Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You feel like you 've heard them a couple of hundred times when it 's only been twice . |
| 2 | There is a very smart woman working in Conservative Central Office who has taught me a trick at least as useful at that of Shirley Williams . |
| 3 | The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics . |
| 4 | Fortunately for Conran , he had attended the sort of public school ‘ which had taught me a lot of practical skills ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’ |
| 6 | Four years with a handicapped child have taught me a lot of things , but three in particular : |
| 7 | I was very naive but the last year has taught me a lot . |
| 8 | Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me . |
| 9 | Without trying looking very heavily at these type of sales , where savings plans have been sold for future mortgages , erm , the clients are left thinking it 's building up money for their , for their deposit , for their legal fees , and it guarantees them a mortgage at sometime in the future . |
| 10 | It offers them an alternative to expensive air fares . |
| 11 | Later that night she came into my room in her kimono , bringing me a glass of champagne and carrying a book . |
| 12 | He said he was n't when he came to see me a couple of years back . |
| 13 | She came to see me a year later , total loss of weight , total short of breath , hardly , she 's struggling to keep body and soul together . |
| 14 | I 've built up my career in an area where women are not generally accepted , and just being seen as your girlfriend is going to lose me a lot of respect ! ’ |
| 15 | Will the Conservative promise to abolish education bring them a landslide victory ? |
| 16 | It is surprising to find that some practices , perhaps believing that the world will always grant them a living , manage their affairs without the elementary assistance of time recording . |
| 17 | If I ask Shirley nicely she might lend me a couple . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps you could lend me a servant to guide me back to the Grange ? ’ |
| 19 | So well can you lend me a pound ? |
| 20 | Can you lend me a fiver while our Corrinne comes home ? |
| 21 | Can you lend me a fiver ? |
| 22 | Well I knew someone in and I thought to myself I , perhaps he might lend me a hand ? |
| 23 | ‘ I wish someone would lend me a farm hand , ’ said Dancer 's Interior Designer sulkily . |
| 24 | ‘ The only thing I really want is for Alonzo Kettless to carve me an East Suffolk Policeman 's helmet , ’ said Chief Superintendent Rom Rumsby on his retirement . |
| 25 | If they book me a flight out of Gatwick , like the charters do , I just say I 'm not going on that one , get me Luton , change the ticket , get me Manchester , I do n't care , I 'm not going from Gatwick . |
| 26 | The prestigious Wedgwood name also made them a propaganda target for Hitler 's forces . |
| 27 | The government could pick up anyone they wanted and prosecute at their leisure , if we made them a present of all those names . |
| 28 | And he slept with me , he would n't go to sleep so I took them both downstairs , made them a drink , made them something to eat , come back to bed . |
| 29 | The sums so entrusted made them a power among London houses subscribing to public loans , particularly during the wars of 1744–63 . |
| 30 | Anyway , when the ambulance men came we made them a cup of tea , cos they said they a they 'd have been that busy they have n't had a break ! |