Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] them a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would begin to know that putting a little eighth note right before the next bar meant anticipation and that made things easier because , if you have a half hour lesson and they want to learn something by Iron Maiden , and you want to show them a dorian mode in three octaves and they 've got to show you their chords in four or five positions , you 've got to work fast ! |
| 2 | So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible . |
| 3 | odd fifty P here , and pound here and I always try to give them a little bit . |
| 4 | Erm you 've given them a good start in life , it 's your money , enjoy yourselves with it . |
| 5 | We 're so sure about the reliability of our washing machines that we 've given them a full 5-year parts guarantee . |
| 6 | Is it because we 've given them a different have we already used a pot up ? |
| 7 | I 've sent them a big consignment of wine , I 'm in that as well as the grocery , and I 'd love to know how it 's selling . " |
| 8 | Er Robert said Charlotte who 's two and a half she 's always been pretty but erm Robert said right , mother 's babysitting on the nineteenth so organize I I 've been getting them into bed and then I 've gave them a little bit of milk or whatever they want and then they 've had toast with jam on . |
| 9 | The skills they possess make them a valued commodity which most organizations would be loath to lose and keen to gain . |
| 10 | They may be bottom of the table but their latest signings have given them a new lease of life . |
| 11 | There is no doubt that some worksheets are simply banal , and it may be these that have given them a bad name — especially the quiz type that simply ask " How many ? " or " What ? " |
| 12 | Addressing the Institute of Housing in 1989 , the Junior Minister of Housing said of housing associations : ‘ We have given them a vital job to do . |
| 13 | Although little known as yet over here , their unashamedly passionate lyrics and stunning vocal harmonies have earned them a big name in the States . |
| 14 | Once colleagues and still friends , their similar redbrick-professor-writer lifestyles and largely campus subject-matter have made them a joined personality . |
| 15 | TV producers Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason have offered them a high-security estate , close to Beverly Hills . |