Example sentences of "he [verb] them the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be having another now cos he read them the other day . |
| 2 | Well , he found them the best ski runs in the Cairngorms when they started and they could n't afford to give him anything very spectacular , so he said , ‘ Can I have the ski shop and the bobble hat concession ? ’ |
| 3 | He told them the only way we could agree to a news-blackout was if they co-operated with us and gave us a free hand in the investigation . ’ |
| 4 | He showed them the careful lay-out of the hospital planned by Miss Nightingale herself . |
| 5 | He showed them the huge chest , far too heavy to lift , with the silver cups and plates for special occasions . |
| 6 | If he showed them the latest Washington telegram which he had seen before his departure [ KPs 66 and 85 ] , they would have been made aware that although they had to exercise the utmost restraint for the time being , a new and firmer policy might soon be adopted . |
| 7 | He returned them the next day , asking for a refund . |
| 8 | The Hatherley ball to raise money for a hospice charity had become an important even ; in Gloucestershire because Ayling did what people craved on such occasions : he brought them the rich and famous whom they usually saw only on their television screens or in their newspapers . |
| 9 | Nowadays he teaches them the cowardly art of aggressive selling to the elderly and disabled . |