Example sentences of "he [verb] them the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wexford brought his beer and as he passed them the man got up as if to take his leave . |
| 2 | He showed them the mark on his hand . |
| 3 | The Court of Appeal held that he had appropriated the goods for the purposes of theft when he showed them the goods and invited them to buy . |
| 4 | And lastly he showed them the stars and the clouds and the moon and all the winds of heaven . |
| 5 | But he accords them the right to boast , for they have returned with money and presents which are proof of their achievement . |
| 6 | He did , however , acknowledge that it would be neither responsible nor sensible to ignore the existence of the Action Committee , and he offered them the opportunity of a meeting with representatives of the council . |
| 7 | He tells them the plan . |
| 8 | In response to this request he gave them the Lord 's Prayer , in which we pray first of all for God Himself , that all may know him and revere Him , that his mile may be extended over all , and that his will , so right and good and loving , may be done on earth , as it is by angels , prophets and saints in heaven . |
| 9 | He gave them the newspaper , and laughed . |
| 10 | In the evening when they came back he would crumble salt on a flat stone for them to lick , and once , in addition to their hay , he gave them the heap of grain that was left at the bottom of the fermentation jar when the beer was finished . |
| 11 | He had been in the ‘ custody ’ of psychiatric nurses but after his trial was adjourned for the day , he gave them the slip . |
| 12 | Police were told and tailed Newall but he gave them the slip and fled from Britain on a yacht he inherited from his parents , a court in Gibraltar heard . |
| 13 | Or he gave them the impression that he wrestled , with limbs contorted , in the effort to seize hold of what truth could be found . |
| 14 | Some , however , did receive Him and believed in Him ; so he gave them the right to become God 's children . |
| 15 | He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there . |
| 16 | Is he telling them the way to get to our house , to get to our house ? |
| 17 | He labels them the Unemployment Society , the Leisure Society , the Employment Society , and the Work Society . |