Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] them a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After he left it occurred to me that Harrington and Lewis might also find my effort useful , so I took them a copy . |
| 2 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 3 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 4 | They usually need to be cooked and I use them a great deal with beans and in Mexican dishes , slicing them before cooking . |
| 5 | And Iain — and Alastair , of course , and your father , if he will come so far. , ‘ I will come so far , ’ Sandy McGlashan proclaimed from six rungs up the ladder , ‘ and I willing them a song of William Ross 's to send them on their away . |
| 6 | And I make sure that I 'm here and I open up for them , and I make them a cup of tea . |
| 7 | And they , the company wrote back and said it 's so much a policy and looks reasonable and I sent them a bloody cheque you see |
| 8 | In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married . |
| 9 | And I offered them a fiver to pay o for the van but they did n't take it . |
| 10 | I was put on the road with Lynyrd Skynyrd when they thought I was getting too big for my DMs , but they were real wild men and I liked them a lot and we got on very well . ’ |
| 11 | My legs are warm and I give them a feel . |
| 12 | Well he , he said if they , if , if , some , get a visitor in and I give them a cup of coffee well that 's all right , but I do n't know if it 's money or , or like maybe , maybe . |
| 13 | And er I so so I brought her and her three friends that she 'd run , chummed about with them and I give them a good talking to for about an hour . |
| 14 | And then , all I 've done is worked out some time management and say well if these guys turn up at half past eight every morning and I give them a break at ten o'clock , and they get a lunch break and then in afternoon , another break , and they finish at half past four , if everything goes to plan , by four o'clock Friday , my van should be backing up at the end of the production line to load itself up with a thousand widgets . |
| 15 | shepherds pie yesterday and I did them a few chips with it as well . |
| 16 | I said to them it was placing the team and the ARFU in a terrible situation and I gave them a 5.30 pm deadline otherwise the tour was off . |
| 17 | We concluded by singing the carol O Come all ye Faithful and I gave them a blessing . |
| 18 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |
| 19 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 20 | If I gave them an order to couple up a full line of maybe ten coaches , I would n't take it for granted that they 'd done it , I 'd walk up the coach , one walk up one side , down the other side and I would n't If there were a heating valve not open , if they forgot that you see , I would n't do it for them , I would go back and I 'd say , that S K third from the back end , the heating valve is not pulled down , you 've missed it , you 'd better When you 're up that way , just pull it down you see . |
| 21 | The only way people will trust me is if I give them a signed piece of paper with my address on . ’ |
| 22 | They said they would not let my back into the village until I got them a ration card and some wheat . |
| 23 | But I give them a so then I saw Mrs on Tuesday when I was at Ashington . |
| 24 | I said I was n't sure , but I gave them a phone number which I knew to be Nassim 's office above a leather warehouse in Brick Lane . |
| 25 | quickly wipe it up while I get them a drink darling . |
| 26 | that do explain a little bit about Abbey Life products and also have a copy of as well erm they might find that of help before I give them a call . |
| 27 | For those who are wondering why I have this set-up , the three were introduced at a small size when I thought them a male and two females ; and I am unwilling to upset a settled pair by unnecessarily removing the decor and setting two with a net ! |
| 28 | My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled . |
| 29 | When I gave them a grenade they had n't found , I got another kick . |
| 30 | and when I gave them a questionnaire saying how would you label someone as gay they said , we never make those kind of assumptions . |