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Example sentences for "gain their"

  • And he sent great presents to his friends at Rome particularly, to gain their good-will; and above all to Saturninus, the president of Syria.

  • Mr. Merewether rode along their front without charging them, in order to gain their flank, and compel them to keep the open plain, in a situation 'more favourable for the action of cavalry.

  • In order to gain their point, the commissioners replied that no harm was meant to his person, and alleging the example of the ancient Roman generals, they contended that it was his duty to submit to the republic.

  • They would stop at nothing to gain their ends.

  • All the while they were secretly working to gain their freedom so they might attack and overpower their enemies, they took occasional observations from the small window.

  • And, with the situation in Europe growing more acute every day, I am afraid some of those foreigners will take desperate measures to gain their ends.

  • The Slav is dreamy, musical, and poetic, while the Bulgarians seek to gain their ends by deceit and brute force.

  • Their attempts had ended in failure, but that had only led them to spend months in making still more elaborate plans to gain their freedom.

  • He had advanced in the face of certain death, but had saved the lives of many of his comrades, for the gun had to be captured to gain their objective.

  • It is only necessary to gain their confidence, and you can sway them as you please.

  • I invited a number of the chiefs to come on board, and had a feast prepared for them, as Van Graoul considered that it would be the very best way to gain their friendship, and to obtain the information I required.

  • He also presented them with green glass beads and small bells to distribute among the inhabitants, in order to gain their friendship.

  • Besides this, Cortes said many other kind things to gain their friendship.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    closed system; dispensing power; easily tamed; ethical theory; flat dish; formidable force; gain ground; gain over; gain possession; gain the; gain their; gain time; gained over; gained the; last they; other planets; reading from; remarkably fine; rode till; separate entity; shall leave; strongly inclined; visible form; white foam; would make; your room