Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] them the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or he gave them the impression that he wrestled , with limbs contorted , in the effort to seize hold of what truth could be found . |
| 2 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 3 | Some , however , did receive Him and believed in Him ; so he gave them the right to become God 's children . |
| 4 | When Victor and I gave them the slip at Victoria station they knew we were onto them . |
| 5 | There are lots of ways to walk to Fort William if that 's what you fancy , except now one of them is littered with lots of wooden posts with painted thistles , and hundreds of people trudging about who never thought of walking to Fort William until someone gave them the West Highland Way guide book for their Christmas . |
| 6 | ‘ If we afforded them the respect they deserve the respect they are given in other European countries then the standard of service we would get would be a lot higher , ’ says the 55-year-old Swiss-trained baker . |
| 7 | He did , however , acknowledge that it would be neither responsible nor sensible to ignore the existence of the Action Committee , and he offered them the opportunity of a meeting with representatives of the council . |
| 8 | The New Towns Act , 1946 , provided for the designation of sites for New Towns ; the setting up of development corporations for their development ; and it gave them the range of powers they would use . |
| 9 | Mr Howe said : ‘ It was the only chance Arsenal had and it won them the match . ’ |
| 10 | United put profits before results last season and it cost them the Championship . |
| 11 | Police were told and tailed Newall but he gave them the slip and fled from Britain on a yacht he inherited from his parents , a court in Gibraltar heard . |
| 12 | He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there . |
| 13 | Not only did this save the horses the pull up the hill through the village , but it gave them the occasion for one more glimpse of Tamar and the children , who stood on the steps , waving . |
| 14 | They joined in our events for young women , and devoured our publications , because it gave them the springboard for taking action themselves . |
| 15 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 16 | But she added : ‘ The people at work think I 'm insane and when I showed them the video of the bungee jump it just confirmed their opinion that I 'm a lunatic . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm just one of the Star Councillors , but I was n't in the Star Room when you showed them the animal . |
| 18 | When she raised them the rest of the way she held them not to her streaming eyes , but to her ears , listening intently for the sound of the sea . |
| 19 | She paused and then went on in the same proud tone she had used when she showed them the bathroom , ‘ Mr Evans is a very important man . |
| 20 | When thou gavest them the rod and |
| 21 | Indeed , Eleanor Rathbone condemned what she viewed as the selfishness of middle class women who , having got ‘ all they wanted for themselves out of the women 's movement when it gave them the vote , the right to stand for Parliament and the local authorities , and to enter the learned professions ’ , then sat back . |
| 22 | Wexford brought his beer and as he passed them the man got up as if to take his leave . |