Example sentences of "[verb] them the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cooke says : ‘ Egg pasta is certainly preferred by many chefs not only because of its excellent colour and flavour , but because it offers them the possibility of upgrading their pasta menus , thus increasing their profits . ’ |
| 2 | The prison governor tells them they are about to be shot and offers them the choice of dying like men or wearing blindfolds . |
| 3 | They serve as a valuable corrective to approaches of the kind that a behaviourist view might encourage , approaches which impose conformity on learners , reduce the scope of their participation as persons , and deny them the exercise of individual initiative in the learning process . |
| 4 | This will spare them the necessity of checking to find out why you did n't acknowledge the call . |
| 5 | But does this make them the future of rock ‘ n ’ roll ? |
| 6 | She envied them the sense of occasion and togetherness that they had . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As the returns normally distinguish them the wealth of the gentry can be surveyed more generally , as shown in Table 1.3 . |
| 9 | One of the men was nervous , so the guard asked them the number of the car they were driving . |
| 10 | It had been Mme Guérigny 's and Montaine 's intimacy with the creatures of the forest that had given them the idea of hiding their deserter in the cave . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've called up the PR firm we normally liaise with and given them the name of the hotel you 're booked into . |
| 12 | We had given them the prospect of an out in the five years and they did very well out of their investment . ’ |
| 13 | He had n't given them the satisfaction of firing him there and then ; he 'd shown them the contempt he felt for them … let them suffer ! |
| 14 | The Swindon win over Bournemouth found them the performance of the week award . |
| 15 | The real problem is that if solicitors prepare the written brief , there is much less of a case for denying them the right of audience to argue that brief before the court . |
| 16 | To send her two young sons , Mathieu and Laurent , to sleep , Cécile de Brunhoff told them the story of a little elephant who left the forest to discover the town and learn the ways of men , before returning to his own idyllic land of the elephants to be crowned king . |
| 17 | In New Orleans , his brother and sister met Susan Schilling , who told them the story of her . |
| 18 | ( Peru : the very name arose from a misunderstanding on the part of the Spaniards when Indians told them the name of a river : originally , it was known simply as ‘ New Castille ’ . ) |
| 19 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 20 | The career support scheme , which would be voluntary , would put people seeking advice in touch with others who had already experienced their particular problem and could give them the benefit of their knowledge . |
| 21 | He would give them the benefit of his theories that letting their hair down at pop concerts and football matches would be a therapeutic and profitable use of their leisure time . |
| 22 | They said they 're going to take ten days to make up their mind Lynda so we 'll give them the benefit of the doubt . |
| 23 | The qualification has been designed to make it possible for candidates to select modules which will give them the equivalent of at least three Highers in arts or social science areas . |
| 24 | But institutions could compensate for their loss of income by taking a more active role to ensure better performance from the management , which would at least give them the chance of a greater capital gain , so that their total return is unaffected . |
| 25 | There is no point in library staff researching rose varieties for an enquirer , for example , when we can give them the address of the National Rose Society , which we know to be helpful . |
| 26 | Children make progress at various speeds at different ages and by watching their activities and offering the next stage when they are ready for it teachers can give them the breadth of experience that will make the formal work of later years more meaningful . |
| 27 | It 's long gone — we did n't give them arms we did n't give them the sort of training you 're talking about . |
| 28 | I would n't give them the time of day . ’ |
| 29 | She would not give them the satisfaction of seeing her beg . |
| 30 | 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 . |