Example sentences of "them the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave them the afternoon and she said , Oh that was lovely Mrs . |
| 2 | Party members and SA men , who in 1933 had seen themselves as posing a radical , populist alternative to the conservative Reichswehr , now took a back seat and simply provided the setting for the triumphant reception of young officers of the Wehrmacht , heroes home on leave from the Front recounting tales of stirring deeds which had earned them the Ritterkreuz . |
| 3 | Below them the vestibule was lit , dimly , by the electrolier , in which only two candles had bulbs in them . |
| 4 | There was logic in this distinction ; for if the duties of a vassal were such as Fulbert defined them , then in fulfilling them the fidelis whose estates were close to those of his lord would have to make many sacrifices , while for one who lived several days ' journey away , not making a nuisance of himself would be a relatively painless matter . |
| 5 | This presence in and with the community was to them the sign of the kingdom of God on earth . |
| 6 | This is particularly noticeable in Picasso 's drastic treatment of the human body in the series of paintings under discussion ; in some of them the subject 's limbs are abruptly truncated . |
| 7 | And despite the suits , which give them the air of ex-cons , just out from a time-warping jail sentence , they also seem younger than their 50 years apiece . |
| 8 | They overwhelmed their poor owners and gave them the air of refugees , caught between the darkness and the high wire fence . |
| 9 | Paul doubted it , and his fears were confirmed when the assistant told them the price . |
| 10 | ALWAYS call a restaurant first to ask them the price of an average meal . |
| 11 | because you can tell them the price the size what |
| 12 | We tell them the price because we know the price almost immediately . |
| 13 | You must tell them on the phone after telling them the price and what it 's all about you say , Right when I come round tomorr er whenever to er strike up the deal with you I want the contract signed I need a thirty five percent of the first year 's payment as a deposit cheque . |
| 14 | It enables them to find a suitable assistant and agree with them the hours , times and tasks required . |
| 15 | This means that although the State is an external , exploitative body it is not seen as such by the people who , on the contrary , see it as a kind of beneficent organism which ‘ gives ’ them the land on which they depend . |
| 16 | The English liberals studied their seventeenth-century predecessors with great attention — Wordsworth frequently refers with enthusiasm to Milton and Algernon Sidney — but for them the land of the free was on the other side of the Atlantic . |
| 17 | The residents complain to the city council that gave them the land — and discover that it has now designated the area as a garbage dump . |
| 18 | The Mexican Government wanted to pretend that it was not the army that guaranteed them the land . |
| 19 | Well you , you could do the sort of token gesture of giving them the land like they did in the past , at least that 's showing what some sort of communism |
| 20 | All they need is the planning permission and certainly the landowners will sell them the land , and if we put in stringent rules and regulations then we could control it properly . |
| 21 | And some companies are of such eminence in the world that , for an appropriate emolument , retired politicians , diplomats and higher civil servants are more than happy to bestow on them the benefits of the business acumen and personal probity for which they are rightly renowned . |
| 22 | Thus the implementation of the Maastricht Treaty is seen by Northern and Central Europeans as an earnest of the will and capacity of the West Europeans to extend to them the benefits of European Union . |
| 23 | John was a catalyst who gave them the exposure . |
| 24 | Around them the darkness was absolute , the silence oppressive . |
| 25 | Some others , though , among them the winner in Paris in two Sundays ' time , will be mysteriously gathering rather than losing strength . |
| 26 | We have to be fair , we 've got to give them the compensation . |
| 27 | For both of them the landscape in which they now stood was quite unrelated to any of this . |
| 28 | Brackenbury was kindly , and had always shown them the courtesy due to their rank — and himself as their ally . |
| 29 | It is wise , however , to teach them the basics of radio and how to construct an interesting letter ! |
| 30 | As long as you teach them the basics , they should be all right . |