Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] a [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the lure of the big stores , though clothing coupons and shortage of money made them a feast for the eye only . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There were few holidays , or trips to the famous surf of the Australian beaches , until friends of the family lent them a house by the sea in later years . |
| 4 | Maxine asked me a number of the usual questions , and I answered each one in turn hoping to set her mind at rest . |
| 5 | He rang up the hospital and got me a bed for the next week . |
| 6 | It has been my pleasure and privilege to have known since 1967 when he made me a member of the Labour Party . |
| 7 | The Lord has given me a heart for the Filipino people , although my work here finds me alongside so many other people . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's given me a kick up the backside . |
| 10 | Jane Daly has just given me a copy of the new Capital Equipment RTP forms . |
| 11 | Actually there 's Paul , the guy who 'd given me a lift to the concert and , and he mentioned going to the , the film I saw , erm but I knew he was going to the pub , he always goes to the pub afterwards . |
| 12 | Lawrence has insisted he wants to stay and honour his contract at Middlesbrough and make them a force in the Premier division . |
| 13 | Sitting in a traffic jam with such a car alongside is a contemporary purgatory that produces reactions in me that bode no good for the future of the human race and make me a menace on the roads for minutes afterwards . |
| 14 | His father had given them a lecture on the evils of saddlery repair bills . |
| 15 | The theatre is also hoping somebody could lend them a video of the 1990 World Cup Semi-Final between England and West Germany . |
| 16 | We 're gon na get em trained up in the garages before we actually launch , but they are able now to say they are approved installers so they will be getting all the stuff , everything in relation to it , I 've given em a list of the people involved in Nottinghamshire and it 's the launch is on the seventh March at West Bridgford , and basically the system is ready and up and running , thank the Lord after hard work by er Keith and us all at various times , but it 's been mainly down to Keith . |
| 17 | Notify the press of your efforts to get a conservation area designated and send them a copy of the booklet you have prepared . |
| 18 | And might even buy them a drink at the same bar afterwards . |
| 19 | Victory this afternoon in Parnell Park , Antrim 's home from home , would guarantee them a place in the lucrative knock-out stages , while offering the younger players a chance to display their considerable talents . |
| 20 | He drew me a map of the route with a stick in the sand . |
| 21 | But in the 1950s , with the first wave of postwar affluence , young people in transition began to have money and the adman found them a place in the consumer society . |
| 22 | We used them a lot on the Long Drive — ’ |
| 23 | The accident cost me a visit to the local doctor , and Mother several consolatory ice creams . |
| 24 | He sits down and writes me a receipt in the shadow of a sign which says ‘ You do n't have to be crazy here but it helps ’ . |
| 25 | For a second time du Guesclin found himself a prisoner of the English , who routed his army . |
| 26 | He came here with my grandmother when he was in his early twenties , changed his name from Vassilakas to Vass and found himself a job in the only trade he knew . |
| 27 | our next stop is over in Herefordshire at Ross on Wye … we 're meeting up with a young tennis player who 's won himself a place at the world 's top coaching clinic … the story of Tim Bibby is our Friday Feature |
| 28 | After nearly two decades of hard work , Robert Cray has earned himself a place alongside the blues aristocracy . |
| 29 | ‘ Gi' yer a hand wi' the legging ! ’ the youth offered . |
| 30 | Your colourful container pictures could win you a break in the Lakes , courtesy of the Buxton Mineral Water Company |