Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You feel like you 've heard them a couple of hundred times when it 's only been twice . |
| 2 | There is a very smart woman working in Conservative Central Office who has taught me a trick at least as useful at that of Shirley Williams . |
| 3 | The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics . |
| 4 | Fortunately for Conran , he had attended the sort of public school ‘ which had taught me a lot of practical skills ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’ |
| 6 | Four years with a handicapped child have taught me a lot of things , but three in particular : |
| 7 | I was very naive but the last year has taught me a lot . |
| 8 | Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me . |
| 9 | A local garage owner has leant them a car to help in the short term . |
| 10 | ‘ The nature garden has given everyone a lift and will be somewhere that the children can enjoy . ’ |
| 11 | He had always done that at his pre-production party , given everyone a carnation to wear , but this time he had overreached himself . |
| 12 | Original by the look of it , and so were the banisters , but someone had painted them a kind of snot green . |
| 13 | They 've given me a theatre for a season . |
| 14 | ‘ Somehow , though , watching you racing round the field like a schoolgirl has given me a burst of energy . |
| 15 | I 'm going tomorrow morning there anyway cos Roy 's just given me a call , they 've got some problems with screw support bearings locking up , but er I 'll go over there some time |
| 16 | Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles . |
| 17 | Well , he 's given me a ticket and he 's gon na give , loads of us going , there 's about ten of us ! |
| 18 | The Lord has given me a heart for the Filipino people , although my work here finds me alongside so many other people . |
| 19 | He seemed full of beans though , and after he had given me a rundown on the life cycle of the polyp , three nurses wheeled me across the corridor and into another room . |
| 20 | Yeah well I 'm , I 'm gon na try and get the final year lecture for Tuesday sorted actually on Saturday and erm it 's usually , it 's usually Guy but I think I 'm doing it this week , yeah , because I 've got quite a few to do on things like racist in the media and Guy 's mate Dennis has just written a book and he 's given me a manuscript of it and it 's about how racist psychology is which is |
| 21 | You 've given me a heck of a lot of ammunition . ’ |
| 22 | It was on one of these occasions that Guy Gibson was ushered into " Cocky's ' presence and , just prior to his appearance , the AOC had given me a slip of paper with the names of about 20 pilots whom he asked me not to recruit — as a favour to him — which was his style . |
| 23 | She 's given me a couple of great ideas . |
| 24 | Erm , we 've got a few sponsors , and also a few places that people have agreed to sell the book and display , so Nurseries , Redferns , Malcolm , College Bookshop , Toy and Candy , erm , a bloke from Manchester Insurance has given me a couple of days to sell the book out there . |
| 25 | So you 're feeling relaxed and comfortable and good because you 're telling me , you know , what a great tennis player I am and I really enjoy it , you 've just given me a couple of names that I 'll either make a note of or I 'll say that 's interesting cos I actually deal with Joe on a business relationship anyway erm maybe we could meet some other people from the tennis club , self employed people , professional people such as yourself , who might be interested in looking at financial planning but today I 'm more interested in talking about you Bill , erm we 'll come back to them a bit later if I may so let's press on . |
| 26 | Lewis felt ‘ as if you had given me a bottle of champagne … |
| 27 | I thought someone 'd given me a TV set — I was so excited , I ripped the box open and this girl went , ‘ Can I have your autograph ? ’ |
| 28 | It was likely that Alison had n't given me a thought for weeks , and that she had had half a dozen more affaires . |
| 29 | Answering back I thought he could have given me a bit more time cos I wanted to say something else and he was |
| 30 | But I looked at it and I thought well I 'm being silly here because , it 's not keeping that for me , , you see he 's given me a bit of and |