Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] them [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ship 's doctor tried to give them the kiss of life but they could not be revived . |
| 2 | But as she bent to cuddle them a small boy , brushing down a pony , picked up a lump of mud and hurled it at the dogs to drive them off . |
| 3 | Somewhere and somehow she 'd given them the slip , shinned down the mat of Virginia creeper in the darkness and scuttled across the lawn to hide . |
| 4 | But next to the Dance Hall if we 'd given them the licence to ha turn the cinema into a Dance Hall , there was this little old boy who lived just the other side of the road , in an old cottage , and he was over eighty . |
| 5 | They were determined to confront the English Heritage inspector , but it soon became clear he 'd given them the slip . |
| 6 | When wicked women called Charlottes came to tempt them the hermits cast off all their clothes and rolled naked in the patch of nettles behind the pigsty . |
| 7 | ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby . |
| 8 | I 've got , you gave me some last time and I 'd got them the week before , so I 've got enough . |
| 9 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
| 10 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 11 | He had n't given them the satisfaction of firing him there and then ; he 'd shown them the contempt he felt for them … let them suffer ! |
| 12 | He was by no means unusual for his place and time : there were not a few London families in the mid-19th century who were busy accumulating all the paraphernalia that seemed to give them a gilt-edged claim to middle-class respectability — the portraits , the studio photographs , a family bible , ornate gravestones , even the odd crest and Latin motto . |
| 13 | Far from creating a feeling of dissatisfaction , the opening up of such discussions frequently seemed to give them an opportunity to face questions that had been suppressed , but none the less niggling at the back of their minds . |
| 14 | And he , of course he 'd taken them the day before . |
| 15 | She enjoyed giving them the slip , as she sometimes succeeded in doing . |
| 16 | After that she began to tell them a little about her life in Scotland , particularly her life with the Rosenblooms . |
| 17 | Manson saw that somehow and decided to write them a letter because he did n't like being called a creep . |
| 18 | To console them after their bad experience , the mothers at St Bernard 's decided to give them a surprise party to mark Alice 's 90th birthday . |
| 19 | Two bison , painted 15,000 years ago in a cave known as the Grotte de Mayrieres near Bruniquel , France , were virtually erased when Boy Scouts decided to give them a spring clean under the impression that they were graffiti . |
| 20 | I spoke to the mayor and we decided to give them a proper Christian burial in the village cemetery . |
| 21 | Cleverly , Mme Belmont-Laon retained the formality of the nineteenth-century rooms , with their mahogany showcases and cabinets , and yet , by her use of colour and light , contrived to give them a modern elegance . |
| 22 | ’ There was even some guy in Minnesota or Detroit or somewhere who killed a load of people and they started to call them the Lost Boy Murders , but I did n't take too much notice of it all . |
| 23 | The drops of water became so naughty that Rain Cloud decided to teach them a lesson . |
| 24 | The Long Island-based company D'Addario are one of the big manufacturers ( not one that makes strings for other people , incidentally ) and in the interests of shedding a hard journalistic light on a somewhat murky area we decided to pay them a visit . |
| 25 | I decided to pay them a visit . |
| 26 | ‘ They are such good supporters , we decided to make them an introductory offer on the new wallpaper and give them a helping hand to put it up , ’ said Boro marketing manager Mitch Hatfield . |
| 27 | He explained why he sent on Platt : ‘ In the first half we had a great deal of possession but we needed to move the Brazilians about , we needed to hurt them a bit more . |
| 28 | Went to see them the other week |
| 29 | He offered to buy them a tin of beer each , but they said they 'd rather have Coca-Cola . |
| 30 | At the sight of them she sprang forward and offered to get them a cup of coffee . |