to the Romans in chapter five and verse eight he says but God demonstrates his own love towards us , in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us so God did in Jesus Christ what we could n't do for ourselves , so all of you have sin , so all of my sin , and he came and he died on the cross and as he was dying there was that transmit there , for he was n't dying for his own sin buy he was dying for your sin and for mine , it was all piled on him and so when we except what Christ has done , when we come to that place and yes I believe that you died for me , |