Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their triple-engined ski boat had blocked the exit to the road and when people asked them to move it the BMW people started arguing . |
| 2 | In the end I got them to give me the first aid outfit and fixed myself up . |
| 3 | I got them to give me the number for the cleaners ' mess-room and asked there . |
| 4 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 5 | Her own family has suffered the anguish of repossession , and her personal story of how her local Liberal Democrat-controlled council helped them made her the winner in the school 's mock election . |
| 6 | When I arrived they showed me the letter they had received from the Chief Education Officer that morning which explained the proposed Statementing procedure : |
| 7 | Get someone to read it to you once only , then get them to ask you the questions which follow . |
| 8 | I 'll have to er give her a ring to and tell them to send me the advert . |
| 9 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 10 | I think that 's a good idea there is n't a bet there be a real seller those boxes they , I know they call them the |
| 11 | No , but I mean they do it the easy way the |
| 12 | Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ? |
| 13 | ‘ The computers as usual , I suppose , but you 'd better ring my solicitors and ask them to cable you the cash . |
| 14 | Telephone the AA and ask them to tell you the best route . |
| 15 | I 've asked 'em to sell me the land so I can develop it but they wo n't see sense . |
| 16 | ‘ And did they show you the animal cemetery when you were a child ? ’ |
| 17 | Did they tell you the truth ? |
| 18 | Did they give you the results ? |
| 19 | Did they send you the Walkman as well ? |
| 20 | Did they send you the microphone as well ? |
| 21 | Nor did they see him the day after that . |
| 22 | It seems to me to a be a great joke — do they call it the knobs and knockers committee ? |
| 23 | Nikos had been busy , too , and he summoned them to show them the result of his labours . |
| 24 | So really you 're you ca n't lose they come they give you the best advice , they give it in a written form . |
| 25 | Have they given you have they given you the length of two sides ? |
| 26 | Have they given you the book that you have |