Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] them [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd given them time to look for someone to replace me permanently . |
| 2 | He 'd bought them champagne . |
| 3 | The masses were uneducated and the producers had given them rubbish , but what had really ensured ‘ the bloodlessness of the American film ’ was that with intellectuals alienated and excluded there had been ‘ no intelligent body ’ to shape the new medium . |
| 4 | The teacher had given them bricks of different widths . |
| 5 | Owning the Parrot had given them status . |
| 6 | It was the boy they had talked to in the Coptic Place of the Dead , the one who had given them information — and kicked Georgiades on the shin . |
| 7 | It was painstakingly worked out as a way of preventing some women — usually those whose privileged access to higher education had given them confidence and articulacy in public speaking — from dominating and silencing others . |
| 8 | But I wish Marie and Annie had seen them lights . |
| 9 | ‘ She had seen them arm in arm one day , several years ago , ’ Jean says . |
| 10 | They were all in no doubt that Dandelion had done them credit . |
| 11 | The rain and the wind had done them damage . |
| 12 | Three years ago — the day after Under Secretary Lehmann had been killed in the House by Tolonen — he had summoned the leaders of the House before him , and there , in the Purple Forbidden City where they had murdered his son , had granted them concessions , amongst them permission to build a generation starship . |
| 13 | But Elizabeth read women 's magazines and had offered them quiche and Coronation Chicken and melon balls in wine glasses . |
| 14 | They took one each , and he noticed that they nudged one another with their elbows , amused because he had offered them fruit gums . |
| 15 | Both told the People that Bremner had offered them bribes before and during a crucial league decider between Leeds United and Wolves at the end of the season in 1972 . |
| 16 | At least the interview with Russell had told them Nicola 's investigation into drugs had taken place . |
| 17 | Mrs Foster had told them Matthew was a bad-tempered boy , and she 'd certainly been right about the bad-tempered part , though this was no boy standing here looking at her with such menace . |
| 18 | Marek had told them Taczek had confessed to the murder . |
| 19 | As soon as the people heard that he had left them money , ( especially as it was quite a worthless sum ) they sympathized with Antony . |
| 20 | But after he had left them Rain wondered whether Shildon might not want to see her about his MacQuillan inquiry , a matter other events had put out of her mind . |
| 21 | It had taken them ages to get back from the Lock and now the evening was drawing in . |
| 22 | Nearly all of them had germinated , although it had taken them weeks and weeks to do so . |
| 23 | Her mother had kept in touch with them for years , and Judith remembered that when she was a child her father had sent them money to have that photograph taken . |
| 24 | Gentle , flower-scented winds had blown them south . |
| 25 | Ardiles 's side were not sure whether they were on their heads or their tails as Bolton , still smarting from a refereeing decision they believed had denied them victory in the tie at the County Ground , swept forward . |
| 26 | And it was the arrival of one of the men who had denied them victory in the past that helped to spark off the renewed challenge in 1993 . |
| 27 | Only when they were sitting down in the chop-house and Dr Neil had ordered them soup and rolls , followed by lamb chops with seasonal vegetables , and a glass of red wine each — ‘ Good for your shattered nerves , ’ he said gravely — and they were waiting for the soup to arrive did Sally-Anne have time to look about her . |