Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] them a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better to give them a good life here than to let them suffer in the vague hope of some better afterlife . ’ |
| 2 | Grey eyes swept the outfit which had caused her some qualms , but it was modest compared to Nicky Kai 's , the oyster-coloured chiffon shirt collarless and slit to a point between her breasts , loose enough to leave them a mystery only occasionally glimpsed when she moved , dark nipples a shadowy suggestion . |
| 3 | But enough to give them a week in Devon . ’ |
| 4 | Unfortunately this was still not enough to give them a parliamentary majority as the Legislative Council contained four members who would be nominated by the Governor . |
| 5 | At least , I was grateful enough to send them a copy of the thesis , but there is no evidence that they read it or found it useful . |
| 6 | Just to sell them a product without educating them to challenge and to care about the ingredients that go into those products would be wrong . |
| 7 | ‘ Move them all about , every few hours , just to give them a change ? ’ |
| 8 | And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand . |
| 9 | There 's no harm in using highly processed foods occasionally but it 's best not to make them a regular part of the family 's diet . |
| 10 | In Paris in March , 1951 he assured Eisenhower , then Supreme Allied Commander in Western Europe , that with 12 extra infantry battalions plus the Vietnamese army which he was organizing and training , he would repel the anticipated Vietminh mass attack in September and go on to deal them a decisive blow . |
| 11 | We widened the steps slightly to make them a secure and comfortable width to walk and wheel a barrow down . |
| 12 | Rhoda went out to give them a piece of her mind . |
| 13 | Now police are out to give them a short , sharp lesson , as an alternative to prosecution . |
| 14 | I think you 're , you 're often asked to do reactive tasks when I 've done all my tasks , you know I 've got all my staff doing this , and then I 've got to help down on the shopfloor , and it 's not that I 'm doing something that I 'm , you know , I should be doing as a manager , it 's that I 've done all of mine , and I 'm going out to give them a hand . |
| 15 | The latter does not like what he sees : ‘ ‘ Young men ought to be brought here to give them a horror of debauchery' ’ exclaimed the worthy man , bursting with disgust . ’ |
| 16 | Er we we 're here to give them a decent service , and we 'll do our utmost to do that , |
| 17 | It 's a full-time job ; in fact I 've just spent my leave there simply to give them a break for a few days . ’ |
| 18 | After satisfying herself to that end , she rose presently to give them a chance to be together , and to allow Bishop Jon to awaken without embarrassment . |
| 19 | When Carrie had some feeling back in her cold limbs she began bustling around to cook them a meal while Seb sat using part of the kitchen table to work on the farm accounts in the pool of yellow light cast by the lamp . |
| 20 | As she hitched up the fox fur draped about her neck , she was tempted now and then to give them a regal wave but decided that to sit back in dignified hauteur was more fitting to her role . |
| 21 | After releasing a couple of singles on their own Hag label in 1989 , they signed for Musidisc the following year and released a debut album in ‘ A Weapon Called The Word ’ , which has since gone on to earn them a silver disc . |
| 22 | ‘ My time was being taken up by people asking me either to find them a folly or a buyer for some extraordinary building , ’ says Gwyn . |