Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is surprising to find that some practices , perhaps believing that the world will always grant them a living , manage their affairs without the elementary assistance of time recording . |
| 2 | If I ask Shirley nicely she might lend me a couple . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps you could lend me a servant to guide me back to the Grange ? ’ |
| 4 | So well can you lend me a pound ? |
| 5 | Can you lend me a fiver while our Corrinne comes home ? |
| 6 | Can you lend me a fiver ? |
| 7 | Well I knew someone in and I thought to myself I , perhaps he might lend me a hand ? |
| 8 | ‘ I wish someone would lend me a farm hand , ’ said Dancer 's Interior Designer sulkily . |
| 9 | Come on , you 've got lots , masses , you can spare me a bit . |
| 10 | Could you spare me a moment ? ’ |
| 11 | brother can you spare me a dime |
| 12 | The work they 've put in , erm , and obviously , if you give your support to erm , make them a grant , it 's basically a grant for adults . |
| 13 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |
| 14 | But a more puritan era of egalitarian austerity could make them a lot shyer — and for some time to come . |
| 15 | ‘ You 'd make them a lot happier if you 'd start singing again , ’ Candy returned , going unerringly for the jugular . |
| 16 | And they 'd come up and wait them but I 'd make them a cup of coffee or a cup of cocoa or something like that , there were n't coffee then cos we could n't afford coffee we used to have cocoa or make them a mug of tea . |
| 17 | The chemical companies are also betting that the Greenhouse Effect will make them a killing . |
| 18 | But that wo n't make me a freedom fighter , just another fascist ! |
| 19 | Current medical technology could never make me a man in full fact , but I could have what was available . |
| 20 | It will make me a man of of greater standing in the community , I 'll be more respected , folk will have more deference towards me , I 'll be a bigger land owner ! |
| 21 | It did n't look er odd it looked okay so that would make me a bit more confident I think a bit less self conscious . |
| 22 | ‘ Does that make me a suspect ? ’ she asked , her spine rigid . |
| 23 | I met him two or three years later when I asked if he would make me a dress for the March of Dimes , using some peony pink silk that Winston brought back from China . |
| 24 | ( I may believe Jesus ' teaching to have been exemplary , or that he was a man singularly in tune with God ; but this , as I would argue , does not make me a Christian . ) |
| 25 | But again this does not make me a Christian . |
| 26 | I could s I I even though it might make me a lot of money because I know that if I got if I made a dozen phone calls and did n't get any deals I 'd be out there wanting play the er I would n't trust myself . |
| 27 | I had the hair up a bit and I liked Siouxsie & The Banshees — does that make me a goth ? ’ |
| 28 | You can make me a lemon cheesecake if you like after tea . |
| 29 | ‘ Would you like me to dig too , or will you stop and make me a cup of coffee ? ’ |
| 30 | Oh well of course that 's making me have a parched throat you know , so you 're gon na have to ma , go and make me a cup of tea ! |