Example sentences of "[verb] they another [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He offers them another unsettling peacemaking idea ; they invent another excuse for turning it down . |
| 2 | Because , although it 's before nine erm , the next morning erm you 're actually giving them now more lead time , you 've given them another day because an , sometime tomorrow you know , if it gets there at two o'clock and it 's off-loading in in in at the bay and someone checks that it 's been received and then someone makes a phone call to tell them it 's there , and then they 're doing something else , and then they come down and have a look at it , how many boxes do you think are sitting on loading bays that do n't get looked at for a day or two , or three , or four , five when they 've had a next day service ? |
| 3 | The arrival of the French colonizers a few decades later had merely given them another chance to demonstrate their indomitable spirit . |
| 4 | As I explained earlier , I nearly threw my oil pastels away in frustration , but I thought I would give them another try with a different approach . |
| 5 | It 's gone to it 's got to a stage where he made that statement which he very very much means , he will never ever give them another album of his to market worldwide . |
| 6 | Quarters again yeah and give them another quarter out of this so they get they 've got a whole one each and then we 've got two left over . |
| 7 | treat employees sympathetically if they relapse and give them another chance if they take advice and undergo treatment |
| 8 | Give them another piece . |
| 9 | If they ignore the risk of workplace stress claims , it may cost them another fortune . |
| 10 | But there 's two ways of getting them off if they do latch on to you , one is to burn them off with a cigarette or a match and the other way is to use rock salt , and if you put rock salt on them they then just come off so that 's a little bit erm more humane for the leeches but it depends what you feel about them really as to whether you want to give them another chance . |
| 11 | I 'm going to give them another hour and then that 's it — they can all go home . |
| 12 | I think we owe it to people like or at least to give them another crack at the whip to see if they 've come on in that interim period cos it 's a good six months since we interviewed |
| 13 | I might pay them another visit soon , after reading the ARBOUR APPEAL article in July 's DIY . |
| 14 | It was he who after a particularly violent disagreement , suggested that Joan should be invited to pay them another visit — though he referred to her as the lady Anne , as had been agreed . |
| 15 | Thomas quietly bought them another cup of coffee each , and they giggled when they realized it and clinked the thick coffee mugs with him before carrying on with their conversation as if he were n't there . |
| 16 | Then he gave them another wave . |
| 17 | But no , Bill then gave them another chance and another meeting , this time 120 skaters went along , and they came up with the following ramps : 20ft wide 6ft tall spine ramp , with the spine itself being 12 ft wide [ the other 8ft bit being platform ] , and another 12 ft wide mini ramp , plus street stuff like fun boxes etc . |
| 18 | If you make a mistake , it 's just not possible to go back and retrieve it , and for a selector to say , ‘ Well , I do n't think this person 's made a very good case , I 'm sure if we gave them another chance they would make a better one . ’ |
| 19 | They tormented her enough on the grounds of her pale skin , her thin body and her grandmother 's pretensions to gentility and the shoes only gave them another cause to tease . |
| 20 | Have actually already covered them another time and I do n't want to get deeper in the stealth now than that , there 's a limit on the time now available this morning . |
| 21 | If the family want to go abroad again , I should n't mind leaving them another year ; but I could n't the very first time . |
| 22 | Calero remembered how he and North would discuss the hostages ‘ continually ’ , and how he himself considered them another sort of liberation struggle , like the contras . |
| 23 | On a less tragic but equally terrifying note , a family fled from their Worcester home in February 1986 to stay with relatives until the council could find them another house . |
| 24 | And if they 'd started thinking about it at design stage , we could have suggested them another bearing that would do the job and be a lot cheaper . |