Example sentences of "[to-vb] them the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
| 2 | When the studios were built , I wanted to record some of the songs I knew when I was young and I wanted to record them the way I wanted to hear them . |
| 3 | They say they 're having to deal with more and more dogs owned by families who have n't been able to give them the exercise they need . |
| 4 | We are able to give them the independence they so badly need , and with it self respect and dignity . |
| 5 | Tie in climbing roses to give them the support they need to thrive |
| 6 | Those responsible are having problems adapting to adult life and we try to help , to give them the skills they lack and to get them to do something constructive in the community . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | How easy to give them the book they sought , to be done with the entire affair . |
| 9 | We work with about 60 women a year , and I know many of them would genuinely say that at the start they were unemployable , that they could have gone back to drugs , ended up back in prison , but they did n't because Clean Break was there at the right time for them , to give them the opportunities they needed . |
| 10 | Yet many easterners complain that , since their revolutions began in 1989 , the Community has been too wrapped up in its own affairs to give them the attention they deserve . |
| 11 | You will not get the best out of the professionals you consult unless you have a realistic appreciation of what you want and intend to be open and honest enough with them to give them the facts they will need to help you . |
| 12 | We 're able to give them the care they need . |
| 13 | It 's unfair for another reason : most of the walkers , climbers and cavers that come to the Dales , the Lakes and the mountains come because they love them , because they respect them and care for them and want to keep them the way they are so that the people of the future can enjoy the wildness and the greatness of the earth . |
| 14 | The futility of their efforts is deemed to be enough to teach them the lessons they need to learn . |
| 15 | Any member of the council who wishes to inspect our land is welcome to do so and we would be happy to show them the improvements we have made and are continuing to make . |
| 16 | They said he was unwilling to show them the evidence he had been given so they could adequately prepare their case for the parents . |
| 17 | ‘ If you have experienced pros , you have got to show them the respect they deserve . |
| 18 | He was eager to show them the instrument he was constructing . |