Example sentences of "[to-vb] them the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Went to see them the other week
2 they 'd take a piece with them and that was all they had to sustain them the whole day .
3 The prints spilled on to the carpet and as Sabine bent to retrieve them the young boy 's face seemed to glare directly up at her , challenging and inimical .
4 We also decided that Mike would have to take every third day off to recover , while Christophe continued to follow the chimps , so that he and Mike would know where to find them the following day .
5 They really do stand a better chance being left there to their own devices for the parents to feed them the right diet than being picked up and brought here .
6 But It was enough to win them the whole Challenge .
7 I am there to give them the ultimate challenge and I do .
8 All my young ferrets get a similar introduction to give them the necessary experience for bigger operations within major burrow systems .
9 Runners are more conservative , instead of their heads they look to their shoes to give them the competitive edge .
10 I went on tour frequently from Simla to most of the main cities of India , speaking to Indian audiences and getting together groups of refugees from Burma to give them the latest news and to encourage them with hopes of victory and return .
11 While I am pleased to report that this particular source has not been replaced with high-quality material , suppliers of this and other ‘ green ’ materials should be warned that I am quite prepared to give them the widest publicity they 've ever had if they try fobbing gardeners off with sub-standard goods .
12 Yes If it was something like a housewife , if you sold the husband and wife , let's say , a Cover Master or Living Assurance , or the husband 's Health Master , and the wife now wants a Health Master , then nine pound sixty might be enough to give them the maximum benefit .
13 That 's why we aim to empower young people to give them the maximum choice to build their own success .
14 He took out two large plastic orange cones — the sort you get on motorway hold-ups — and gave them to me , telling me to put them the other side of the bend to slow the traffic coming down .
15 With such ancient remains , the first need is to accord them the same protection as other ancient monuments .
16 While money has been used to reward them the intrinsic motivation of working in a harmonious team has been eliminated in many jobs ; for example , checkout operators in a supermarket , process workers in a manufacturing plant .
17 ’ There was even some guy in Minnesota or Detroit or somewhere who killed a load of people and they started to call them the Lost Boy Murders , but I did n't take too much notice of it all .
18 It can , however , no longer be assumed that that is so , and in any case it is not clear that if a clergyman wishes to stand and electors wish him to represent them the mere fact that the churches do not like the idea has anything to do with matter .
19 Find out who will be there to wake them the next morning , if you are not on duty .
20 A peek through the window showed that the taxi had arrived , brief farewells were made to the men , and Karl left , promising to ring them the next day and making mock threats to Erika and Paul should they forget to meet him the following Sunday .
21 Between November 1981 and November 1983 , encouragement was given to unemployed men over the age of 60 to withdraw from the labour force by offering to pay them the long-term rate of supplementary benefit if they agreed not to register as unemployed .
22 Ancestral spirits also exercise a shadowy effect , punishing those who fail to pay them the requisite respect .
23 He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again .
24 It is unprepared to offer them the skilled attention that they need .
25 The mannikin skipped over to show them the unexpected addition to his ghastly collection .
26 They believed in the myth and Diana could not bring herself to tell them the awful truth .
27 One feature maybe one or two benefits and you do n't have to tell them the whole story .
28 The listeners tuned in to the German wavelengths because they found Joyce amusing unintentionally or for his anecdotes , or else because they wished to hear both sides of the argument , or even because they did not trust their own authorities to tell them the whole truth .
29 Alejandro caught me stealing out to water them the first night .
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