Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every morning I come up and comb them , keep them soft , pleasant-looking . |
| 2 | He said tie this and I 'll give you a penny , but he never gavr me any money . |
| 3 | Traps should wither kill them instantly or confine them for release elsewhere . |
| 4 | ‘ You take men from their homes or their chosen occupations , you confine them in insalubrious conditions upon a wholly inadequate diet , you subject them to the tyranny of bosun 's mates , you expose them to unimagined perils ; what is more , you defraud them of their meagre food , pay and allowances — everything but this sacred rum of yours . |
| 5 | We should give children books which stimulate them , which open their eyes , not confine them with safe lists . ’ |
| 6 | He preferred outwork : " In a factory you confine them to the hours the master pleases , in the cottage they work very often 15 or 16 hours . " |
| 7 | Defoe in 1730 had considered a poor man in constant work could earn from 4s to 5s ( 20-25p ) a week , " which will barely purchase bread and cheese and clothes for his family , so that if he falls sick or dies his wife and children infallibly come to the parish for relief , who allow them a small pittance or confine them in a workhouse " . |
| 8 | Removal of British troops from Northern Ireland or confine them to barracks . |
| 9 | I was so rattled I glanced round to make sure this was n't a signal for an army of bunnies like this Dobermann of a beast to come up from behind and tear me to shreds . |
| 10 | That was the stratagem , but the Emperor was as aware of those allied hopes as any British or Prussian officer and he would be planning to slash the net into two pieces and separately tear them apart . |
| 11 | Tear them apart . |
| 12 | Wash and dry the leaves and tear them into a salad bowl . |
| 13 | I 've seen my mam take sheets off a bed and tear them up in squares . |
| 14 | How can we not fear them , and fearing them , how not hate them ? |
| 15 | Hats are funny things — you either love them or you hate them . |
| 16 | Asked whether he is now used to confrontations , he said : ‘ I hate them but they seem to come my way . |
| 17 | Hook tells Peter 's children that their parents hate them : ‘ Before you were born , they were happier : they were free ! ’ |
| 18 | We hate them , she remarked casually . |
| 19 | ‘ I know that PCs call them spooks , niggers and sooties , but deep down the majority of PCs are n't really against them , although there are some who really hate them and will go out of their way to get them . |
| 20 | Around the edge the ivoroid binding sports a fine reddish line matching part of the oakleaf epaulettes around the multiple mini sound holes which , love them or hate them , help give the 1992-H a distinctive appearance . |
| 21 | I hate them . |
| 22 | I hate them all … |
| 23 | ‘ I hate them bloody things . ’ |
| 24 | Reliable intelligence reports from meetings of such groups refer to such audience comments as ‘ Kill the Jews ’ , ‘ Perish Judea ’ , ‘ We hate them ’ and ‘ Bastards ’ . |
| 25 | I hate them . |
| 26 | ‘ You can vent your feelings on them — love them , hate them , yell at them . |
| 27 | He looked young , a little boy , as he said this and like a little boy who has been thrashed by playground bullies and can not do anything in return but hate them . |
| 28 | I hate them all . ’ |
| 29 | But what they ca n't stand is that I hate them when they do n't behave in their own way . |
| 30 | I hate them . |