Example sentences of "[vb past] they [verb] [pron] 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | Herein lay a paradox : the PSBC was ‘ patronage [ good ] , that is , supporting projects of merit and quality ’ , whereas ‘ paternalism ’ [ bad ] referred to institutions , such as the BBC , which believed they knew what the public needed . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ And did they show you the animal cemetery when you were a child ? ’ |
| 9 | Did they tell you the truth ? |
| 10 | Did they give you the results ? |
| 11 | Did they send you the Walkman as well ? |
| 12 | Did they send you the microphone as well ? |
| 13 | Nor did they see him the day after that . |
| 14 | Nikos had been busy , too , and he summoned them to show them the result of his labours . |