Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] them the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He erm , he left school , he only told them the day before . |
| 2 | Houseplants , like the rest of us , enjoy a summer holiday , so give them the benefit of a spell in the fresh air — they 'll love it . |
| 3 | South Shields found themselves having to rely on a mix-up in the defence late in the first half to let Gary Davies in to give them the lead at the interval . |
| 4 | When students are learning to glide , the instructor is not only teaching them the technique of flying a glider , but also how to make decisions and judgements in the air . |
| 5 | On the one hand , Parliament did not trust the police enough to give them the power they wanted and then let them get on with it . |
| 6 | After all , becoming a provisional member of Equity does n't give them work , it merely gives them the opportunity to work in the career for which they have trained . |
| 7 | " Only showing them the way to think for themselves , Ron , " was my answer . |
| 8 | RAY WILKINS knows old club Manchester United will be all out for revenge today after Queens Park Rangers effectively cost them the title last year . |
| 9 | As the returns normally distinguish them the wealth of the gentry can be surveyed more generally , as shown in Table 1.3 . |
| 10 | WHATEVER the home unions committee may care to think , the team who performed with great distinction in Paris are Lions to a man — and if the powers-that-be will not grant them the honour with a large ‘ L ’ they can hardly begrudge it with a small one . |
| 11 | We must also recognise that we have not given them the support and management guidance on practical recruitment that they , as volunteers , need . |
| 12 | and it 's on minimum premiums , you 've got a little bit of a discount there , but again , bearing in mind nine pound sixty might not buy them the cover they want . |
| 13 | Their nimble dexterity even made them preferred in the manufacture of buttons and in lacquering and japanning , although it did not bring them the wages of skilled male artisans . |
| 14 | Even though the story reverberated through the Highlands , there is no evidence that either Boswell or Johnson knew the tale — had they done so , Boswell might have been less merry with his lubricious reasons as to why the woman would not show them the bedroom . |
| 15 | I do iron me pants but I only just show them the iron |
| 16 | Their editorial resources are , however , limited , so the church will be welcomed if it can provide good story ‘ copy ’ and clear photographs , thus saving them the expense of sending their own paid staff along to the various functions . |
| 17 | The council tax will treat widows unfairly in the same way , because it does not give them the discount that they deserve . |
| 18 | In these stories the young characters learn that their greater physical power does not give them the right to treat the little people as playthings or inferiors . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 20 | She would not give them the satisfaction of seeing her beg . |
| 21 | ‘ If he 's a secret friend of the Moslems , why does n't he just give them the money directly . |
| 22 | The dad will just give them the cheque , you know , they 've got thirty five pounds , pocket money just for , you know his dad 's going to give him the other . |
| 23 | That might be enough for Leicester might just give them the time . |
| 24 | This need for careful definition is ignored completely when one simply asks a panel of experts to name people with political power — one has not told them the criteria that they should use for judging whether an individual has power , and neither does one know whether the individuals have used even similar criteria for ascribing power to the individuals whose names they submit . |
| 25 | She had not told them the whereabouts of the lavatory . |
| 26 | If they 've got their own computer which is I B M compatible we just give them the disk because it 's programmed that the despatcher not the hardware . |
| 27 | And the before nine guarantees , just give them the time factor again . |
| 28 | Then I began to run into the guards , and every guard I saw , I did n't say anything , I just showed them the piece of paper which had written on it Hotel Intourist in Russian , and the phrase book . |
| 29 | It is absurd not to give them the chance , and help British industry and world science . |
| 30 | A number of councillors are asking for a judicial review of an RUC decision not to give them the go-ahead to get personal protection weapons . |