Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seemed to take less of a hit to give me a concussion and it 's taking me longer to recover , ’ he says . |
| 2 | Bracewell , 29 , claimed the directors backed out of a promise to give him a two-year contract by offering him only a 12-month deal to stay . |
| 3 | She needs a style that she can transform at the flick of a brush or the twist of a curler to complement her every mood . |
| 4 | Finally we asked very loudly if the store was going broke and somebody within earshot scooted out of a doorway to see what the ruckus was about . |
| 5 | Because the whole neighbourhood-thanks to Gittel 's big-mouthed elder sister-knew exactly who had been behind the curse , although even the sister was too much of a prude to tell anyone the reason why . ’ |
| 6 | After a few days she even left the cubs for a while to give him a reassuring lick . |
| 7 | Not really well we the Blackstone engineer fitting up engines , he stayed with us for a while to show us the ropes like you know . |
| 8 | Without such a mechanism , all communication is just ‘ cheap talk ’ : there is no reason for a firm to believe what the others say . |
| 9 | To put it in the broadest possible terms , we can see that intonation makes it easier for a listener to understand what a speaker is trying to convey . |
| 10 | It was very difficult for a court to say what a reasonable mother would have done in circumstances which were almost hypothetical . |
| 11 | It was very difficult for a court to say what a reasonable mother would have done in circumstances which are almost hypothetical . |
| 12 | In Norway , for instance , it is illegal for a barman to serve you a fresh drink until after you have finished the previous one . |
| 13 | Mr Browning said : ‘ I shall now look for a lawyer to explore what the Ariadne Galleries are prepared to offer me . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's not on at all for a brother-in-law to treat me the way you treat me . |
| 15 | And as an extra treat , Annellie Clyde is coming to stay for a week to teach you the rudiments . ’ |
| 16 | cos I 'm going as a favour to give her a lift really . |
| 17 | See I 'm gon na use this as a exercise to prove what a charmer I am basically ! |
| 18 | As a place to observe what the DEA was up to in Nicosia , Coleman found the Eurame Trading Company ideal , but from his very first day on the job , he had an uncomfortable feeling that the same might be true for the opposition . |
| 19 | The naming is crucial , for not only does this make it possible to contrast one kind of relationship with another , it also allows the group as a collectivity to determine what the " proper " behavioural concomitants of the relationship should be . |
| 20 | Later he agreed with a sub-purchaser to sell him a similar cargo at 19s. per ton . |
| 21 | Next month Guinness Today will give you a chance to find out , with a competition to guess what a whole host of strange and enigmatic terms mean . |
| 22 | ‘ The portacabin provided us with a way to offer them the best possible service under the circumstances . ’ |
| 23 | He 'd poked at the soil with a hoe to give it a fresh look . |
| 24 | Engineering a time delayed ‘ lethal gene ’ into a GEM to give it a finite life — making it sensitive to low air temperatures so that frost kills it — is one way . |
| 25 | With that she saw me off with an invitation to visit her the next day after school but that I was to tell my parents in case they were worried where I was . |
| 26 | Woodworm and beetle infestation makes much of it unsuitable for structural work but treated and cleaned up with an adze to give it the right period look , much of it could be put to good decorative effect . |
| 27 | That is why , no matter what the last-minute mediators may say , there is a danger that their aim will be interpreted not as an effort to secure Mr Hussein 's compliance with demands that have somehow escaped his attention , but as an attempt to offer him an easy way out . |
| 28 | Tonight Rebekah Ashford should be in hospital in London preparing for an operation to give her a new lease of life . |
| 29 | And what happens to them , again , through the Occupational Health Centre , th they arra arrange for an optician to give them a full , full eye test and then we get a report back on that situation . |
| 30 | ‘ I want to keep playing well , and if I ca n't make the team then I want to be in a position to give myself a real chance in America in two years time . ’ |