Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb mod] give them " in BNC.
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1 | And I only hope that in the end our roads will become so clogged with all these fume-belching cars and lorries that everyone will give them up and start going by train again . |
2 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
3 | If you come up with that sort of material , then the American and English newspapers will publish an interview that I 'll give them ’ . |
4 | They made an agreement that she would give them her left-over flowers for their shops . |
5 | I said , while you adopt them that you 'd give them your conditions we 're getting nowhere . |
6 | We pray for the leaders of our nation , that you will give them wisdom in providing for all , particularly those who are homeless or unemployed . |
7 | They would want a lot ; there is no reason that we should give them everything they ask for . |
8 | Our constituents look to us to obtain redress ; if the only satisfaction that we can give them is to say that the matter is out of our hands , it will not be long before they begin to wonder why they voted for us at all . |
9 | It stand out like a sore thumb sometimes when I 'm with them , I find people with handicapped children are real people , are people who are people with their children being , talking to them , instead of things that they can give them , you know . |
10 | instead of saying , telling the er insurance people that they 'd give them the bills and they could pay them as they came in , he said they 'd got a lump sum . |
11 | If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct . |
12 | The thought occurred to him that he should give them some orders , but he could n't think of any . |
13 | Formally but icily they replied that they " do not desire to interfere with any views which he may have towards improving his position in life , but they expect that he will give them six months ' notice of his intention to resign the mastership of the School " . |