Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] them the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereby erm we do n't end up actually doing the things for them , but we show them the way that they can do them for themselves . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But he accords them the right to boast , for they have returned with money and presents which are proof of their achievement . |
| 5 | 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 . |