Example sentences of "them a [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Somewhat later came the present owner , John Matta , who now takes great pleasure in greeting Citalia guests and welcomes them on arrival with a gift of the wonderful Chianti Classico from his excellent cellars and offers them a typical Tuscan dinner at a reasonable price , which is taken most weeks in the castle 's impressive banqueting hall . |
| 3 | lies in the fact that ‘ the offspring behave like wolves and look like dogs … this ‘ camouflage ’ gives them a tremendous competitive advantage because , as ‘ dogs ’ , they can approach garbage dumps in populated areas or herds of sheep without anyone taking special notice , much less reaching for a rifle ’ . |
| 4 | But give them a solid economic recovery and they 'll forget it ever happened . ’ |
| 5 | Following this they release blood into their eyes which turns them a dull red colour . |
| 6 | The imitation also ensures them a higher future payoff by reducing the expectations of the B t 's on the A's type . |
| 7 | Just drew them a whacking great circle round it and |
| 8 | The family had certainly enjoyed the king 's favour , and their identification with the prince of Wales and his brother had brought them a recognized political role . |
| 9 | The family had certainly enjoyed the king 's favour , and their identification with the prince of Wales and his brother had brought them a recognized political role . |
| 10 | You 'd just give them a real good biff . ’ |
| 11 | He had a vision of the people of the country , walking and walking in endless droves , like pilgrims , across a battlefield shaken by the explosions of guns ; and as the smoke blew into their eyes , the people turned , desperate to see their homes again , but behind them a great dark channel had opened , with torn precipitous sides , and there was no way back … |
| 12 | I myself found at the entrance of one of them a small neatly-worked tomahawk , of an inch and a half in length , together with some slips of blue cotton rags , which the birds had doubtless picked up at a deserted encampment of the natives . ’ |
| 13 | Well I do n't think we owe it to them we just delivered them a nice big salary and they 've got more than enough work to do . |
| 14 | A recent revival of enthusiasm for Gaelic among both lots of people is giving them a rare common interest . |
| 15 | Clearly , within the scale of output being contemplated by existing holiday firms they feel this potential advantage can give them a decisive competitive edge vis-à-vis their rivals . |
| 16 | The same thing happens with Pele 's tears ; they draw off behind them a long hair-like tail of glass , which may be a metre or more long . |
| 17 | In the quarter-finals , following a goalless home draw with Real Madrid , a double from Radchenko brought them a brilliant 3-1 win in the Bernabeu . |
| 18 | Would you give them a hundred thousand pounds worth of life cover for a shorter period , looking at them making up the difference perhaps later when they could afford it , or would you give them initially a reduced amount of life cover , say eighty thousand , for the eighteen years ? |
| 19 | Really gives them a good old yank and a push |
| 20 | Ward sisters would get an additional £4.31 a week , giving them a new annual salary of £15,184 . |
| 21 | Hitler was able to offer them a new mass base for the apparent consolidation of their leadership positions within the framework of an authoritarian system , together with the prospect of Germany attaining a position of hegemony within Europe and even world power status . |
| 22 | Now my responsibility is to bring them a non- projected activity . |
| 23 | It is as if the economy , the restraint of much of the writing passed over onto them to give them a curious accidental dignity . |
| 24 | Almost all their time in bed was spent in either Stage 4 sleep or REM sleep , giving them a near-normal total amount of these two sleep stages , and very low levels of light sleep . |
| 25 | Millions of women died and with them a certain untamed aspect of the female spirit . |
| 26 | They believe that the end of the world is about to come , and their conviction gives them a certain maniacal courage . |
| 27 | These rhetorical features seem , however , to suffer from being at odds with the rest of the passage , as if James wants us to catch in them a certain false emotionalism in the tone of the speaker . |
| 28 | Their no-nonsense style makes them a better Super Bowl bet than the Buffalo Bills , who routed the Atlanta Falcons 41–14 with reserve running back Kenneth Davis rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns . |
| 29 | The train puffed to a stop ; only five passengers alighted , and the only male among them a tall young man , his hair so fair that from a distance it appeared almost white , waved to them before turning back to the carriage and lifting out a case . |
| 30 | Thus it is said ( though still with problems of interpretation ) that the bards were a specific order ranking below the priests and the seers , though composing with them a specific privileged caste . |