Example sentences of "[v-ing] they [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was admitted that occasionally the good were afflicted too , and that in these cases God was probably testing their faith , or even possibly allowing them their purgatory on earth , but on the whole the Church found it more satisfactory to believe that madness was punitive and well-deserved . |
| 2 | They knew she was a doctor now , and Mandy had already warned her that nobody would want a doctor serving them their beer . |
| 3 | Many miners apprenticed their young sons to the trade taking them underground at 15 , 16 or 17 years of age and paying them their worth , or less . |
| 4 | He 's probably in the newspaper office selling them his story . |
| 5 | It may be worth sending them your demos , as well as pictures and biographies , and hope that someone takes an interest in you . |
| 6 | It became a rule of the ‘ Carry On ’ outfit that everything had to be filmed within spitting distance of Pinewood — and there were real sergeants to carry on the business of teaching them what life in the Army was like . |
| 7 | Bending the Equal Opportunities rules , he had used the normal method of tipping off chosen journalists and assuring them their applications would go through smoothly . |
| 8 | Yeah , right , and then erm , Kent or one of them is talking to you giving them your address , an no , giving them their address . |
| 9 | He releases them from their hutches thus giving them their freedom . |
| 10 | At her memorial service , co-workers and students both young and mature thanked Jo for her generosity in giving them her time until she died . |
| 11 | Well I know you 're not giving them our biscuit but then we just get through . |
| 12 | Yeah , right , and then erm , Kent or one of them is talking to you giving them your address , an no , giving them their address . |
| 13 | Involving others means giving them your support and encouragement . |
| 14 | To find out your contributions record , write to the DHSS local office , giving them your NI number , date of birth , the date you came into the country , where from , and your previous name if you have changed it . |
| 15 | I have so looked forward to it , making all the things with Matey , and thinking of what we shall do with the money we make — which is stupid really , when I know that I could so easily give them so much more — But that would be nothing , for what I have done with Matey has been done by me , and not by Papa , for that is what giving them his money would mean . |
| 16 | Many lenders automatically put their borrowers on a budget plan without asking them their preferences at the outset . |
| 17 | A questionnaire is being sent to all local General Election candidates asking them their views on the subject . |
| 18 | Dr Wright is about to start another memory challenge for Britons — by asking them their whereabouts on the day the Prince and Princess of Wales 's separation was announced . |
| 19 | Instead of the operator asking them what number they want , they hear the sunny voice of Mary Brooks in Bridgetown . |
| 20 | I told Northcliffe that if his people would make enquiries at our Central Office , he would find that our nightly regiment of speakers was at least as well worth reporting as the Radical contingent , but that I realized that from the Press point of view , no doubt , our speakers did not play up to the reporters by handing them their speeches in advance , and by other tricks of the kind to which the Radical orators have recourse . |
| 21 | That would be handing them her life on a plate . |
| 22 | He had the art of lighting up the faces of those he met by a single kindly word , and so making them his admirers in a flash . |
| 23 | I swear by Apollo Physician , by Health , by Panacea , and by all the gods and goddesses , making them my witnesses , that I will carry out , according to my ability and judgment , this oath and this indenture … |
| 24 | And in the past , the , the nearest we 've got to that is taking them along to a fire station and telling them what sort of people we are , that has been proved in many cases to be counterproductive , because it 's actually an incentive if you wish to set fires from other districts than this . |
| 25 | The key to impressing Mum and Auntie Jean , and the best way to keep their tongues off the risible subject of my loin-cloth , which inevitably had them quaking with laughter , was to introduce them to the actors afterwards , telling them which sit-coms and police programmes they 'd seen them in . |
| 26 | The depute procurator-fiscal , Sandra McRobert , told the court that the major police operation began after Say phoned a relative and a neighbour , telling them his wife had left him and that he intended to commit suicide . |
| 27 | Piggy would almost definitely have saved the boys as he could have held on to their love for civilisation by telling them his stories about his auntie , as both his parents were dead . |
| 28 | ‘ They have had people walking in offering them their savings . |