Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] them a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally speaking , it is better for farm animals to give them a lot more space and a lot more variety in their environment . |
| 2 | ‘ If they do n't drive , then they ask their husbands to give them a lift . |
| 3 | A group of families living beside one of the region 's busiest commuter routes are facing a five-mile detour to get home , because they 've been marooned by roadworks.They say it 's making their lives a misery , and want engineers to make them a special short cut to improve things . |
| 4 | Consequently , the result is a dull plod , a sort of po-faced mini-series in which a whole bunch of set-pieces go begging for some cinematic tricks to give them a proper build-up and punchline . |
| 5 | DETECTIVES were trying to find out yesterday why scientists took 49 days to tell them a supposed murder victim was killed by drugs . |
| 6 | If they do n't contain a waterproof membrane such as Gore-Tex or Sympatex , you can obtain spray-on products to give them a water-repellent finish . |
| 7 | Coding can be done by interviewers to give them a break and to sustain their interest , but is more usually done by special staff . |
| 8 | If you have time , pipe a little flavoured butter around the tartlets to give them a professional finish . |
| 9 | Pluralism is a development of democratic theory and recognises that often individuals can best get their views heard by combining in groups to give them a stronger voice . |
| 10 | We 're also trying to find young , female African-American film-makers to give them a shot . ’ |
| 11 | IN THE ancient fable the frogs called on the gods to give them a king . |
| 12 | Both men had pocketed their torches to allow them a better grip on their shotguns , and a couple of times they interrupted their progress to stand straining their ears into the whispering darkness around them for any sound of the fearsome dogs . |
| 13 | It 's no good just saying you can report fraud er to er t t to the regulator , they should also be responsible to the shareholders , the stake holders , everybody involved er in er er er a company er and in fact er they are n't they have really responsibility to no one except the directors er who appoint them , the company share holders are given very little information , the choice of auditors er is firmly in the director 's director 's hands , the depositors , the consumers , the employees er have no say er in the appointment of er auditors and more important the recent legal cases for instance and the Al Saudi Bank er er and Berg er sons er and company also decided that er auditors do n't owe a duty of care er to individual shareholders , potential investors , the current or potential creditors er even though that information is supposed to be there to help markets understand what is happening to that committee and the government showed no indication that it wants to reverse these judgements , it should reverse them , there should be specific responsibilities attached to er auditors to give them a duty of care er so that we get the information er and er spend more widely and the share holders and the stake holders know what 's going on er er er as well as er the bank or the financial er institution er itself . |
| 14 | hurdles , plus four hurdles to make them a square |
| 15 | Her attempts to teach them a step was hysterical . |
| 16 | Hungary has appealed to foreign zoos to find them a home . |
| 17 | ‘ You write up the more interesting parts of what they say and leave out the dull bits to do them a favour — if you like them . |
| 18 | Lovers must rely on the discretion of parents or ask friends to lend them a room . ’ |
| 19 | You might decide to offer Work Experience to pupils to give them a taste of working life while they are still at school , or you might offer a teacher a secondment to industry . |
| 20 | To make a profit , drug dealers sell you short measures or mix all sorts of dangerous materials in with drugs to give them a bigger share of the profits or to finance their own drug habits . |
| 21 | It is understood that the Birmingham-based van operation and Leyland lorry assembly plant in Lancashire have only enough brake and clutch assemblies to last them a matter of days . |
| 22 | The group that Portes subsumes under the heading of a dominant class are internally divided , but have enough in common for Portes to call them a class . |
| 23 | There was another Moses , a Midianite , who introduced the god Yahweh , a local volcanic god — ‘ a coarse , narrow-minded , local god , violent and bloodthirsty , he had promised his followers to give them a land flowing with milk and honey ’ . |
| 24 | The older chalets have had facelifts , their corrugated iron roofs replaced by red pantiles , whitewashed boundary walls topped off by yet more red pantiles to give them a Mediterranean resort flavour in hopes of luring their customer back from the real thing . |