Example sentences of "and [vb past] them a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They each came in and looked expectantly at Gooseneck , who showed them to a table with great ceremony and handed them a newspaper . |
| 2 | Gus put a hand to its edge and lifted , and the cover rose on its rim , and showed them a glimpse of a deep shaft dropping into darkness , partially silted up below with rubble . |
| 3 | He gave them a huge grin and blew them a kiss . |
| 4 | She invited them to be seated and offered them a drink . |
| 5 | Canny Scot that he is , he guessed what was happening , followed them out of the shop and offered them a tenner for the amp . |
| 6 | She also employed a woman who let her guests in and out and offered them a glass of wine while they waited . |
| 7 | Foujita , the Japanese artist , swore that the dealer bought the artists drinks and gave them a contract to sign when they were drunk . |
| 8 | The single median fins down the mid-line of their backs or undersides prevented them from spinning in the water and gave them a degree of stability , but none had paired lateral fins . |
| 9 | I looked across and gave them a wave and wondered if they would still be alive next time I visited Breville . |
| 10 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 11 | They began a long march back to Capel Curig with no hope of making closing time — when a touring couple took pity and gave them a lift straight to the pub . |
| 12 | Instead , hoping to expedite matters , he squatted down beside them and gave them a hand . |
| 13 | Then she took them into Arkwright 's and bought them a bar of chocolate each , which she could ill afford , and they all went back to the Vicarage . |
| 14 | Okay so I think that erm some of Mill 's system he has given us and accounted them a type of theory of democracy but seems to me deeply by between two ideas , one is that everyone will have a say in government and the other is they should n't be allowed decisive say if they are going to say the wrong thing so that on the one hand we have democratic equality of a source , on the other hand we have an independent theory of the good and a democratic process should be allowed to disrupt the good of the nation and Mill just does n't seem to be able to put these two elements in erm proper coherent fashion . |
| 15 | He turned in sheer desperation to his parents and wrote them a letter , prompted by the news of the death of a cousin . |