Example sentences of "and [v-ing] them the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has been working out in Sierra Leone for some years and has been taking children off the streets and teaching them the basics of domestic skills and education . ’ |
| 2 | Writing Radio Drama — A practical course aimed at getting women started on writing plays for radio and giving them the inspiration to carry on . |
| 3 | The expense of improving the standards of qualification and training of both categories of investigator was high , but these days newly recruited Inspectors ( Ops ) usually have a current qualification on modern aircraft and the cost is concerned merely with maintaining their currency on these types and giving them the opportunity to fly light aircraft regularly . |
| 4 | As this is ’ Youth and Parliament ’ day , led by the British Youth Council , would my right hon. Friend recognise the importance of investing in the young , overcoming unnecessary disadvantages such as handicap , and giving them the opportunity to contribute fully to a better future for the country ? |
| 5 | It was n't until 1880 with the passing of the Ground Game Act , giving tenant farmers protection against their landlords and giving them the right to kill hares and rabbits , that the laws were even modestly relaxed . |
| 6 | The Spastics Society has begun Alternative Lifestyles courses for disabled school leavers , ‘ providing positive alternatives to paid employment and giving them the confidence to take charge of their own lives ’ . |
| 7 | By the age of eleven I was collecting the money from the customers and handing them the change they were due . |
| 8 | In searching out these opportunities and exploiting them the producer is thus performing the entrepreneurial role in the market process . |
| 9 | That means understanding the principles of communication and custom applying them to a campaign , not just throwing hardware at people and showing them the switches . |
| 10 | Naturally this enforcement pattern could be justified by the inspectorate who see their primary function not as a kind of industrial police force , but more of a pastoral mission rounding up wayward factory owners and showing them the light and contentment to be gained from compliance with current standards of safety , health , and welfare required by law . |
| 11 | It 's just proved my ability to learn chunks of knowledge , chunks of pages and books , and reproducing them the day after , then forgetting it , then you have to learn it again for next year 's exams . |