Example sentences of "[indef pn] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will surely give someone a heart attack … |
| 2 | Or have you bought someone a present and then spent ages trying to cover up the price printed on the packaging ? |
| 3 | So if I give someone a bit of a clout now and then , it sort of clears me again . ’ |
| 4 | Could n't you have landed someone a bit more … ’ |
| 5 | On the one hand he was glad of an ally ; on the other he would have preferred someone a bit more the Punk 's size . |
| 6 | yeah but he sat outside Sally 's and Carole said no I I I 'm you know I ca n't do it , she said she wants someone a bit younger and she said |
| 7 | Yes I mean even though what I was saying about do n't worry about the , the , the headlines , you know , it it is there you are , and the last one , but you 're actually just giving someone a clue if they wanted to , or if they wanted to find out very briefly what it is about . |
| 8 | A " customer " is a person with or for whom a firm carries on , or merely intends to carry on , " regulated business " or other business carried on in connection with that regulated business ; the reference to " other business " does not make someone a customer if he would not otherwise be but seems merely to extend the scope of the activities covered by the COB Rules . |
| 9 | The COB Rules do not define the relevant transactions that make someone a customer . |
| 10 | The jury chose to ignore Mr Justice Drake 's advice that to call someone a queer ‘ may not be defamatory ’ and that the matter was ‘ very debatable ’ . |
| 11 | Belpan was outside the EC 's sphere of influence so the Colonel was doing someone a favour . |
| 12 | When Celtic equalised , bringing about a result that caused Aberdeen to lose ground in the championship race , there was that involuntary twitching movement , spreading from Aitken 's head to his toes , which signals that he is on the verge of doing someone a mischief unless he gets a satisfactory explanation in a very short space of time . |
| 13 | The first point to note is that sending someone a contract of employment does not involve any re-formatting of text . |
| 14 | Racist chanting is a no-no ( although I reserve the right to call anyone a black b*st*rd … etc , just I would call someone a fat b*st*rd or a long haired gippo b*st*rd ) . |
| 15 | Clearly at a basic level if you just gave someone a board and lake to practise on , apart from being dangerous it would take many months of frustration for them to work out what to do . |
| 16 | Technically , if you hand someone a joint you 're supplying , but it means a lot of work for them and does n't catch the people who are the big fish . |
| 17 | Driving licences , in particular , are like giving someone a cheque book . |
| 18 | And why not give someone a treat by investing in a subscription to both magazines ? |
| 19 | Men are also able to gain the lion 's share of the floor in cross-sex talk because women provide them with ‘ hearer support ’ in the form of minimal responses ( like mhm , yes ) and questions — when you ask someone a question you cede the floor to them . |
| 20 | But just one word of advice : if you offer someone a drink and they reply , ‘ No problem ’ , it actually means ‘ Yes , please ’ . |
| 21 | It will tell you , for instance , ‘ the three best ways to start a conversation ’ ( that seems obvious enough — buy someone a drink ; get drunk and fall on people ; pass out and be carried to someone 's house to sober up ) . |
| 22 | There 's not many men who are n't even relations that 'd give someone a record player for a wedding present . ’ |
| 23 | went to call someone a wanker |
| 24 | To call someone a nutter , however , is not to use what they would see as a term of abuse . |
| 25 | They say giving someone a patch is far cheaper than treating the same person for heart disease or lung cancer . |
| 26 | Sharing photographs was to him an act of intimacy ; to show someone a photograph you took was to give them a ‘ deeper insight into you as well as what you discerned ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ I might give someone a ring . ’ |
| 28 | It 's a good sign if he has loved someone a lot , it shows that he has a capacity for love . ’ |
| 29 | Consider how the following actions are both " ordinary " , and symbolic : Giving someone a mug of water . |
| 30 | But a crucial element of meaning can not be construed in this way , namely , the negative , scolding aspect ; because of this , the expression to give someone a piece of one 's mind must be considered semi-opaque — and , by the same token , only semi-translucent . |