Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] [pers pn] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can I trust you an inch ? ’ |
| 2 | I feel I owe you an apology for abandoning your esteemed Victorian values . |
| 3 | ‘ May I offer you an aperitif ? ’ |
| 4 | Let me give you an example . |
| 5 | Let me give you an example . |
| 6 | Let me give you an example . |
| 7 | Let me give you an example , one I remember because years ago when I first read the book I actually penetrated the secret . |
| 8 | Let me give you an example . |
| 9 | Let me give you an example . |
| 10 | Let me give you an example of the misuse of the press . |
| 11 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 12 | No they 're not the realities , because what we 're saying is that we have to modernize the policies of the Labour Party , but the policies are absolutely based in our traditional concerns , I mean , let me give you an example , when Beveridge was talking about unemployment , and the life long need for people to work , he was talking about a male workforce , where it was a man supported by a non-working wife , now we still have at the absolute heart of our concerns in the Labour Party peoples need to work , but we 're now talking about a situation , where women are sharing with their husbands the role of bed breadwinner , and in many families the woman is the sole breadwinner , and therefore our policies about employment and the economy recognize that the world has changed , our principles are the same , but the world to which we 're applying it is very different , and , again , on that you see there would be no distinction between the so-called traditionalists and the so-called modernizers . |
| 13 | Erm let me give you an example . |
| 14 | Let me give you an example to start with . |
| 15 | I let me give you an example , I 've always respected erm Teddy Taylor and John Biffen who have taken the extreme view on Europe . |
| 16 | Let me give you an example of how you sell the benefits one and only one thing the handle , you 've got that handle , that system |
| 17 | Let me give you an example of , of how this is done with a computer game . |
| 18 | But , very simply , what it really means , let me give you an illustration . |
| 19 | There was a time , I 'm sure , a few years ago , when you could have said , can you spare us an afternoon , they would have been only too pleased , but now , they might have to say , well , you know , two hours of my time , that 's that 's the university and you know , there are the overheads , and |
| 20 | Could you could you give me an expression for if that 's the acceleration |
| 21 | Could you give me an idea as to the size of the community which the Centre of Continuing Education covers , and also the number of courses and the students involved ? |
| 22 | " How soon can you give me an estimate for the work ? " |
| 23 | Can you give me an example of where that 's happened ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Can you give me an example of what they do ? |
| 25 | WP Can you give me an example of what you mean ? |
| 26 | Can you give me an example of your body language ? |
| 27 | Could you give me an example of how you went about making a a bread scone or a roll or what had to be done ? |
| 28 | Could you give me an example ? |
| 29 | Can you give me an example of of an alternative |
| 30 | Could you give me an example of that ? |