Example sentences of "and [verb] they the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 2 | Yes , but I would have thought that you know I M R O sh should of then I asked , I write and asked them the question , I r really would have expected a reply to come back , yes , we found this and so and so , but we then scraped a little bit further and erm . |
| 3 | The prison governor tells them they are about to be shot and offers them the choice of dying like men or wearing blindfolds . |
| 4 | Later , when other countries wanted to make their own cloth from jute , the workers of Dundee made and sold them the textile machinery . |
| 5 | In Pitham & Hehl ( 1976 ) 65 Cr App R 45 , a person took the two defendants to his friend 's house and sold them the furniture of his friend who was in prison . |
| 6 | Wonderful Members of Parliament , who , little more than twenty years before , had made themselves merry with the wild railroad theories of engineers , and given them the liveliest rubs in cross-examination , went down into the north with their watches in their hands , and sent on messages before by the electric telegraph , to say that they were coming Night and day the conquering engines rumbled at their distant work , or advancing smoothly to their journey 's end , and gliding like tame dragons into the allotted corners grooved out to the inch for their reception , stood bubbling and trembling there , making the walls quake , as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers yet unsuspected in them , and strong purposes not yet achieved . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've called up the PR firm we normally liaise with and given them the name of the hotel you 're booked into . |
| 8 | See people at San Carlos hungry and given them the rest . |
| 9 | They serve as a valuable corrective to approaches of the kind that a behaviourist view might encourage , approaches which impose conformity on learners , reduce the scope of their participation as persons , and deny them the exercise of individual initiative in the learning process . |
| 10 | Most fax software lets you define a group of names in the fax phone book , and send them the same fax at the click of a button . |
| 11 | Then one day I discovered that he was borrowing them to show off at his dinners and returning them the next morning . |
| 12 | Then get two children and show them the way to cut the rings down the middle . |
| 13 | It is this sense of identification that gives hope to the newcomers that others will understand their fears and actions and show them the route to recovery . |
| 14 | Shortly after the event , Stanley Peters said ‘ The response has been outstanding and we , as a company , welcomed the opportunity to meet families and show them the factory ’ . |
| 15 | They chose this area because it reminded them of the Alps and afforded them the chance to continue with their much loved skiing . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | car hirers were not ‘ trafficking in litigation ’ where they agreed with potential plaintiffs whose cars were damaged in motor accidents and under repair , to supply them with free replacement vehicles provided the plaintiffs co-operated with the hirers in prosecuting claims against defendants and paid them the hiring charges from the damages they received . |
| 18 | He was referring to the times at Achnacarry when I would on occasion meet the trainees returning from a speed march and pipe them the last two miles back to the camp . |
| 19 | When surveyors started sizing up her land , ‘ I got my shotgun out and showed them the gate , ' she said . |
| 20 | The key issues for the future are how to sustain the number of voluntary welfare workers and their helpers , and give them the support they need to deal with both increasing and more complex welfare needs . |
| 21 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |
| 22 | Fixture congestion may well nullify that advantage but Leeds ' real hope must be that yesterday 's scoring flourish will settle their nerves and give them the confidence to believe they are fully capable of winning all of their remaining four League matches . |
| 23 | ‘ we pour cold water on the natural loving feelings of their parents , and give them the impression they have produced something monstrous . |
| 24 | Dr Tournier comments : ‘ It is true that grandparents can often understand their children better than the parents do , and give them the acceptance they need in order to grow up . ’ |
| 25 | If possible have an alternative date available and give them the option of telephoning to change their original appointment . |
| 26 | One is to give all the children obstacles such as sacks , boxes , old tyres , ladders and ropes and give them the opportunity to make up their own course . |
| 27 | ‘ We are working very heavily with them to convert them and give them the business skills they may not have acquired to date , ’ says Mr Smaje . |
| 28 | Managers need to recognise the benefit to the organisation of their clinical staff developing teaching skills , and give them the support they need in doing this . |
| 29 | He did not accomplish much , beyond making it clear to the owners that , in return for their agreement to a national minimum , he would abandon Samuel and give them the eight-hour day ; but he was thought to have acquitted himself well . |
| 30 | I shall detain them with my Mariner 's ancient , emaciated claw and give them the full works . |