Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] them the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He adds : ‘ In the last year , most restaurants have brought their prices down or kept them the same as last year . |
| 2 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 3 | Yes , but I would have thought that you know I M R O sh should of then I asked , I write and asked them the question , I r really would have expected a reply to come back , yes , we found this and so and so , but we then scraped a little bit further and erm . |
| 4 | Later , when other countries wanted to make their own cloth from jute , the workers of Dundee made and sold them the textile machinery . |
| 5 | In Pitham & Hehl ( 1976 ) 65 Cr App R 45 , a person took the two defendants to his friend 's house and sold them the furniture of his friend who was in prison . |
| 6 | They chose this area because it reminded them of the Alps and afforded them the chance to continue with their much loved skiing . |
| 7 | car hirers were not ‘ trafficking in litigation ’ where they agreed with potential plaintiffs whose cars were damaged in motor accidents and under repair , to supply them with free replacement vehicles provided the plaintiffs co-operated with the hirers in prosecuting claims against defendants and paid them the hiring charges from the damages they received . |
| 8 | When surveyors started sizing up her land , ‘ I got my shotgun out and showed them the gate , ' she said . |
| 9 | Brown Owl had put all three into the same Six and called them the Ghillie Dhu . |
| 10 | The critics levelled the charge that Arsenal 's successes were based only on their ability to buy players , and called them the ‘ Bank of England ’ team . |
| 11 | He also taught the mandolin to four small girls and called them the Fairy Four . |
| 12 | They have taken a selection from their Cordillera , Appalachian , and Outback lines , adapted the harness to suit a women 's figure and called them the Nanda Devi range . |
| 13 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
| 14 | Lloyd 's chairman David Coleridge reiterated his elation at having the new tenants while their listed Edwardian building is repaired , and offered them the use of his building 's catering facilities — an important consideration for many members . |
| 15 | The government refused the paramilitaries the political status which they requested , and offered them the same terms as those given to surrendering drug traffickers : a reduction of prison sentences in return for confessions to crimes . |
| 16 | However , the first legislation , the Crofters ' Holdings ( Scotland ) Act of 1886 , guaranteed security of tenure to crofters as defined above , enabled them to bequeath their holding to a family member , and gave them the right , on relinquishing a holding , to compensation for improvements . |
| 17 | Paddy returned , took the tarpaulin off the trailer , and gave them the engine oil . |
| 18 | ‘ One way to get some good blood in the family , ’ Yanto shouted back with a grin , and gave them the well-known two fingered salute . |
| 19 | It invited 1000 carefully selected participants , all French , to a colloquium at the Ecole Polytechnique , and gave them the hard sell . |
| 20 | They went wild and made us promise to come back and give a display , so a few weeks later we returned and gave them the whole show . |
| 21 | Moreover , the pressure for regional aid was reduced by the effect of the export drive which stimulated even older industrial areas facing long-term decline and gave them the appearance of recovery . |
| 22 | They overwhelmed their poor owners and gave them the air of refugees , caught between the darkness and the high wire fence . |
| 23 | In a related way , the religious morality of repealers was not merely a passive vehicle for feminist politics ; it actively empowered women and gave them the confidence to develop critical concepts . |
| 24 | The horse , trained by David Barons , was called Seagram — and gave them the ultimate worldwide publicity without the cost of ownership ! |
| 25 | It was Uncle Bean who provided the rock on which she occasionally rested , who kept them in horse feed and bought them the swimming gear she hankered after . |
| 26 | She no longer kept them in cages but allowed them the run of the house and garden . |