Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having gained the initial advantage , the company can then price at a level to give itself a profit but still deter rivals , who face higher costs from entering . |
| 2 | When they 're still children a mother or a whore gives them a piece of broken mirror in which they trap a ray of the sun and reflect it into one of the Palace windows . |
| 3 | Being a temp gives you a good chance to try out different types of work before committing yourself to a permanent job , and also to size up the different companies . |
| 4 | A minor skirmish with the bank on a hairpin gave us a puncture [ and heart failure ! ] . |
| 5 | Some Arabs in a tent gave them a little water and then the exhausted men finally stumbled into an outpost of the King 's Dragoon Guards . |
| 6 | Finally , remember that fishing from a punt gives you a tremendous advantage . |
| 7 | MEANWHILE a Gadspy sends us a Yorkshire Post cutting in which Foreign Office minister Tristan Garel-Jones is branded both racist and xenophobic . |
| 8 | Additionally , training and riding a horse teaches it a whole range of new habits in relation to its work and us . |
| 9 | In Norway , for instance , it is illegal for a barman to serve you a fresh drink until after you have finished the previous one . |
| 10 | Annie left him , and then , pregnant , offered herself in order to saddle him with someone else 's child — and this when he had just received a telegram awarding him a scholarship to Oxford . |
| 11 | ‘ A girlfriend made me a wonderful big , bright red jumper which I liked so much that I asked her to knit me another . |
| 12 | When I was twelve , and I got baptized , erm a lady gave me a little text and it was from Joshua chapter one and it was verse nine and it says have I not commanded you be strong and courageous do not be terrified , do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go and that 's a verse that I 've been able to remember and to thank God for on so many different occasions all through my training as a doctor and it 's , all the promises in the bible are absolutely true and you can rely on them because it 's not a book written by men but it 's a book written by God . |
| 13 | She went for an hour and a half to give him a hot cooked dinner , which she had prepared in the morning , and to wash up afterwards . |
| 14 | What is now required is a law making it a crime to act in , produce , distribute or sell films and videos depicting cruel and excessive violence . |
| 15 | He claimed there was a plot to make him a scapegoat for economic failures . |
| 16 | You do n't get 5,000 people in a gallery giving you a cheer . ’ |
| 17 | See I 'm gon na use this as a exercise to prove what a charmer I am basically ! |
| 18 | The fact that he was black and a Tory gave him a value out of proportion to his contribution to the local Party , so he was frequently trotted out at functions , and encouraged to ask questions of visiting speakers . |
| 19 | She asked a footman to get him a brandy , for he was trembling . |
| 20 | MERCY killing doctor Nigel Cox walked free yesterday when a judge gave him a suspended 12-month prison sentence . |
| 21 | A museum paid him a four-figure sum for it . |
| 22 | A BURGLAR cooked himself a hearty meal after breaking into a fish and chip shop . |
| 23 | When he was a young fighter , a doctor had to chase him around a desk to give him a shot , and chaotic mobility to him is at least as important as breathing . |
| 24 | ‘ It seemed to take less of a hit to give me a concussion and it 's taking me longer to recover , ’ he says . |
| 25 | Only the width of a post denied him a sensational late equaliser at Everton in the following round , and Second Division Brighton will greet his return to action with some trepidation in tonight 's second round replay . |
| 26 | Does a failure to give you a pay rise , say on an annual basis , amount to constructive dismissal ? |
| 27 | ‘ A waiter brought you a note ? ’ |
| 28 | Shower heads should be cleaned regularly with a nail brush ; every so often use a descaler to give them a good clean . |
| 29 | Promising to pay more when he received cheques from his insurance company , he added : ‘ It might be sensible for us to have a meeting to give you an opportunity to justify and explain , item by item , the reason for the variation between the price agreed in April 1990 and the final bill . ’ |
| 30 | Such a denial makes him an atheist like other Christians . |