Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] they the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How would be persuaded or give them the right image . |
| 2 | Often bosses ignore workers or give them the silent treatment — a negative , no-win situation for all concerned . |
| 3 | He adds : ‘ In the last year , most restaurants have brought their prices down or kept them the same as last year . |
| 4 | They take jobs that allow them the maximum time at the waters edge , or they do not work at all . |
| 5 | THE AUSTRALIANS have decided to concentrate on sevens with the same single-mindedness that won them the 15-a-side title last year . |
| 6 | A basic skill that gives them the greatest start in life . |
| 7 | For those who work outside the home , out of many choices , it was their ‘ relationship with colleagues ’ that gives them the most satisfaction ( 80% ) , with flexibility of working hours ( 68% ) and pay ( 60% ) trailing behind . |
| 8 | And it is the freak subversive genius of this record that makes them the single most important rock band of our time . |
| 9 | Okay , but the item that licenses them the other licensing sentence you need in order to license these items , you ca n't just go anywhere in the sentence so sentence three , herself saw Florence is no good , even though Florence is there , it 's in the wrong place relative to herself and similarly six , anyone saw no one is no good , even though no one is in the sentence . |
| 10 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Then one day I discovered that he was borrowing them to show off at his dinners and returning them the next morning . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective . |
| 16 | okay , again I mean these are things that talk about confirmation I mean quite honestly I 'm I 'd be quite happy if we had offices where people talk to each other ninety per cent of the time rather than send memos and faxes to each other , and on the whole we are really talking about inside the office with the people who we work with I mean obviously clients as well trying to find something different , we tend tend to find that it 's very very easy sometimes to make a phone call it 's much easier to make a phone call and to talk to that person and give them the personal touch . |
| 17 | So , ideally , we need to forecast changes in demand for personnel , particularly highly trained professional personnel , in order to have time to develop and staff more training institutions — medical schools , professional social work departments and so on — and then to recruit suitable trainees and give them the necessary education and training before we try to implement a major change in policy . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | So can you see it is vital that all of you keep your circulation going right and a good idea is to start it in bed so that before you get out and put weight on your limbs And the same with the rest of your body get your circulation going , get the joints doing a bit of movement and before you get up and give them the added job of bearing your weight . |
| 21 | I shall detain them with my Mariner 's ancient , emaciated claw and give them the full works . |
| 22 | Without all these controls companies will still be making standard phone calls and writing them up afterwards into signed telephone logs and considering them the best records of a transaction . |
| 23 | The key issues for the future of the Association are sustaining the number of voluntary welfare workers and their helpers and giving them the financial and other support they need to deal with both increasing and more complex welfare needs . |
| 24 | But , crucially , Zurich backed up its service by appointing international business managers in all its main markets and giving them the right staff and resources , not least information . |
| 25 | Not long ago geographers were wont to divide it into its most impressive component bodies , and to call them the Seven Seas . |
| 26 | we 'll phone Chris and Keith and ask them the best time for us to go when the kids are not there , and she 'll tell us |
| 27 | And whatever each one chose I would go off and tell them the loveliest sort of |
| 28 | The government refused the paramilitaries the political status which they requested , and offered them the same terms as those given to surrendering drug traffickers : a reduction of prison sentences in return for confessions to crimes . |
| 29 | Cos I call on them everyday , I can pick the tools up and deliver them the next day . |
| 30 | The horse , trained by David Barons , was called Seagram — and gave them the ultimate worldwide publicity without the cost of ownership ! |