Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | because you see I only use it a tankful once a day when I have a bath in the morning have a bath at night as well . |
| 2 | ‘ I only have one a day now , ’ Alice says . |
| 3 | I 'm glad I did n't buy a sling because I only used it a couple of times . |
| 4 | ‘ I just make me a chair and spend lazy afternoons watching the clouds . ’ |
| 5 | I just gave him a look . |
| 6 | I just gave him a piece of fruit , Oscar said , and told him to learn French . |
| 7 | I just gave her a bit of a hand and these sort of questions where they 've got so many alternatives answers to fill the spaces |
| 8 | I just gave her a lift to the Fair . ’ |
| 9 | Er no cos I realized that I was that it was totally wrong so I just gave it a miss and went on to something else . |
| 10 | Shy and modest , Pauline Ashley says only : ‘ I just do what a wife has to . |
| 11 | I just consider it a privilege to be answering the phones and sometimes to help people . |
| 12 | Can I just ask you a question Sue . |
| 13 | I just give you a pound ? |
| 14 | I just think what a load of rubbish . |
| 15 | I 'm sorry I once called you a pig . " |
| 16 | Ca n't remember if I ever sent you a copy of the autumn BAIE programme — the Intellectual Property Seminar is now 14th January next with a variable member and non-member fee , to try and boost numbers from undersubscribed earlier date . |
| 17 | I always thought thee a fly un . ’ |
| 18 | Well yes you can but if anyone refuses U B er I S rather I always give them a leaflet . |
| 19 | I still sent her a Christmas card each year , for old times sake . |
| 20 | That I still feel myself a foreigner is by no means the fault of the neighbours , the true natives . |
| 21 | And she was going in for eggs or something , said well I usually leave them a day or two in the winter cos it does n't hurt and she said she struggled and struggled with that door ! |
| 22 | I tried to I probably made myself a bit of a nuisance when I came in last time but , |
| 23 | In , in the science museum she saw these really nice lighters and she comes back and my mum 's in the same room and she says , I nearly bought you a lighter . |
| 24 | Oh yes , they were a bit pleased but straight away they started getting , you know Alex was getting tired so we were getting can I get it out , can I get this out , can I get that and it were half open and I was frightened of losing the bits so I gave him one and he said no he did n't want that one he wanted the other one , so I give him another one and then I nearly gave him a clout . |
| 25 | ‘ I really liked them a lot . |
| 26 | As an arthritis sufferer I often find it a strain using the latch tool for casting off . |
| 27 | ‘ I immediately offered him a cup of tea or coffee and he followed me into the kitchen , ’ says Lynsey . |
| 28 | I do n't suppose I even knew what a pirate was , but I remember it vividly . |
| 29 | ‘ I even took them a doctor 's note about Jamie 's illness . |
| 30 | I then tell them a story which they act out : one day the children all set off home only to find that a great big hole has opened up in the playground . |