Example sentences of "[vb mod] give them [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before he can deal with them systematically he must give them some permanence of form . |
| 2 | and let's give them some encouragement by awarding them the goal of the week … it was their first against Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday night scored by centre forward Chris Pike … we want more |
| 3 | Their reward must be such as may give them that rank in society which so important a trust requires . |
| 4 | Now , it 's obviously a bit of a gamble , we might give them some money , we might not get anything from it , but we might get a major feature film , or a major television series , which would be very worthwhile indeed . |
| 5 | I 'll give them some cheese on toast . |
| 6 | And if somebody says ‘ Well , are you feeling better today than you did yesterday ? ’ you 'll give them some sort of answer . |
| 7 | I 've instructed all those you wish to see to be available today , but it would be helpful if I could give them some idea of the order in which you wish to see them . ’ |
| 8 | We used to put some straw down and the manger and we used to give them some hay and they 'd amuse themselves in there tied up . |
| 9 | Given the new licensing laws for teachers I shall give them some experience of the post 16+ area before embarking on the lower school work with which under the former arrangement I would normally have begun . |
| 10 | What he did not know was that the Government , by the next day , would be anxious to retreat from the formula , and that the miners ' executive , having dispersed itself from London , would give them all day in which to do so . |
| 11 | Edward Miall argued in the 1840s that giving the vote to the working class would give them that sense of citizen responsibility which they were said to lack , and that as a result the middle class would be able to " lead them almost whithersoever they please . " |
| 12 | At least it would give them some idea , at least they would now understand how things were . |
| 13 | They did not hope for any tangible support for their undertaking , but a charter would give them some standing in England , allow them to create a legal government , and possibly convince any enquiring Spaniards that they were not simply setting up a pirate base . |
| 14 | A strange circle — not all of one tribe or one nation , but ever-present , as though rubbing up against him would give them some strength . |
| 15 | As I explained earlier , I nearly threw my oil pastels away in frustration , but I thought I would give them another try with a different approach . |
| 16 | We will give them that chance . |
| 17 | That he won a points decision against the Californian Mark Wills at Wembley will give them some reassurance that the British heavyweight champion could give a reasonable account of himself against an opponent who will not crumple easily . |
| 18 | Younger neighbours may be glad to ‘ sit in ’ for one evening a week too , if you can give them some service in return , such as looking after their child for a morning while they go shopping , although of course there are people who will help with no expectation of reward , if you make your need known to them-perhaps more of them than you imagine . |
| 19 | Basically the system is our cover note book control , er , we issue cover note books to agents and it 's up to us to make sure that they 're all issued in sequence , as their legal documents etc , and a minute a gap comes up we have to chase them etc , it 's run by erm , people quite low units and they scared of a job and tend to put it off as lose , and I want to visit and try and influence them so I can give them some help and to change it and bring it up to date , because it 's er . |