Example sentences of "he gave them [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return he gave them other ground at the rear of the church and also on the right-hand side of the new road and bordering Killicomaine Road . |
| 2 | Hatton was so impressed by his bad boys that he gave them colourful 1930s ‘ punk rock ’ pseudonyms — Alf Artful , Billy Dustup and Reggie Smashem — which are no more suggestive of obedience and docility than other pre-war descriptions of brawls , affrays , legless drunks , or street robbers armed with sand-bags and cut-throat razors . |
| 3 | Ferguson added : ‘ When Eric joined Leeds last season , he gave them that extra bit which enabled them win the title . |
| 4 | ‘ Ad enuff have you , boy ? ’ he said picking him up and with that he gave them all a brisk wave and disappeared down the steps , closing the hatch quickly behind him . |
| 5 | Suffering badly — as usual — from boils ( he gave them all nicknames ) — ‘ it 's the badness coming out , ’ they would say — disenfranchised in the great educational paperchase , neither a macho miner nor a successful exception , he was a nobody in the middle of nowhere with no prospects . |
| 6 | Then he gave them another wave . |
| 7 | He gave them several assurances , with which , apparently , they were satisfied , but the right hon. Gentleman will not give details of the assurances . |
| 8 | With Alec , he gave them fresh facts . |
| 9 | He gave them some thought , then extracted two and stowed them in his hip pocket . |
| 10 | ‘ He gave them this morning . |