Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was their own idea , started without help before I began my work as an adviser and I want to try and help them make it a success . |
| 2 | One of them asked him a question . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 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 | Ask them to write me a reference so I got form to fill in to send off for something but I 've got ta write something . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm encouraging people to diversity , so I 've got to let them know what the pitfalls are . ’ |
| 7 | I think talking to them helped me a lot to get over those first few months . |
| 8 | One of them told me the changes they 've put now are so dramatic , there might as well have been a change of government . |
| 9 | Hastily she sat down , and was relieved when the tall doctor took a seat safely distant from her own and reached to the table that separated them to pour her a long drink of the invitingly iced fruit juice . |
| 10 | " Hearken , you three , " he said , picking out three-goblin brothers , " follow those boys , stay with them , and , whatever you do , do n't let them remember what the sun-god told them to do . " |
| 11 | A town elder passing on information and advising them to do what the Romans say ( second in command ) . |
| 12 | Well , yes , but I wanted them to do me a list you see . |
| 13 | In other words , it is not only cheaper to buy the parent company 's shares , buying them gets you a share of the non-telecom activities for less than nothing . |
| 14 | I do n't want them to brand me a bully-boy because I 'm a National Socialist , to discredit me through their media . |
| 15 | I 'm having to swim them off the steamer and tow them in a dinghy to get our put the slings on them before we left the beach and just pushed them into the water and towed them off and hook the hook the into the sling and up them to give them a good wash before they went to Kirkwall . |
| 16 | It is as if the economy , the restraint of much of the writing passed over onto them to give them a curious accidental dignity . |
| 17 | You will not get the best out of the professionals you consult unless you have a realistic appreciation of what you want and intend to be open and honest enough with them to give them the facts they will need to help you . |
| 18 | ‘ All it tells us is he must 've had a foreign accent for them to give him a name like that . |
| 19 | er and therefore for that very reason do not like to see the Government going in for a whole series of embarrassing defeats er and erm getting into very grave difficulties with an important Bill and I therefore arise only to ask my Noble Friend er at the last minute would like to consider very seriously erm a conciliatory reply of whether accepting er the amendments with er or er or some of them er with er er er view to their reconsideration or asking those who propose them to defer them from to from today 's sitting , there 's still further sittings ahead , but whether he was prepared to ask them to give him a chance to reflect without incurring serious Government defeats to reflect further on whether further amendments can not and should not be made . |
| 20 | In the end I got them to give me the first aid outfit and fixed myself up . |
| 21 | I got them to give me the number for the cleaners ' mess-room and asked there . |
| 22 | But there I am , waiting for them to give me the okay . ’ |
| 23 | You 'll just have to get them to give you a quote . |
| 24 | For them to give you the service you want they need to know about your ideas and any suggestions and comments you may have to ensure the best possible service . |
| 25 | we should encourage them to microfilm them and then we should then encourage them to give us a a , a |
| 26 | Er I will have explained er er I certainly would 've explained on the phone that er part of the contract requires them to give us a list of prospective advertisers . |
| 27 | It does please me but the thing sometimes is , you do n't get results , I mean I just said to him at half time ‘ come on we 've got to be a bit stronger , ’ you know I thought we were playing quite well , but I thought we were letting them dominate us a little bit . |
| 28 | They may well love the new baby , but that does n't stop them giving it a tweak when your back is turned . |
| 29 | want them to send me a cover note |
| 30 | I 'll have to er give her a ring to and tell them to send me the advert . |