Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] they [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I try to encourage them by saying it is my material they are using , which sometimes makes the person more nervous ! |
| 2 | Right people here at half past three , if I have to tell them about fooling about . |
| 3 | Our ability to ‘ read ’ objects for their social appropriateness and to impose upon any series or new forms that order which would make them culturally acceptable does not in any respect lessen the place of strategy , or the possibility of intent ; both , however , are accomplished within objective conditions of which we have an underlying experience , even if we choose to deny them in formulating strategy . |
| 4 | We had to placate them by appearing in what they thought was acceptable guise . |
| 5 | If there are any holidays outstanding , ask employee when he/she wishes to take them before leaving . |
| 6 | I have stopped telling customers that it used to be ripened under piles of manure , as it seemed to stop them from buying it . |
| 7 | He managed to rout them by tearing his clothes off and setting them to sail down a river , then blocking the river with a mighty boulder . |