Example sentences of "[to-vb] them [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The tiny Regency houses had no doubt been listed to spare them the attentions of developers ; from the state of the paving stones and the grass-studded cracks in the roadway , it seemed that the town council too had passed them by .
2 Bann face Garvey at Blaris on Wednesday night ( 8pm ) and Holywood at Olympia next Saturday , needing two outright wins to secure them the honours .
3 When wicked women called Charlottes came to tempt them the hermits cast off all their clothes and rolled naked in the patch of nettles behind the pigsty .
4 YOUR children may be pestering you to give them a games system for Christmas but you may be better off with a real computer instead .
5 I had to give them the keys .
6 THE world 's stock exchanges had a turbulent week as politics and economics conspired to give them the jitters .
7 Those responsible are having problems adapting to adult life and we try to help , to give them the skills they lack and to get them to do something constructive in the community . ’
8 We work with about 60 women a year , and I know many of them would genuinely say that at the start they were unemployable , that they could have gone back to drugs , ended up back in prison , but they did n't because Clean Break was there at the right time for them , to give them the opportunities they needed .
9 So what do you do , do you have to give them the tapes and shit ?
10 You will not get the best out of the professionals you consult unless you have a realistic appreciation of what you want and intend to be open and honest enough with them to give them the facts they will need to help you .
11 where a special area in one housing estate has been set aside for problem families , where they are given daily supervision combined with training and instruction designed to teach them the elements of home craft and mothercraft so that in due course , when they have proved they can manage their affairs , domestic , financial or otherwise , they can return to a better house in a more desirable neighbourhood .
12 It is wise , however , to teach them the basics of radio and how to construct an interesting letter !
13 The futility of their efforts is deemed to be enough to teach them the lessons they need to learn .
14 Oh to get your bargains oh yes they would n't , there were n't really good fridges in those days , there was co col cold rooms but erm they would be glad to get rid of the meat that they 'd already got cut up you see , and the barker , they used to call them the barkers , standing outside you see and get your fresh meat and so on , so on , so on , so you know and er to get the custom in you see , oh there was real competition between the barkers and there were barkers standing in road .
15 To assist them the Farmers ' Union of Wales has produced an easy-to-use flock record book costing 50p .
16 Any member of the council who wishes to inspect our land is welcome to do so and we would be happy to show them the improvements we have made and are continuing to make .
17 Some people ask a friend to show them the ropes , or , worse still , they teach themselves .
18 We ask that person to look after them and to show them the ropes .
19 An experienced armourer came into the hangar with a group of new armourers and proceeded to show them the wonders of the Washington .
20 These days this happens when you check in and of course I was asked to open my suitcase to show them the contents .
21 She must write a note to each of them to tell them the families were safe as soon as they were all accounted for .
22 We 've only got two now , but they like us to tell them the details of the day . ’
23 The flowers of the garden mourned for Virginia Creeper , with nobody to restrain them the flowers had left their beds and were running riot .
24 Seeming to bring them the waters that make drunk
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