Example sentences of "we [vb past] them a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must admit , we joined them a few moments later for a well-earned cuppa after our day 's exertions . |
| 2 | We sat and had a relaxing drink before we cooked them a typical English dinner of baked cod with new potatoes and vegetables , followed by rhubarb fool and cognac . |
| 3 | The kids used to be standing there one time — well , we hit them a few times with the cape and it had a bottle in it . |
| 4 | They 've had to go for the we did them a few sort of quotes on the survey side of this Arrow Park and er we 've got ta , you know , really stick to this tight budget because it 's the only way you can get them no matter what people are telling you erm about the recession being over , people still want things for nothing . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought Spartak were a bit lax at the back over there , and let's be fair , we gave them a soft goal . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought Spartak were a bit lax at the back over there , and let's be fair , we gave them a soft goal . |
| 7 | We thought it would be a good idea to give them a chance straight off to have an opinion , and we set them a nice problem , which was that they put a marble into something and another marble comes out thirty seconds later . |