Example sentences of "a [noun] and [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 When will the Secretary of State make a decision and give us an answer on that most important issue ?
2 Jackie was asked if she would take a Thoroughbred mare who had been abandoned in a field and give her a home as a brood mare — but part of the deal was that she also took the pony who had been left with her .
3 When asked to clarify his intended future playing policy , he said : ‘ Have a look and see what the team does in Spain , see how it plays and then we 'll talk about it . ’
4 Right , so now we 've got round to what we can do for the casualty , let's have a look and see what the body 's trying to do here and then we 'll say how you 'll help them a bit more .
5 She has done us many a kindness and fed us every morning . "
6 He waved the clerk to a seat and served him a cup of watered wine .
7 As last year , they will bring the skip on a Tuesday and remove it a week later .
8 I thank him with a glance and push it a little closer to her .
9 The British Museum agreed to get him a permit and to give him a grant , in return for any antiquities he might discover .
10 I shall grow it down into a bob and have it a bit long steppy bit at the back and keep growing it .
11 ‘ Come on then you lot , ’ shouted Yanto , ‘ Let's have a wander and get ourselves an appetite . ’
12 There they will hire a minibus and drive themselves the 1,000 kilometres overland to Bophuthatswana .
13 Put them on a window-sill and water them every two or three days .
14 They spoke good Spanish : if they promised to interpret for me , I said , I 'd rent a car and give them a ride .
15 She had learned as a girl and given herself a week 's holiday for a thirtieth birthday present .
16 The retort earned a laugh and gave me a split second to stop my heart from racing .
17 The little maid is sedate as a judge and reminds me every day of her mother .
18 I prised off a scab and gave it the tongue test .
19 It is avarice that enhances a jewel and gives it an artificial beauty , but the stones of the sea are valueless so their beauty is real .
20 Jacqui 's occupation had n't improved it ; she was n't the sort of girl who immediately revolutionized a place and gave it a woman 's touch ; she just spread her belongings over the widest possible area .
21 I 'll take over his boat for you , sell it and my own , set up as a privateer and give you a quarter share , so 's you 'll have a bit of income to live on . "
22 If you have a poor memory you could slip away for a moment and write yourself a quick note .
23 I do n't think she 's gon na get a job and get herself a flat .
24 The officer did not invite the defendant to express a preference for giving blood or urine but warned him of the consequences of failure to provide a specimen and gave him the opportunity to put forward any reasons why a specimen of blood could not be taken by a doctor .
25 After a large crusade the Jeffreys would appoint a leader and give him the task of planting a new church with the fruits of the crusade .
26 We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff .
27 Mechanics pushed our aircraft into a hangar and machined us a new stud for our exhaust pipe .
28 I 'll come up in a minute and bring you a cup of tea .
29 And when he would arrive from Barnard Castle with a heavy load of shopping on a bicycle and give me a nice round bun he would buy as a special treat from a shop called Guy 's .
30 Maybe they 'll launch a putsch and get themselves a new chairman . ’
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