Example sentences of "have [vb pp] them a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite reservations , America has given them a new lease of life ; a new challenge . |
| 2 | I think coming together after all these years has given them a new lease of life |
| 3 | The somewhat bitter though minty flavour of hyssop leaves has given them a mixed reception amongst cooks and gourmets. so it is not surprising that hyssop 's original use was medicinal , as suggested by the specific name — officinalis ( from the Latin officina , workshop ) indicates that the plant was authorized for use by the medical profession and could be sold in pharmacies . |
| 4 | It may be that their experience of GIST has given them a better idea of the amount of work and energy involved in trying to change things ( Kelly et al . , |
| 5 | Their great rarity has given them a special value in times past , so that they have often escaped the indifference and persecution that has befallen the commonplace moggies . |
| 6 | Their record of service has won them a British Waterways competition . |
| 7 | He tells them that Claudia has written them a last message . |
| 8 | Cynics believe that the forums have come about merely because royal patronage has made them a fashionable activity for business leaders seeking a knighthood . |
| 9 | Commercial owner-occupiers and tenants on conventional 25-year , full repairing and insuring leases will have a right to feel that life has dealt them an unfair hand in the wake of the new threat . |
| 10 | LEEDS UNITED 'S charge to the very top of English football has cost them a cool £10 million . |
| 11 | LONGER THAN the longest dusty trail , The Mekons ' history stretches back to punk rock primitivism and back up to date with C&W-flavoured pop that has gained them a pant-moistening popularity with the critics Stateside and a curiosity corner popularity in Britain . |
| 12 | LONGER THAN the longest dusty trail , The Mekons ' history stretches back to punk rock primitivism and back up to date with C&W-flavoured pop that has gained them a pant-moistening popularity with the critics Stateside and a curiosity corner popularity in Britain . |
| 13 | It is difficult to persuade teachers that the denial of valid arts experiences to themselves during their own school days has denied them an enriching experience and offered them instead an impoverished education . |
| 14 | In so doing they will be building on their earlier writing experiences which should have given them a positive view of themselves as writers who are capable of making and receiving meanings using a variety of forms depending on audience and purpose . |
| 15 | Although Mikhailichenko should have given them a 15th-minute lead , Marseille increasingly controlled the game . |
| 16 | In theory , during this period their potential to adapt technology to source inputs locally ( as had occurred in Biafra during the civil war ) , rather than to import them might have given them a competitive edge over the large manufacturing companies managed and partly owned from overseas . |
| 17 | Under the energetic leadership of H. L. Dowbiggin , Inspector-General from 1913 to 1937 , the police gained sophistication which may have given them a relative advantage over some lawbreakers . |
| 18 | But he agreed the police could have given them a few day 's notice of the situation . |
| 19 | ‘ England 's batting , fielding and — apart from Emburey and Edmonds — their bowling proclaimed the lack of practice and resolve on a slow pitch which , had they been in the right frame of mind , would have given them an even chance of levelling the series , ’ asserted Wisden . |
| 20 | they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago ! |
| 21 | More than one of them remarked on how pleasant it was to return to base in the early hours , cold , cramped and tired out , to see our welcoming smiles as they called in at the office on their way down to the Mess , even though they had probably only called in to tear us off a strip for having given them a rotten weather forecast . |
| 22 | He says that the hospital should have told them a new machine was n't being bought . |
| 23 | Where the two offices were united in one structure , Angell and Pownall seem to have given them an equal place on the Foreign Office and War Department lists , no doubt thinking that the implementation of the project would be considerably easier if the same architect were carrying out both offices . |
| 24 | Erm you 've given them a good start in life , it 's your money , enjoy yourselves with it . |
| 25 | Lowell had heard them a few times before on the Sundays when life was normal and they were just background music at the commencement of an ordinary day . |
| 26 | Their shared interests and their long , friendly relationship had given them a complete understanding of each other 's character , and this finally developed , after their wedding , into a love that nothing could destroy . |
| 27 | Nutty had given them a thorough grounding in the process , and put out the evening feeds ready , not trusting them to get the quantities right . |
| 28 | For some — especially Jane — Henry 's presence had given them a new role , a new meaning ! |
| 29 | In the early stages England had given them a certain amount of help , partly out of sympathy for their Protestant religious beliefs and partly to check the power of Spain — it was this war in the Netherlands , more than the troubles in South America , which convinced Philip that he should try to invade England . |
| 30 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |