Example sentences of "they a story " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took me to West End Central and , instead of telling them what had really happened , I gave them a story . |
| 2 | I read them a story — not the baby , of course — I go downstairs , I eat , I turn on the news … |
| 3 | He told them a story about his own children , when they were very young . |
| 4 | ‘ If we 've been doing lessons all morning , they 've usually had enough by the afternoon , so we 'll sing some songs together or I 'll tell them a story . |
| 5 | Kevin and Sharon go to Corfe Castle , where an old man tells them a story . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps you would like to tell them a story , ’ said the aunt . |
| 7 | She was telling them a story , and they were sitting on either side of her on the sofa with their mouths hanging slightly open , Gawain meditatively fingering a lock of her long , dark hair , Damian staring at her and absently scratching his balls . |
| 8 | My friends shook their heads , and chided me for not telling them a story with a happy ending . |
| 9 | He told them a story about a gooseberry in a lift and one about holes in Australia . |
| 10 | I then tell them a story which they act out : one day the children all set off home only to find that a great big hole has opened up in the playground . |
| 11 | Having given herself a good talking to , and feeling ashamed of her misplaced , foolish pride , Laura made her way into the twins ' small bedroom , where Ross had just finished telling them a story . |