Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at , it was at the place where the football where you got us a grant playing with those little scum . |
| 2 | It was only when I got home and looked up the dictionary that I realised what a gem it had been . |
| 3 | he 's after something , h his apprenticeship so they give him a thousand pound |
| 4 | Thus the philosophical Greeks and the industrious Chinese will do as instances of non-restriction only on condition that we allow ourselves a strangely overgeneralized view of the Greeks and the Chinese . |
| 5 | I went out I went out with Peggy er on Wednesday er for meal and she 's been saving Daily Telegraph vouchers and when you got so many vouchers you send them up to the Daily Telegraph , who 's sent them , it 's offers closed now and they send you a thing like a credit card and they send you a list of all the places that you can go to for a half- price meal |
| 6 | One gave her a gold ring and one gave her a little dog . |
| 7 | A wary look came into Johnny 's eyes and he gave her a quick glance of alarm . |
| 8 | Fortunately , it was easy to make a decision as Wayne Shelford was already at the club and he gave me an insight into what it was all about and what to expect . ’ |
| 9 | Willie tapped Zach 's shoulder but he had already read his mind and he handed him a couple . |
| 10 | In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married . |
| 11 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
| 12 | He was well placed in the cotton industry and it gave him a generous income ; therefore it had to take precedence , but the monotony of arriving at the same place at the same time every day now bored him as much as had the mechanical frenzy of the bobbins when he arrived . |
| 13 | ‘ The social worker at the hospital — she was marvellous — she put us in touch with a charity that keeps a list of all these types of Homes and she sent us a list and this one was more or less on our doorstep . |
| 14 | And then when the sc , we had a look at the script and we changed it a little bit , and then we all went , they were cutting out words , so we were doing , the first few all three ways , and we 'd look and say , okay , so it was a scrambled mess as we all looked through for three words and ended up with , and I got down on the floor , so we knew where we were . |
| 15 | My second Oscar was entirely due to Morecambe and Wise and they sent me a telegram to prove it : ‘ Stick with us and we 'll get you a third ’ , I think it was . |
| 16 | Ah yes , well you see , you see , in effect if you called her an old , that could 've been , that , that , that , that , that , that , that could 've been eh , that could 've been eh , that could 've been , you know , you could 've been given her a , that could 've of been a praise , you old cow . |
| 17 | Dorcas said he thought it would n't do any harm if we gave him a hand , sort of thing , ’ said the nome nervously . |
| 18 | We got erm , got erm she bought me some Maltesers and she bought me a chocolate orange as well . |
| 19 | Of course , all theatrical activities came to an abrupt halt ; but Guthrie was not prepared to accept what seemed like being the total demise of Sadler 's Wells Opera , and proposed sending a small touring group of the company round the provinces and he offered me a small contract . |
| 20 | Christina climbed the pool steps and he handed her a towel . |
| 21 | Now correlation , in a similar way , measures something similar to association but it gives you a bit more detail . |
| 22 | I gather this is normal practice but I find it a little unreasonable . |
| 23 | Brian Clough , the Forest manager , said : ‘ His contract was not expiring but he deserved a rise for the contribution he has made over the last 12 months -so he earned himself a new deal . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 25 | He thought of the widow in her ramshackle hut at the end of the village and the gratitude in her eyes when he gave her a purse of coins . |
| 26 | Fran brought her thoughts back to the moment , forcing a slight , polite smile to her lips as she flicked him a quick sideways glance . |
| 27 | He even put his arm around my shoulders when he wished me a merry Christmas . |
| 28 | And I thought er and er I had wee tablets that you gave me a while ago , Brusdeximit |
| 29 | There is a story that they bet him a substantial sum that he could not read a certain number of books of the Bible without talking . |
| 30 | He wanted work and to pay for the damage so I offered him a job . ’ |