Example sentences of "[vb past] them the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assurance with which Gothic schemes were presented made them the obvious alternative to Second Empire , but large secular Gothic buildings of this type were an unknown quantity . |
| 2 | Be having another now cos he read them the other day . |
| 3 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 4 | I abruptly asked them the same question I had of Benjamin . |
| 5 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
| 6 | Well , he found them the best ski runs in the Cairngorms when they started and they could n't afford to give him anything very spectacular , so he said , ‘ Can I have the ski shop and the bobble hat concession ? ’ |
| 7 | Well as I say , the police stopped them the other morning and one of the lads had a chat with the driver and all this and he carried on . |
| 8 | Later , when Frankie and Liza , my brother and sister , came in from playing I told them the sad news , but they did n't seem very upset . |
| 9 | He told them the only way we could agree to a news-blackout was if they co-operated with us and gave us a free hand in the investigation . ’ |
| 10 | It 's makers , Smithkline Beecham told them the 2 litre bottle was from a faulty batch and to empty it carefully as it could explode . |
| 11 | Later in the evening , when the sheep and cows were in , and the family was sitting round the fire , Śa kar told them the whole story of what had happened . |
| 12 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 13 | At Corbett 's bidding an old man showed them the blood-spattered piece of ground where their priest had been found . |
| 14 | He showed them the huge chest , far too heavy to lift , with the silver cups and plates for special occasions . |
| 15 | He showed them the careful lay-out of the hospital planned by Miss Nightingale herself . |
| 16 | ELTON John and his partner Bernie Taupin joined the ranks of the greats today after an American company paid them the biggest advance in music history . |
| 17 | He returned them the next day , asking for a refund . |
| 18 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Yes you can , they 're on the top , you reached them the other night . |
| 21 | Once installed , back in 1976 , they began the long and laborious process of renovating it themselves , without any professional help , which partly explains why it took them the best part of 10 years . |
| 22 | CORK 'S superior craft and greater practical awareness earned them the Royal Liver National Hurling League title after a marathon contest with Wexford in Thurles yesterday . |
| 23 | Sweden 's 7-5 win over France gave them the overall title by virtue of more individual wins , because while France enjoyed victories over Italy and Scotland , the unbeaten Swedes halved their contests against the same opposition . |
| 24 | Of course , I gave them the warmest spot in the garden , against my only south-facing wall . |
| 25 | 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 ’ . |
| 26 | It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown . |
| 27 | When asked which of all their various roles gave them the greatest satisfaction , 47% opted for being a mother , 22% simply being themselves , 15% being a partner/lover and just 10% being a working woman . |
| 28 | Robin Barton had been asking his dad , Bernard , about setting up a tropical aquarium , and when they saw PFK 's beginners ' series it gave them the final incentive to begin . |
| 29 | The pose of the bald egg-shaped heads , the jointed arms stiffly flexed in a parody of benediction , the staring eyes and curved arrow-like lips gave them the hieratic look of a couple of painted deities . |
| 30 | Furthermore , their ascendancy accompanied the severest phase of the recession , which gave them the added incentive to try something different as some of their own areas were among the hardest hit . |