Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] them the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The third John Booth provided much of the capital for his partners , Samuel and Aaron Walker , when they established the business that eventually made them the leading ironmasters in the North of England . |
2 | So I just gave them the statutory amount per tape |
3 | ‘ I liked your family very much , but you deliberately gave them the wrong impression about me , ’ she said angrily . |
4 | The champagne reception — at which Kylie began to demonstrate for the first time a new found confidence with both press and public — also gave them the perfect opportunity to milk their golden child 's latest achievement , three UK gold discs for ‘ Kylie ’ the LP , and the singles ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ and ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ . |
5 | These same people the , even when faced with the blatant facts of their mistakes , still hurl at the hapless retailer who unwittingly sold them the five 3″ goldfish that they tried to cram into a small glass bowl full of raw tapwater . |
6 | I abruptly asked them the same question I had of Benjamin . |
7 | For working-class girls ( unlike middle-class girls , for whom comprehensives potentially offered them the academic education denied to many under the systems of 11 + weighting ) comprehensives probably made little difference . |
8 | In his absence , I afterwards asked them the same questions , and they were able to explain quite adequately . |