Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I understand that top level sailors welcome the one-design nature of the Grand Prix , not only because it is potentially inexpensive , but because it offers them an even platform from which to display their skills . |
| 2 | It offers them an alternative to expensive air fares . |
| 3 | ‘ It offers them an environmentally responsible means of handling sodium sulphate while providing overall economic benefits , ’ said product development manager Sarah Galbraith . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend offers me an enticing invitation which I shall consider taking up . |
| 5 | Has she an Irish boyfriend ? |
| 6 | Neil , the Labour movement owes you an incalculable debt of gratitude . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What a silly little trick — he certainly owes you an apology and I 'll see to it that he makes it . ’ |
| 8 | It insists , however , that that will be done in a constitutional framework which allows everyone an equal chance to endorse any conception of the good and to realize it . |
| 9 | In order to make decisions ageing people have to view the future in a way which allows them an active and influential part in their own lives . |
| 10 | This consists of fortnightly meetings within each department of the hotel which offer all staff a chance to discuss the way their hotel is run and allows them an opportunity to make suggestions for ways to improve the service they provide . |
| 11 | She says its an English summer thing . |
| 12 | Psychological writing proclaims itself an abstract , atemporal record of investigations . |
| 13 | And actually , hunting does n't kill all that many foxes , a a hunt probably erm , kills one an , at a meet if they 're lucky . |
| 14 | Grown-up in his own fisherman 's kingdom , his cruelty brands him an emblematic villain . |
| 15 | For the fact that at the time Picasso saw the work as unfinished , allows us an insight into his aesthetic intentions and his technical procedure . |
| 16 | This is another reason why a well-advised employer who offers you an ex gratia payment when your job comes to an end is likely to insist that you are effectively prevented in law from making any further claim against him ( see Chapter 19 ) . |
| 17 | An extra table is a very welcome addition to any home at Christmas time and , this month , Ideal Home offers you an easily assembled table , plus two festive tablecloths in traditional Christmas colours . |
| 18 | This offers you an opportunity to expand the scope of adventuring in the Castle greatly . |
| 19 | A note-form outline of the essay provides a clear conceptual structure , and offers you an overview , which — when inspected closely — should allow you to assess how coherent it is , and how clearly it moves to your conclusion . |
| 20 | Most of the older officers have worked in pollution control for several years and many have had a number of years experience in industry , which , they are quick to point out , affords them an ‘ insider 's ’ sympathetic understanding of the difficulties and costs which arise in complying with standards . |
| 21 | This buys them an extra round while Thadeus hesitates , in which time they must come up with something more to prevent him from attacking after this initial hesitation . |
| 22 | In his exchange with Nastasya he reveals himself an underground man who has wandered into a nineteenth-century naturalistic novel , a bohemian Hamlet . |
| 23 | Right okay so again it 's just a simple idea that shows you an awful lot how long would it take to put that back together ? |
| 24 | And Bergman 's film Wild Strawberries shows us an elderly professor at the peak of his career , about to receive the highest academic honour in the land , who dreams the night before of failing an examination . |
| 25 | Er , it takes me an hour to get there , if I 'm lucky now at roadworks and charging time in one day , is like an hour to patch , then you 're out on to the patch , in between appointments running about because Derby 's quite a big area , er , again if you 've got to cover an appointment in Matlock and you 're in Derby in the morning you 're talking a good forty five minute run to get there . |
| 26 | So we 've both got it takes me an hour and a quarter to get to Caernarfen and it takes Jan about an hour and a half to get to Leek because they 're such bad roads . |
| 27 | I would reckon I 'll be finished with Norman about ten o'clock it takes me an hour and a half to drive down half past eleven say I 'm in here about twelve o'clock right , cheers |
| 28 | And he calls me an asshole all the time . ’ |
| 29 | Miss Eames calls me an old-fashioned word : Dunce . |
| 30 | A congressional committee has been inquiring into why Augusto Pinochet junior , who calls himself an international arms adviser , received cheques worth nearly $3m from the army , apparently for his share in a rifle factory , and whether the old general knew his son stood to benefit . |