Example sentences of "[vb -s] [indef pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He offers everyone a serious comparison of Keaton and Charlie Chaplin ( with Harold Lloyd and Fatty Arbuckle trivia thrown in for good measure ) , revealing that Keaton was , for him , the true genius on account of his invention and comic daring . |
| 2 | yeah but he sat outside Sally 's and Carole said no I I I 'm you know I ca n't do it , she said she wants someone a bit younger and she said |
| 3 | If one wants something a bit outlandish like , or gets violent with the girls , I want to know . |
| 4 | It is a treasure tale well-worth telling and contains everything a detectorist could wish for : concealed documents , codes and treasure of various forms . |
| 5 | He has everything a swashbuckling hero needs — except good looks . |
| 6 | Seven miles by three , with only 3,000 inhabitants , it 's small , but has everything a visitor needs . |
| 7 | The show has everything a dog could want , even career opportunities , with advice on hand available from the professionals themselves . |
| 8 | But councillors are keen to stress how Darlington has everything a company could want in terms of infrastructure and amenities . |
| 9 | Sir : Has anyone a suggestion about how , once we have made all our graduates pay for their own education through some sort of lifelong surtax , we should set about stopping those with any marketable skills and sense leaving the country as soon as they possibly can ? |
| 10 | Has anyone a friendly grocer or newsagent etc. who would be willing to display it in their window ? |
| 11 | Has anyone a photograph of the airfield taken during World War Two ? |
| 12 | Now parental investment is a technical concept which we do n't need to go into in this course in too great detail , suffice is to say that parental investment represents everything a parent sinks into its offspring which promotes its offspring 's reproductive success . |
| 13 | Set in the very heart of Florence the Hotel Ambasciatori offers everything a visitor needs for a serene and pleasant stay in Florence . |
| 14 | Holden calls someone a ‘ phoney ’ if they behave in a superficial way , or if they value the wrong things , for example money and beauty , and are hypocritical in order to be accepted in society . |
| 15 | The new Saab CD 2.3 Turbo delivers everything a high-flying chairman of the board could expect from a luxury limousine . |
| 16 | Any Cathedral tells one a great deal about those responsible for its erection . |
| 17 | Struggling to hold back tears , Mr Parry added : ‘ If my son becomes a symbol for peace and gives everyone a new sense of hope after so much tragedy , then that will be Tim 's unique achievement . ’ |
| 18 | In principle it is extremely desirable , not only because of the basic ‘ otherness ’ of foreign poetry , but because such knowledge gives one a better sense of what English poetry can and can not do . |
| 19 | No doubt considerable generalisations have also been made by the French but the division into more zones ( each with different financial incentives ) gives one a greater sense of confidence that care has gone into linking agricultural supports to real variations in handicap . |
| 20 | Nearby , in the small village of Sticklepath , the Museum of Rural Industry gives one a clear understanding of the skills and hard work involved in living in such a remote area . |
| 21 | Thus she concludes that being male or female gives one a distinctive viewpoint which should be included in any theory of human beings . |
| 22 | At 80 miles per hour , the sight of passing foliage and man-made monuments gives one a cross-eyed headache and the intense activity within the guts of the animal makes standing or walking persons feel like slightly out of balance gyroscopes . |
| 23 | This splendid lithograph by Bourne gives one a vivid idea of the impact of the railway on urban landscapes . |
| 24 | And it gives one a peaceful feeling within |
| 25 | This gives everybody a turn at catching . |
| 26 | ‘ Beuno likes everyone a little and no one in particular . |
| 27 | I think it does everyone a lot of good . |
| 28 | Now the DNA operating system of a species is very very old indeed , and there is evidence that it , seen in the long term , does something a bit like the computer with its disc files . |
| 29 | ‘ It is the process of being recruited , co-opted and accepted by the apparatus that makes someone a bureaucrat ’ . |
| 30 | It says : ‘ It is not being beautiful or being born of noble family that makes one a lady . |