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Example sentences of "owe [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I scrounged that off Tom McAskill who owes me a favour ’
2	England is mine , It owes me a living ’ .
3	He owes me a grand !
4	I 've arranged with a friend who owes me a favour that I 'll supply the supervisor for medical equipment being flown to Bucharest .
5	I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence .
6	She owes me a letter , thank heavens , somebody who owes me a letter instead of vice versa .
7	She owes me a letter , thank heavens , somebody who owes me a letter instead of vice versa .
8	That 's alright , I 'll let you drive me all the way round once so , he owes me a quid you see .
9	One reason why people in our area consistently vote Labour is that they are told by the Opposition that the whole country owes them a living and that everything that has happened to them — the economic misfortunes of past years — has been inflicted purposely by a Conservative Government .
10	While farmers themselves recognise that no-one owes them a living , there 's still an inherent desire to be on the receiving end of some support .
11	While farmers themselves recognise that no-one owes them a living , there 's still an inherent desire to be on the receiving end of some support .
12	Well , that 's how it all come see he owes them a hundred and seven pound and er
13	no , no it 's , it 's the people that think the world owes them a living , but they do n't want to give anything back and that really bugs me .
14	One owes them the duty to uphold and support them .
15	In many societies David McKnight tells me the man who does the circumcision who actually chops off the foreskins as it were , owes you a wife for it and he says in many of them if you give a man your foreskin then you 've got a right to demand a wife .
16	‘ Then I 'm sure the local community owes you a debt of gratitude , Mr Calder . ’
17	He owes you a pint now does n't he ?
18	And he said well my father is doing today I ca n't do today I 'll do it Friday and I shouted down the stairs but he owes you a day you should n't be going in .
19	Neil , the Labour movement owes you an incalculable debt of gratitude . ’
20	‘ What a silly little trick — he certainly owes you an apology and I 'll see to it that he makes it . ’
21	Judgement means that the court agrees that your debtor owes you the money as stated on the judgement which is normally your debt , the interest and some costs .
22	If Hong Kong ever does achieve democracy , it will owe Mr Lee a monument : for the time being , it owes him a holiday .
23	The present writer owes him a particularly deep debt of gratitude .
24	If he does not declare an intention to defend the action or make an offer , the second date , known as the calling date , is the date on which the claimant can ask for a Decree from the court declaring that the debtor owes him the sum sued for .
25	Now he owes her a debt , and goes to pay it . ’
26	In some circumstances , a commercial party may be able to invoke doctrines such as economic duress , that an oppressive term was introduced into a contract without adequate notification , or that another owes it a fiduciary duty .
27	He owes us a fucking million quid , do n't he ?
28	We are saying that government and employers — the State owes us a living .
29	President Ibrahim Babangida of Nigeria said that Africa had failed to meet its challenges : " Ever since the majority of our countries became independent in the 1960s we have conducted our lives as if the world owes us a living . "
30	The sewing factory in Buckinghamshire where twenty five workers arrived to find the door locked and the company in receivership , owing them a total of a hundred thousand pounds .