Example sentences of "which [verb] them the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Germany , in July 1932 , the Nazi party won 230 seats in the Reichstag , which made them the majority party , although Adolph Hitler was not able to become the Chancellor until January 1933 . |
| 2 | A cold breeze was blowing in off the sea which blasted them the moment they stepped on to the pavement . |
| 3 | And despite the suits , which give them the air of ex-cons , just out from a time-warping jail sentence , they also seem younger than their 50 years apiece . |
| 4 | The Young Engineers Clubs aim to encourage a greater number of Scotland 's more able youngsters to continue with subjects which give them the option of tertiary education in science or engineering . |
| 5 | In 1943 , the Maronites had agreed to an unwritten National Covenant which awarded them the presidency of Lebanon , command of the Lebanese army and other assets in return for their abandonment of French protection . |
| 6 | But one senior officer told us they felt let down by a legal system which denies them the right to detain an offender who 's cost 400 police hours in just 6 months . |
| 7 | The combined Staines/Nine Elms team somehow managed to finish with a negative score , which earned them the title of ‘ most sporting team ’ , and saved head office teams from occupying the last two positions ! |
| 8 | They were so pleased with these that they ordered a further six vessels in 1860 of novel long design , with a narrow beam and flat bottom , which earned them the nickname of Bibby 's coffins . |
| 9 | Beside giving them access to a number of secret SimFic files — files which gave them the location of several special projects Berdichev had instigated — they had also contained several items of particular interest . |
| 10 | Her Black Sea fleet had by this time been destroyed , the allies had landed not only in the Crimea but also at Nikolaev to the west and Novorossiisk to the east , and the Turks retained a position at Sukhumi which gave them the chance of counter-attacking in the direction of Tiflis . |
| 11 | Publication of the Crofting Forestry Handbook follows last year 's Crofter Forestry ( Scotland ) Act , which gave them the chance to plant trees on common grazings . |
| 12 | The buyers rejected them but , before doing so , obtained from an Italian court a sequestration order which gave them the right to detain the goods against payment of damages . |
| 13 | Deliberately nurtured as an élite destined to man the upper reaches of the State , they developed a sense of their own importance and dignity which gave them the confidence to question the conventions of Tsarist society . |
| 14 | Yet far from ensuring loyalty to the status quo , their elevated position developed in them a sense of their own importance and dignity which gave them the confidence to question the conventions of tsarist society . |
| 15 | Their expressions were drained of personality which gave them the family resemblance possessed by a flock of sheep . |
| 16 | On June 8 , 1989 , the bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly granted Hungary , Poland , the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia " special guest status ' , which accorded them the right to attend and address the Assembly 's sessions . |
| 17 | Some service housing is already available to service men on discount purchase , which gives them the opportunity to get on the home ownership ladder . |
| 18 | They lack the experience and practice which gives them the ability to communicate with the public : they lack common sense . |