Example sentences of "them a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who would suspect two boys — and one of them a cripple ? |
| 2 | you take , give them a message from me will you ? |
| 3 | Is it ? if it was James to give them a message at school . |
| 4 | Some female handed them a hypo-bulb and they sprayed it into Jezrael 's face , and there was a physical paralysis leadening her without physical pain . |
| 5 | We 'll just give them a scale and polish , I said oh with this , you know , |
| 6 | One turned on its back and presented its claws , the other veered off , and Creggan flew between them , his great wings sweeping past them , his speed leaving them gasping , his power leaving them a memory they would never forget . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | So I got dressed and went to the corner shop to nick three Wormy bars , but Brett and Damon snuck up behind and they said they 'd tell if I did n't give them a bar each . |
| 9 | ‘ But even though they had nothing at the ports , if you offered one of them a bar of chocolate or a pack of cigarettes they would turn it down and tell you to send it to the Front . ’ |
| 10 | Now a group of schools with close links to Russia is planning to give them a holiday to remember . |
| 11 | Er and usually we maybe had to give them a holiday . |
| 12 | ‘ Och — give them a dose of Archibald Menzies 's medicine . |
| 13 | Danny Kaye first used this trick in Wonder Man ( 1945 ) , where he played twins ( one of them a ghost ) and repeated it in variant forms in On the Riviera ( 1951 ) and On the Double ( 1961 ) . |
| 14 | Then the local centre for the handicapped lent them a wheelchair , so they were able to get out and about . |
| 15 | Inside , there were four sheets of paper , each of them a photocopy of a newspaper cutting . |
| 16 | This gave them a cushion of safety but often meant that the opposition found it easier to make space in midfield . |
| 17 | On the other hand , many fringe bodies are located on the fringe exactly in order to distance them from the core of government so as to give them a degree of independence from public control . |
| 18 | The special position of the chief constable has been discussed in Chapter 4 , but there are other officers whose position grants them a degree of independent authority . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In the first decade of his reign Selim had attempted to appease the Serbs by granting them a degree of self-government . |
| 21 | I had to promise them a press conference , and I thought you 'd rather do it now , old son . |
| 22 | They see Caller Display as a service which gives them a window on the world , through which they can stop unwanted calls and increase their sense of security . ’ |
| 23 | if you have n't already shown them a window |
| 24 | There is also no way of knowing what use the authorities will make of the information if and when the VAN team does give them a warning that another Richter-7 earthquake is due in 7 or 11 hours time . |
| 25 | She read with avidity the endlessly cosy adventures of wealthy children on farms and in smugglers ' caves and country houses , but she found built into them a warning against too much belief . |
| 26 | They each came in and looked expectantly at Gooseneck , who showed them to a table with great ceremony and handed them a newspaper . |
| 27 | I would suggest that if you put the tickets up to actually give them a raffle ticket on , on entrance you know , so that they feel they 're getting sort of and |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Visitors to the Stoke-on-Trent stand picked up a Passport to the Potteries leaflet which allows them a discount when visiting sites of interest such as the Wedgwood Visitor Centre . |
| 30 | They would be more than willing to move as long as Leeds council offered them a suitable alternative with security of tenure ( this in effect means building them a brand new stadium from scratch ) . |