Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm encouraging people to diversity , so I 've got to let them know what the pitfalls are . ’ |
| 4 | One of them told me the changes they 've put now are so dramatic , there might as well have been a change of government . |
| 5 | " 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 . " |
| 6 | A town elder passing on information and advising them to do what the Romans say ( second in command ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In the end I got them to give me the first aid outfit and fixed myself up . |
| 9 | I got them to give me the number for the cleaners ' mess-room and asked there . |
| 10 | But there I am , waiting for them to give me the okay . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I 'll have to er give her a ring to and tell them to send me the advert . |
| 13 | ‘ I think that in any case technological developments ensure that there is no point in trying to propagandize or conceal , because people have access to the truth — at least , in theory they have access to more data that will enable them to determine what the truth of a matter is — through satellites , facsimiles , etc . |
| 14 | It sounds to me with me being they got him the first the the their victims . |
| 15 | When the Goncourt brothers noted in their Journal in the 1860s that the new Paris resembled ‘ some future American Babylon ’ , they were nearer to the truth than they knew , though they got it the wrong way round , for it was in many of the cities of the United States that French influence was predominant . |
| 16 | Yes we had er ships wh we , they call erm these liberty ships come in from America loaded with bombs and when they moved them up there , well they call them down here they call them liberty ships and er the bombs were loaded , so they used to erm put all timber between each layer of bombs and they had proper carpenters who would fix all these and when the dockers went down , they put these bombs out , cos they were n't detonated , the detonators were in the fore end of the ship , right down the lower hull and erm the bombs were loaded into open trucks loaded into , well the dockers they thought it was dangerous , cos we had the Fire Brigade , that 's the fire service down there and standing by with the fire engines and dockers they wanted the , they want a shilling , I think it was a shilling a day extra , well a shilling extra something like that and there they got it the shilling or extra pound , cos us crane drivers we were n't on the same par as them , so we asked for a shilling . |
| 17 | ‘ And they bring us the tourain . ’ |
| 18 | Have they given you have they given you the length of two sides ? |
| 19 | Have they given you the book that you have |
| 20 | And they sold me The Last Boy Scout . |
| 21 | Most of the people I went with took mountain bikes and they envied me the Pioneer as I sped along with far less effort that they had to use . |
| 22 | Morality and religion open the door to oppression but in focusing so sharply on the woman 's role they make her the central symbol of the culture . |
| 23 | They dogged him the length and breadth of the country , wherever the small troupe of players appeared . |
| 24 | It 's part of the school 's job to convince parents that they want what the school wants and values . |
| 25 | Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ? |
| 26 | ‘ Do they know what the murder weapon was ? ’ |
| 27 | But a few years ago , when they promised us the summer heat would last for months , she had it cut short . |
| 28 | I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking |
| 29 | ‘ Yeah , they send me the stuff before it 's published and I try to proof read it as well as I can . |
| 30 | ‘ They send me the ones I need . |