Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] them the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most prominent families had no objection to service — it had long offered them the surest route to power , wealth , and prestige . |
| 2 | Admittedly the referee was a foolish fellow who kept re-penalising Swansea for failing to retreat 10 yards when he did not give them the remotest chance to do so . |
| 3 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 4 | Certainly such people existed , but the man who allowed his mind and soul to be ruled by their existence had already handed them the better part of the argument . |
| 5 | I 'll get instead of fifties and fucking we just give them the five pound |
| 6 | Why not join them the next time your barometer begins to fall rapidly ? |
| 7 | Individualism of this variety strives to put individuals in their social context , but nevertheless gives them the last laugh . |
| 8 | So I just gave them the statutory amount per tape |
| 9 | Dr Neil — he 's Stair Cochrane 's younger brother — he works for the poor in an East End practice — ’ Her voice almost broke when she said his name , and her mama knew immediately that Sally-Anne was not telling them the whole truth about her East End adventures . |
| 10 | The mannikin skipped over to show them the unexpected addition to his ghastly collection . |
| 11 | They always bring them the same day so there 's not much point in looking anywhere else . |
| 12 | ‘ I liked your family very much , but you deliberately gave them the wrong impression about me , ’ she said angrily . |
| 13 | When we got into the studio , I got Gibson to send a few guitars down for a try-out and I ended up using them the whole way through the album . |
| 14 | The champagne reception — at which Kylie began to demonstrate for the first time a new found confidence with both press and public — also gave them the perfect opportunity to milk their golden child 's latest achievement , three UK gold discs for ‘ Kylie ’ the LP , and the singles ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ and ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ . |
| 15 | When readers have written in , worried about whether to tell about a secret lover , you 've so often given them the excellent advice : ‘ Keep mum ’ . |
| 16 | Alejandro caught me stealing out to water them the first night . |
| 17 | I mean erm and sometimes of course you ca n't give them the practical help they need , you know , |
| 18 | Someone is sure to ask you how long it takes to knit a jumper , but do n't tell them the exact number of hours and minutes , or they will expect their jumper by tomorrow ! |
| 19 | Well you could n't find them the other day , you said they were n't there did n't you ? |
| 20 | I abruptly asked them the same question I had of Benjamin . |
| 21 | I am there to give them the ultimate challenge and I do . |
| 22 | Find out who will be there to wake them the next morning , if you are not on duty . |
| 23 | For working-class girls ( unlike middle-class girls , for whom comprehensives potentially offered them the academic education denied to many under the systems of 11 + weighting ) comprehensives probably made little difference . |
| 24 | Another well known crossover is the snake cable , where you simply cross the stitches one way , knit a few rows then cross them the other way . |
| 25 | We also decided that Mike would have to take every third day off to recover , while Christophe continued to follow the chimps , so that he and Mike would know where to find them the following day . |
| 26 | Its ears were erect and it was evidently giving them the full attention of sight , smell and hearing . |