Example sentences of "[vb mod] give them " in BNC.
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| 1 | They too wish to display their dancers ' bodies at their fullest extension , therefore they must give them time , rhythm and space in which to move . |
| 2 | Before he can deal with them systematically he must give them some permanence of form . |
| 3 | We must give them whatever they want . ’ |
| 4 | It pointed out that a prisoner might die , before the information had been extracted , if the torture was too severe : ‘ One must give them pain to make them respond quickly , to make them afraid , not to kill them , but to bring them close to death . ’ |
| 5 | Their demands are simple : the adventurers must give them something to eat if they want to pass unmolested . |
| 6 | I was one of those asked to provide an opinion or two for the Murray investigations , and must give them credit for thoroughness of their enquiries and for most of the conclusions they reached . |
| 7 | " People are always telling other people to do that kind of thing , " said Clelia , " it must give them a vicarious thrill . |
| 8 | We must give them suitable materials to work with — suitable tools — brushes , paper , paints , etc . |
| 9 | And to stimulate their observation we must give them suitable subjects , within their personal experience — and we must see that they get the experience of looking and observing the visual world around them . |
| 10 | Now if you see somebody going into this state , you must give them sugar , it 's no good waiting till they 've fainted or become unconscious because you ca n't give them anything then , can you ? |
| 11 | But I thought you might like to explain to him why he must give them up . |
| 12 | And I must give them quittance . |
| 13 | If we believe , and many of us do , in unitary local government — one door to knock on and one set of people to hold to account — we must give them something to do other than riding around in a civic car pretending that they are important and delivering nothing , responsive to no demands , not aspiring to change and improvement , and not even doing what the Conservatives of old did in the Chamberlain era when there was the sort of socialism that is now anathema to the Tory party . |
| 14 | ‘ But those other poor souls , whoever they are , we must give them a decent burial . ’ |
| 15 | the same rules , do n't just say to them well , I know they must give them they give |
| 16 | They pass the ball sweetly , create space effortlessly , and in Alemao , Branco , Valdo , Dunga , Mozer and Jorginho possess players who should give them a formidable momentum next summer . |
| 17 | The incoming government should give them their marching orders . |
| 18 | ‘ In reporting a problem to the highway authority , ’ the booklet advises , ‘ you should give them as much information as possible about what is wrong and where — give a grid reference if you can . ’ |
| 19 | If traffic lights are used they should have embedded loops to detect approaching cyclists and should give them longer green phases . |
| 20 | INSTEAD of destroying their bumper crop of potatoes , farmers should give them to the needy . |
| 21 | Our companies need to take advantage of it and the Government should give them every encouragement . |
| 22 | To build a theory of ‘ lawyers as controllers ’ on an examination of their minority work with working class clients is therefore to miss the central point about what lawyers do , and it is this central point which should give them their place in a theory of the social formation . |
| 23 | If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct . |
| 24 | They would want a lot ; there is no reason that we should give them everything they ask for . |
| 25 | The thought occurred to him that he should give them some orders , but he could n't think of any . |
| 26 | There is no one else on the Tory Benches , so perhaps we should give them time to get someone in to act as the Minister 's runner . |
| 27 | B and K claimed that the Board should give them sufficient information to enable them to answer the case against them . |
| 28 | A Well I phoned this help line about the council tax and they were really helpful my bill was a lot cheaper than the original estimate , maybe you should give them a call ? |
| 29 | I mean the only thing that an appeal fund like that should do is to give the widows and dependents of the the dead of the platform , it should give them immediate money to tide them over until they get their compensation which they need . |
| 30 | I think we should give them two |