Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] them a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the goals from McStay , McAllister and McClair which gave the Scots a stirring win in Norrkoping , and the bite of McCall which gave them a formidable balance . |
| 2 | Following this they release blood into their eyes which turns them a dull red colour . |
| 3 | The argument gains force when applied to boxing where the emphasis shifts to the muscular flexibility and , as manager Terry Lawless put it , the ‘ natural fluidity ’ of black fighters which gives them a distinct edge over their more rigid white counterparts : |
| 4 | ‘ It 's the season of goodwill to all mankind but its looks like this man had had enough of womankind , ’ added PC Weal who ordered them a taxi . |
| 5 | Their demands , which were repeated by students demonstrating in Gaborone on March 10 , were rejected by the President who called them a " gross over-reaction " . |
| 6 | In one condition he showed them a series of objects which had been bought from a joke shop : a piece of rubber cheese , a chicken 's egg made of stone , and so forth . |
| 7 | cylinders of butter wrapped in butter-muslin which gives them a ‘ cloudy ’ appearance . |
| 8 | They do not uplift or inspire by style or ‘ credo ’ as do , say , C S Lewis , Primo Levi or Bonhoeffer 's LETTERS FROM PRISON , but James and Spark certainly have a richness of language and a liveliness which makes them a good read . |
| 9 | They preferred their little aerosols of teargas which gave them a false sense of security . |
| 10 | This meant that people were no longer willing to put up with unsatisfactory Church officials ; laymen especially were developing a personal spirituality which gave them a new confidence and commitment to their faith and which also enabled them to form an independent view of theology and Church organisation ; they no longer had to rely on the educated establishment . |
| 11 | It was widespread among craft unions like the wool combers who were said to have become " one society throughout the kingdom … if any of their club is out of work they give them a ticket and money to seek for work at the next town where a box club is " . |
| 12 | As well as the conventional cytochrome and flavo-protein electron transport system , many nematodes have " haemoglobin " in their body fluids which gives them a red pigmentation . |
| 13 | Early air travellers often flew for adventure , not just speed , and some travellers today , who do not have to cram a two-week break into a busy year , have gone back to earlier forms of transport which give them a far sharper sense of going places . |
| 14 | Bell Lawrie has 14,000 portfolio clients against Brewin Dolphin 's 18,000 and together they are one of the largest private client brokers in the UK which gives them a certain amount of clout . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | So they devised a lot of things themselves to give them a a a helping hand . |
| 17 | The issue now facing policy makers is whether the tribunals are equated with the county courts and legal aid extended to them or whether structural changes are made which enable unrepresented litigants to have a fair chance to present their cases in a manner which gives them a fair chance of success . |
| 18 | Hirszowicz summarizes the specific features of communist bureaucracies which make them a new species of bureaucratic order as follows : |
| 19 | Scientism is a not-unattractive doctrine , and was especially so to a rising professional middle-class who associated with it theories of eugenics and of mankind which gave them a pleasing sense of class and racial superiority ; but in the later nineteenth century there was no reason to anticipate these darker sides of progress . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They owed much to their New Zealand coach , Murray Kidd , for a 20–9 victory which put them a point ahead of the rest , Shannon being thrust down to second place . |
| 22 | Yet the big powers have tended to pick high-grade but unadventurous diplomats who give them a quiet life . |
| 23 | You know you know some people they lose them a bit young do n't they . |
| 24 | By showing them that they mattered to Him as people He gave them a sense of dignity and released them from their captivity . |
| 25 | What our users want is adequate information about regular , punctual services , on buses which give them a comfortable ride in a clean environment , driven by skilled and courteous drivers . |
| 26 | In a bid to simulate a cave of ice the set walls were coated in a fibre-glass matte mixture which gave them a shiny , brittle look under the correct lighting . |
| 27 | Proximity of the viewed scene also affects the cat 's pupils : the closer an object is , the more it has to constrict them ; with more distant objects it expands them a little . |
| 28 | The formal proletariat has control over neither the means of production nor labour power , but its members earn regular wages which give them a security that the mass of the poor lack . |
| 29 | the , the treat was at the end they gave them a very er , an opportunity of having a very strong drink |
| 30 | Parliament did not often pass laws with any wide-ranging implications , and the most wide-ranging recent laws , the religious legislation of the Reformation , were never applied at all precisely in America , but no legal framework could have been imagined for the colonies which gave them a legitimate position under English law without putting them under the legislative supremacy of Parliament . |