Example sentences of "a [noun sg] 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 | I thank him with a glance and push it a little closer to her . |
| 8 | The British Museum agreed to get him a permit and to give him a grant , in return for any antiquities he might discover . |
| 9 | ‘ Come on then you lot , ’ shouted Yanto , ‘ Let's have a wander and get ourselves an appetite . ’ |
| 10 | There they will hire a minibus and drive themselves the 1,000 kilometres overland to Bophuthatswana . |
| 11 | Put them on a window-sill and water them every two or three days . |
| 12 | They spoke good Spanish : if they promised to interpret for me , I said , I 'd rent a car and give them a ride . |
| 13 | She had learned as a girl and given herself a week 's holiday for a thirtieth birthday present . |
| 14 | The retort earned a laugh and gave me a split second to stop my heart from racing . |
| 15 | The little maid is sedate as a judge and reminds me every day of her mother . |
| 16 | I prised off a scab and gave it the tongue test . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . " |
| 20 | If you have a poor memory you could slip away for a moment and write yourself a quick note . |
| 21 | I do n't think she 's gon na get a job and get herself a flat . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 25 | Mechanics pushed our aircraft into a hangar and machined us a new stud for our exhaust pipe . |
| 26 | I 'll come up in a minute and bring you a cup of tea . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Maybe they 'll launch a putsch and get themselves a new chairman . ’ |
| 29 | He took off his shoes , climbed into a chair , rolled a cigarette and poured himself a coffee . |
| 30 | ‘ The only problem is , my car is going in for a service , so maybe you could do me a favour and give me a lift there ? |