Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I understand that top level sailors welcome the one-design nature of the Grand Prix , not only because it is potentially inexpensive , but because it offers them an even platform from which to display their skills . |
| 2 | It offers them an alternative to expensive air fares . |
| 3 | ‘ It offers them an environmentally responsible means of handling sodium sulphate while providing overall economic benefits , ’ said product development manager Sarah Galbraith . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Although in fact ultra vires , taxing many men worth less than £2 on goods must have been considered justified by circumstances , for their numbers alone made them an important element in the local community . |
| 6 | The Parrot was one of their more recent acquisitions , and when Huey made them an offer , they took it . |
| 7 | Normally this might earn me an interview without coffee with my Flight Commander , but I do have an excuse for arriving at work an hour later than usual — Gazelle Flight were night-flying last night . |
| 8 | The EPA had ruled that any plant operator wishing to do so must first notify the public , allowing them an opportunity to challenge the change . |
| 9 | I 'm sure you ca n't be keeping her so busy that she ca n't spare me an hour or so . ’ |
| 10 | I was wondering if you could spare me an hour . ’ |
| 11 | My hon. Friend offers me an enticing invitation which I shall consider taking up . |
| 12 | Even if he does make them an offer , it is not certain they would accept it . |
| 13 | But the law reports are a random collection of cases , and the very fact that each of those cases resulted from a dispute which the parties could not settle by agreement and had to take to court may make them an unrepresentative sample of the applications of the procedure . |
| 14 | Well will I please make them an apple pie |
| 15 | When I asked if they could make me an identical one trimmed with black fur and beading instead , they were horrified but they agreed in the end . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But that does n't make me an anorexic . |
| 17 | This view of scientific theories may make me an instrumentalist or a positivist — as I have said above , I have been called both . |
| 18 | Film and Filming magazine said the film had given everyone an insight into the thinking of Corman and Nicholson . |
| 19 | ‘ Well now , Barney , ye may think yerself an old man but I do n't think of meself as such ! ’ he exclaimed testily . |
| 20 | my mum got me an , yeah . |
| 21 | They made me an offer I could n't refuse . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He made me an outcast at Old Trafford ’ |
| 23 | It 's given me an incredible new perspective on what life is , and what it 's worth . |
| 24 | You 've given me an idea . |
| 25 | Slattery 's the travel people , have given me an open ticket , so I can cross the water any day I feel like . |
| 26 | I got my deserts , however , when being shown the sights of Paris by a distinguished professor and holder of the Légion d'Honneur , to whom my cousin had given me an introduction . |
| 27 | The researchers had given me an electric thermometer , a stalk of red plastic , to put in my mouth . |
| 28 | It has given me an insight into the way that I behave and that the way that I think definitely affects my actions . |
| 29 | The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue , |
| 30 | You 've given me an idea . |