Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Parrot was one of their more recent acquisitions , and when Huey made them an offer , they took it . |
| 2 | They made me an offer I could n't refuse . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He made me an outcast at Old Trafford ’ |
| 4 | Well they sold me an air rifle on my own . |
| 5 | I mean in in the midweek game against us he had very little play and then he produced one ball that got them an equalizer and I suppose that 's what Frank would look for now . |
| 6 | When in May , six months later , he came to Paris and took me to the Tour d'Argent for lunch , he passed me an envelope . |
| 7 | So we got ourselves an Ordnance Survey map for the year of my birth and were able to prove that houses had indeed existed there , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Based on the idea of a cliche , an often repeated phrase is n't it oh it cost me an arm and a leg , erm which is n't meant to be taken literally . |
| 9 | When you say it cost me an arm and a leg , you 're thinking in word pictures if you like it 's a metaphor and er in the in the picture it 's by the er Long John by the Long John Silver figure having not only one leg , but also one arm as well . |
| 10 | In the early 1920s , when the industry was increasingly the preserve of the studios , Goldwyn found himself an outsider , an independent producer in competition with the majors . |
| 11 | They all settled down to eating while Willie , amidst all the chatter and laughter , found himself an object of praise . |
| 12 | Never before had he gone so far and labelled himself an alcoholic . |
| 13 | I if I say it cost you an arm and a leg ? |
| 14 | ‘ I promised you an overview , remember ? |
| 15 | I promised you an overview . ’ |
| 16 | I promised you an executive briefcase did n't I ? |
| 17 | It was to her own surprise that Muriel Box , the director of 14 modest budget feature films between 1951 and 1964 , found herself an inspiration and a role model for a new generation of women film-makers , critics and students . |
| 18 | Meredith found herself an interpreter — the son of the cook — and he 'd become her devoted fan . |
| 19 | Then husband Simon promised her an action replay if she could lose weight . |
| 20 | I do n't think the boys ever found her an embarrassment . |
| 21 | In many respects she found him an enigma . |
| 22 | He believed Orkney Islands Council found him an annoyance . |
| 23 | There were those who found him an oddity and some who were repelled by his right-wing and reactionary views . |
| 24 | ‘ I phoned her an hour ago , and Grandfather . |
| 25 | In 1987 perhaps the Prime Minister 's pre-election visit to Moscow and her eve-of-election trip to the Venice summit of Western leaders were favourable to her re-election , but ‘ Harold Wilson always asserted that a bad set of trade figures a few days before polling cost him an election , while the effect of being centre-stage during the Iran hostages affair may have been devastating to Jimmy Carter 's fortunes ’ . |
| 26 | The cold cost him an arm and a leg , badly amputated by Würstchen , who had employed a rough-hewn rock to sever nerve , sinew and bone . |
| 27 | Cancer cost her an eye when she was a baby and it could reoccur . |
| 28 | It cost her an effort to let him have his way and his will of her . |
| 29 | All those who watched found it an experience which transcended that of an amateur play . |
| 30 | One would like to think that she even found it an advantage to be an ASROG , and that Miss B. and Miss T. , who could take it in their stride , had prepared her to enjoy it . |