Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] them a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perkins group managing director , Tony Gilroy says : ‘ Despite the current recession in the construction industry , we expect to sell them a lot more than that under the new agreement . |
| 2 | A want to give them a shuffle for speed . |
| 3 | It 's er , obviously , you 'll need to give them a briefing , so they can play the character , but to the end of degree , 'cos you 'll need to respond to things that they say , as indeed , you 'll have to back in influencing situation , back in your own department , back in your own ground . |
| 4 | If that dwarf , Tariq , is permitted to build them a bomb … ’ |
| 5 | It is designed to offer them a net return higher than that available direct from any building society deposit account . |
| 6 | They would begin to know that putting a little eighth note right before the next bar meant anticipation and that made things easier because , if you have a half hour lesson and they want to learn something by Iron Maiden , and you want to show them a dorian mode in three octaves and they 've got to show you their chords in four or five positions , you 've got to work fast ! |
| 7 | But as she bent to cuddle them a small boy , brushing down a pony , picked up a lump of mud and hurled it at the dogs to drive them off . |
| 8 | He postures as a political activist , and the solidarity forced on the quintet by Shatov 's murder might be expected to make them a more effective instrument . |
| 9 | AMERICAN ring doughnuts from The Delicious Donut Co are made from a flour which is said to give them a light , fluffy , and non-greasy consistency . |
| 10 | If there 's nothing wrong with your curtains except that you 've grown rather bored with them there 's quite a lot you can do to give them a new lease of life . |
| 11 | He was by no means unusual for his place and time : there were not a few London families in the mid-19th century who were busy accumulating all the paraphernalia that seemed to give them a gilt-edged claim to middle-class respectability — the portraits , the studio photographs , a family bible , ornate gravestones , even the odd crest and Latin motto . |
| 12 | Eva would have had difficulty holding the reins , even for such a short time , without wanting to give them a short , sharp jerk occasionally . |
| 13 | Then the really hard part is persuading the public to listen , because the last thing they want to believe is that the charlatan in the white coat is n't going to give them a cure for cancer , a promise he 's been renewing at regular intervals for the past two hundred years . |
| 14 | and then we 're just waiting with Western House , I 'm going to give them a buzz about one o'clock and ask them what the hell they 're playing at ! |
| 15 | Bob 's going to give them a blind choice . |
| 16 | I 'm having two bridesmaids , aged five and six at my wedding and would like to give them a present after the event . |
| 17 | If you know a little about cancer , feel you could cope with all the emotions involved , and you 'd like to give them a hand , then Carol would love to hear from you . |
| 18 | If you 've had any personal contact with these people you might like to give them a nudge . |
| 19 | Well would you perhaps like to give them a , a ring to , to say what I spoke about today then I 'll give them a ring , say if you could ring them tomorrow then I 'll ring them er er tomorrow evening a as well and then perhaps I can , you know , they , you 've given them the ground work to actually er for me to ring as well and then I can discuss with him and arrange an appointment to go and see him is that okay ? |
| 20 | Erm you mentioned your brother earlier and er Geoff from the sports and social club I 'd like to give them a call , do you have the numbers ? |
| 21 | They seem to use them a lot , buses , do n't they ? |
| 22 | You 've got to give them a very specific task to do and give them the support and the materials to do it with and make sure it happens so that when they turn up at 3 o ’ clock , it 's set up to go . |
| 23 | gon na be worth a lot of money , with some people you 've got to give them a couple of free tickets |
| 24 | Got to give them a week 's notice |
| 25 | And now I 'm going to send them a surprise ! |
| 26 | If they do n't respond to me in the next forty eight hours I 'm going to send them a second letter er tel . |
| 27 | We 've , we 've forgot to send them a card . |
| 28 | Offered to allow them a kind of autonomy , Coffin knew it had been meant originally as a Traffic Inquiry Unit . |
| 29 | I 'm going to pay them a visit . ’ |
| 30 | Suffice it to say that no one owns neighbourhood watch schemes , except those who belong to them and who have helped to make them a success . |