Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [verb] [pron] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I 'm I mean I give you an example . |
| 2 | When you say it cost me an arm and a leg , you 're thinking in word pictures if you like it 's a metaphor and er in the in the picture it 's by the er Long John by the Long John Silver figure having not only one leg , but also one arm as well . |
| 3 | I if I say it cost you an arm and a leg ? |
| 4 | Let me tell you an anecdote , insert a bitable narrative McNugget into your fast mind , that will illustrate this point . |
| 5 | Let me give you an example . |
| 6 | Let me give you an example . |
| 7 | Let me give you an example . |
| 8 | Let me give you an example , one I remember because years ago when I first read the book I actually penetrated the secret . |
| 9 | Let me give you an example . |
| 10 | Let me give you an example . |
| 11 | Let me give you an example of the misuse of the press . |
| 12 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 13 | No they 're not the realities , because what we 're saying is that we have to modernize the policies of the Labour Party , but the policies are absolutely based in our traditional concerns , I mean , let me give you an example , when Beveridge was talking about unemployment , and the life long need for people to work , he was talking about a male workforce , where it was a man supported by a non-working wife , now we still have at the absolute heart of our concerns in the Labour Party peoples need to work , but we 're now talking about a situation , where women are sharing with their husbands the role of bed breadwinner , and in many families the woman is the sole breadwinner , and therefore our policies about employment and the economy recognize that the world has changed , our principles are the same , but the world to which we 're applying it is very different , and , again , on that you see there would be no distinction between the so-called traditionalists and the so-called modernizers . |
| 14 | Erm let me give you an example . |
| 15 | But , very simply , what it really means , let me give you an illustration . |
| 16 | Let me give you an example to start with . |
| 17 | I let me give you an example , I 've always respected erm Teddy Taylor and John Biffen who have taken the extreme view on Europe . |
| 18 | Let me give you an example of how you sell the benefits one and only one thing the handle , you 've got that handle , that system |
| 19 | Let me give you an example of , of how this is done with a computer game . |
| 20 | Let him call it an English fief if he will , it makes no difference to the truth , it 's but a word . |
| 21 | I know I owe you an apology . ’ |
| 22 | I know I gave you an inducement to get better quickly , but I did n't expect you to be this impatient . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ By the way , ’ Aranyos was continuing , so completely in his usual languid manner that Karelius could have been imagining things , ‘ I suppose I owe you an explanation about Louise Müller . |
| 24 | So I guess I owe you an apology , ’ he said ruefully , ‘ although when you walked in through the kitchen door , all dressed up to the nines after being with Ryan , I wanted anything but to forgive you . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I guess I owe you an apology , Sister . ’ |
| 26 | I feel I owe you an apology for abandoning your esteemed Victorian values . |
| 27 | I loved it and I honestly feel it did me an enormous amount of good in calming my mind and making my body more supple ( although as a Christian I do n't practise meditative yoga ) . |
| 28 | after seventeen years in the business I think I know what an almond looks like |
| 29 | " I think you owe me an explanation , young man , " Katherine snapped , looking at her son over the rim of her wire-framed glasses . |
| 30 | ‘ I think you owe me an explanation , Silas . ’ |