Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd take a stool , stack up coins as high as they 'd go , and have the barman bring me a two-bit shot every couple of minutes , removing the price himself , until the tower was gone . |
| 2 | I 'm just echoing the whole country when I say what a venture to make such a track . |
| 3 | So , to win your ( sniff ) wonderful stocking , send us a postcard telling us which '50s rock'n'roll star had a song called I Want Elvis For Christmas . |
| 4 | Oh , God , she prayed silently , show me a way to let him know how wrong he is . |
| 5 | ‘ One of the humans has just said , ‘ It must have been a mouse or something , ’ and the other one said , ‘ You show me a mouse wearing clothes and I 'll admit it was a mouse . ’ |
| 6 | cost them a lot dun n it ? |
| 7 | I count it a privilege to have been asked to become its chairman — though naturally I would wish it had been in happier circumstances . |
| 8 | Fulcrum Technologies Inc , Ottawa , Canada reckons that it has the industry 's first suite of SQL-based tools that enable corporate information professionals to access text information and make it available throughout an organisation for use as a strategic resource : Fulcrum says SearchTools offer the first means by which corporate developers , working within an open client-server environment , can build text-retrieval applications for accessing large text applications and give them a way to integrate text-intensive data into existing corporate information management , image or database systems ; the tools feature an applications programming interface based on the SQL Access Group 's Call Level Interface ; the tools will initially be available for Microsoft Corp Visual Basic and Windows developers , as well as for C developers working in other environments , such as OS/2 and Unix ; initial Unix support will be under AIX/6000 , HP-UX and Solaris ; the SearchTools development kit starts at $7,500 per copy and the indexing and retrieval component , SearchServer , will be from $1,000 per user . |
| 9 | Give them a banner to enhance their chances and a good leader , and they can drive a hole right through most normal enemy troops . |
| 10 | Well give them a ball bearing and a cage . |
| 11 | And we give them a murderer to go with it . ’ |
| 12 | and her ooh give them a ring see if it 's ready yet ! |
| 13 | Teacher — Give me a sentence using the word ANTENNAE . |
| 14 | ‘ Give me a chance to answer the question . |
| 15 | ‘ Give me a chance to put it right , ’ he murmured , and at the same time his fingers traced a delicate pattern over the inner skin of her wrists as he lightly caught hold of her and drew her closer . |
| 16 | Give me a chance to explain , ’ she began shakily . |
| 17 | Give me a chance to find out for goodness ’ sake . |
| 18 | Perhaps Otley could step in there and give me a chance to get to know Mistress Wordsworth . |
| 19 | ‘ Keep them talking as long as you can , Edward , give me a chance to get out of here . ’ |
| 20 | Give me a chance to prove I can make you happy ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Give me a chance to prove myself , Mrs Smelley , and then you would n't ‘ ave to come out in all weathers , when you suddenly discover you 've taken more bookin 's than you expected . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Give me a minute to think , ’ I answered . |
| 23 | JOHN BARNES last night promised England manager Graham Taylor : ‘ Give me a licence to attack and I 'll work wonders for you . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Just give me a room to work in , and the rest of the time I 'll keep out of your way as much as I possibly can . |
| 25 | Just give me a week to have in here . |
| 26 | ‘ Never mind where it came from , just give me a hand to splash it around . ’ |
| 27 | You give me a hand to clear this up . ’ |
| 28 | Give me a soul to crush ’ , clenching his gauntleted fist in a graphic gesture . |
| 29 | As Archimedes said , ‘ Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth . ’ |
| 30 | Give me a moment to wet my throat and take a bite , and I 'm ready ! ’ |