Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] them the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , when Frankie and Liza , my brother and sister , came in from playing I told them the sad news , but they did n't seem very upset . |
| 2 | ILL-MANNERED Tories booed , hissed and slow-handclapped Brighton 's Labour mayor as she told them the hard facts of life in Major 's Britain . |
| 3 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 4 | Yes you can , they 're on the top , you reached them the other night . |
| 5 | We called them The Big Ones . |
| 6 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 7 | We had them the other night . " |
| 8 | Be having another now cos he read them the other day . |
| 9 | He told them the only way we could agree to a news-blackout was if they co-operated with us and gave us a free hand in the investigation . ’ |
| 10 | He showed them the careful lay-out of the hospital planned by Miss Nightingale herself . |
| 11 | He showed them the huge chest , far too heavy to lift , with the silver cups and plates for special occasions . |
| 12 | It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown . |
| 13 | Robin Barton had been asking his dad , Bernard , about setting up a tropical aquarium , and when they saw PFK 's beginners ' series it gave them the final incentive to begin . |