Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] they [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A vague statement to the effect that you would ‘ call the staff together and get them to sell more effectively ’ does n't carry much conviction , whereas an outline staff training programme coupled with precise incentives suggests that you know what you are doing , and is a great deal more persuasive . |
| 2 | Once , when native Hawaiians were out for blood after a visiting Australian had abused a local , he brought the two sides together and persuaded them to settle peacefully . |
| 3 | Cell walls perhaps arose as a device to keep useful chemicals together and stop them leaking away . |
| 4 | Overall , it 's best to leave the photographs out of the electronic side of things altogether and get them reproduced optically for you by your printer . |
| 5 | Intel Corp let manufacturers off the leash yesterday and freed them to announce officially that they had Pentium-based machines . |
| 6 | And for some veteran or novice rower , they 'll be able to go home and say they 've just rowed with an Olympic gold medallist . |
| 7 | Chatterton pulled their legs slightly and said they had better be careful not to get on the wrong side of you again and Glastonbury did n't know what the hell anyone was talking about . |
| 8 | Do n't punish them for the way in which they behave today and let them get away with the same thing tomorrow just because your own mood is different , or the matter is n't worth ‘ all that bother ’ anyway . |
| 9 | The Labour party is telling those investors that they are not welcome here and encouraging them to go elsewhere . |