Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [verb] they [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the two passengers , both women , one had turned and given them a glare , the other pretended nothing was going on . |
| 2 | The prison governor tells them they are about to be shot and offers them the choice of dying like men or wearing blindfolds . |
| 3 | When an old woman on the mountain curtseys to Marco , when a priest takes the boys to the cave where loyalists have gathered and shows them a portrait of the historic Ivor , the story rises to a climax , but not to the final climax . |
| 4 | Notify the press of your efforts to get a conservation area designated and send them a copy of the booklet you have prepared . |
| 5 | The two sisters were both in their fifties , both ex-nurses , neither ever married ; they 'd taken on the restaurant as a late-life decision when their father had died and left them a shared inheritance . |
| 6 | This consists of fortnightly meetings within each department of the hotel which offer all staff a chance to discuss the way their hotel is run and allows them an opportunity to make suggestions for ways to improve the service they provide . |
| 7 | She invited them to be seated and offered them a drink . |
| 8 | The primary purpose is to express concern for the individual involved and to give them a listening ear . |