Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] they the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made a team to give them the opportunity to work together … to give them the respect … to give them the idea that they could be in the top 50 , not by talking but by working together . |
| 2 | Some people ask a friend to show them the ropes , or , worse still , they teach themselves . |
| 3 | They had gone ahead of their Australian guide and he did not have a chance to warn them the creature — usually docile — lived there . |
| 4 | A couple who were kidnapped and pushed off a cliff in a burning car have asked a court to give them the pick-up truck in which they were abducted . |
| 5 | In return for permission to reside on Henderson , Smiley Ratliff has promised to provide the inhabitants of nearby Pitcairn Island with the use of his proposed airstrip , a launch to ferry them the 90 or so miles between Pitcairn and Henderson . |
| 6 | For , according to the terms of her contract with Vasey 's , with the exception of a clause giving them the right to instant dismissal should she ever be guilty of industrial misconduct , either party was to give the other three months ' notice . |
| 7 | This year everyone working for BT was sent a letter telling them the redundancy terms they were entitled to if they decided to leave the company voluntarily . |
| 8 | ‘ The portacabin provided us with a way to offer them the best possible service under the circumstances . ’ |
| 9 | Of course , had the guilds and fraternities included a handling charge in their reckoning they might have attracted an income allowing them the freedom to purchase for themselves those ‘ extras ’ now being clamoured for . |
| 10 | Three are commonly identified i.e. national , local and school , and in an attempt to clarify them the following paragraphs examine each in turn . |
| 11 | The frictions grew steadily worse , and in an attempt to accommodate them the 1897 Vienna Congress resolved that the party become a federation of six national parties . |