Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] them [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The band has already shown it can knock out pop tunes a cover of Nancy Sinatra 's Kinky Love , for instance but the audience had to be prepared to indulge them a little . |
| 2 | Again , the Germans did better , 22% being prepared to trust them a great deal . |
| 3 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
| 4 | Those with CCJs often have difficulty finding a lender willing to advance them a loan but it is not impossible . |
| 5 | The serenos receive a small salary from the shopkeepers and private houses they keep an eye on , but it is considered proper to give them a tip each time they open a door for one . |
| 6 | He indicated that , without specific application to children 's hearings , the nature of the children 's hearings system ‘ leaves [ it ] outside the benefit of this Bill ’ , and he added : ‘ It would be wrong to deny them the benefit of the Bill when , if they had committed serious offences and appeared before the courts , they would have had its protection . ’ |
| 7 | pluggers exist to exploit the middle ground of those record releases which may be a hit , depending on whether radio producers and presenters are prepared to give them a ‘ run ’ . |
| 8 | While I am pleased to report that this particular source has not been replaced with high-quality material , suppliers of this and other ‘ green ’ materials should be warned that I am quite prepared to give them the widest publicity they 've ever had if they try fobbing gardeners off with sub-standard goods . |
| 9 | If I remind you that you are a person who is aware , receptive to new ideas and willing to give them a try , then my suggestion that you buy Ecover is likely to be well received . |
| 10 | Toby spent some time smoothing the ruffled sensibilities of Corbett Farraday ( ‘ I mean , after all , when you n–y to give them a bit of fun … ‘ ) , then he went to check the changing huts , which Bill Muggeridge usually forgot to lock after his afternoon tearing round blowing whistles at the boys . |
| 11 | The proportions of the decency panelling over the short half-canopies were different giving them a squarer appearance . |
| 12 | In anthropology the world-wide connections of the British gave them a notable advantage . |
| 13 | They were an excitable , argumentative pair , and their habit of venting their frustrations in public earned them the sobriquet ‘ Frisky and Bitchy ’ . |
| 14 | We call them " collaborators " but the Annamese who do n't want anything to do with the French call them the " licensed pirates . " |
| 15 | How easy to give them the book they sought , to be done with the entire affair . |
| 16 | Anyway , what with you not being around and that , I felt constricted to give them a crack of the whip . |
| 17 | Although I believe they are improved as a class , many of them are rough diamonds ; at times they are light-fingered , they are not invariably sober , their education leaves much to be desired and it is impossible to allow them the run of the works after closing hours . |
| 18 | I would n't have expected it from my players and I 'm supposed to set them an example . |
| 19 | The club was just the right kind of venue for them to cut their professional teeth on , and she was glad to give them the opportunity . |
| 20 | Even in the dying minutes Phil Stand was still fighting hard to give them a goal . |
| 21 | If teachers do not believe that their pupils are able to be more responsible for their own mathematical learning , then they are not likely to give them the opportunity to be so . |
| 22 | Yeah , it 's all religious , hypocrisy okay , humane , it 's humane to slog these boys down the chimney , yeah , it 's humane giving them a good beating is n't it , right then . |
| 23 | Only Swansea looked likely to offer them a serious test . |
| 24 | But each member of the Chapter has a set and Wheeler is supposed to check them every now and again . |
| 25 | It is unprepared to offer them the skilled attention that they need . |
| 26 | A peek through the window showed that the taxi had arrived , brief farewells were made to the men , and Karl left , promising to ring them the next day and making mock threats to Erika and Paul should they forget to meet him the following Sunday . |
| 27 | Even they know that the way they 've been running the club is hardly likely to gain them a good press . |
| 28 | Windowboxes and other containers often begin to run out of flower power towards the end of summer , but it is usually possible to give them a boost to sustain interest until it is time to plant them up for a spring display . |
| 29 | It 's our members in these industries who 've been given a hammering since privatization and who need as much support as possible to give them the confidence to face further difficult years ahead . |
| 30 | Would it not be possible to give them an annual grant to spend on projects they approve ? |