Example sentences of "and [vb infin] they [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | We also had to shear and dip them every year and friends would come to help . |
2 | Then you start at half past four I 'll go round and give them a bit of tea , all of them , you see , see if they 've eat , those that 's eat up horses eat up , give them a bit of tea and then the lads start on them and they dress them over till they sa well , well say , we give them till six o'clock wa to do two horses . |
3 | ‘ After we lost in Moscow , I ushered the team back into the locker room and locked the door before any administrators could get in and give them a load of bull about how well we had done to run the mighty red machine so close . |
4 | Finally he got so used to me calling that he asked me to come down and give them a hand fixing it up . |
5 | Tell you what , I 'll go and give them a hand ! |
6 | You 've got to give them a very specific task to do and give them the support and the materials to do it with and make sure it happens so that when they turn up at 3 o ’ clock , it 's set up to go . |
7 | But there was no malice in their interest and I sometimes had the feeling that they were waiting for me to turn round and hand them a bag of toffees , with instructions to share them out fairly and not throw the papers on the floor . |
8 | When the men of the World Council of Churches in Geneva heard Arthur was at Caux they phoned him to come and tell them the truth about Rhodesia . |
9 | I , I , I 'd would teach them to stand up and tell them the truth , there do n't appear to be too many of them about these days |