Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [verb] [pron] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , she has decided to give herself a year to change .
2 Even as the clamour grows for Mansell to reverse his decision to quit , the public hero has decided to give it a go in America .
3 Yes did n't buy any new ornaments when I was up in Liverpool cos I did n't see anything that I particularly liked but what Carla has done gives me an idea for making some extra bits for the tree Where did you get that from ?
4 It has a university and technical colleges , and its large student population has helped to give it a reputation as a trouble-spot Muslim fundamentalist groups are very active in Asyut , and the Coptic population is large .
5 Col. Savill has offered to give us a slide show
6 ‘ He has gone to find you a room , ’ said the Feldwebel , sitting down in front of the fire and stretching his legs .
7 With the aid of the surgeon 's skills , she has tried to make herself a mixture of the great beauties through the ages .
8 Sarah Jacobs has tried to build herself a life , saving for four years to buy furniture and applying for training courses .
9 We er You always made friends with people , could talk to people and if they want to miserable they can be miserable , you 'd got to tell them a tale , whether you know it or not .
10 ‘ I 'd had spun her a fanny . ’
11 It was almost as if he 'd reached out to clasp her hand in his plea for help , and she knew she 'd wanted to give him a lift .
12 He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married .
13 ‘ She must have decided to run herself a bath — I ca n't believe it .
14 Caesar will never know how fortunate he was to survive this episode ; Mr Richards could well have attempted to administer him a Mars bar instead .
15 But I think we would have tried to find her a job rather more removed from mine , over time . ’
16 Aunt Margaret tucked up Victoria and hung over the cot for a long minute as though she would have liked to sing her a lullaby .
17 The rather provocative title of their single having failed to garner them an interview with CNN , they have threatened to kill my family if the record is n't reviewed here .
18 He was careful to exchange addresses and telephone numbers and , if he had not been so short of funds , would have suggested buying her a drink at the Ritz , outside which they were both standing .
19 Unfortunately , its plain white mount carrying its title offended the judge , but he still felt compelled to award it a Merit Certificate .
20 Naturally , once the first paragraph of his letter met my eyes , I sat down with reassurance to say how sorry I was not to have written earlier and to have delayed giving him an account of the Italian visit .
21 Her seven veils were much in demand ; one had fallen into the hands of the Party 's Wessex Area Treasurer who had undertaken to make it a prize in the Christmas draw .
22 ‘ Hello , good morning , I 've come to give you a driving lesson .
23 I 've come to ask you a favour . ’
24 ‘ So you 've decided to give them an airing ? ’
25 You 'd better let us look after you now , ’ or ‘ We 've talked it over , and we 've decided to offer you a home with us . ’
26 The two sides eventually reached agreement but not before at least one priest had threatened to make it an election issue .
27 So this being his last free Wednesday for a while , he had decided to give himself a treat .
28 His well-being is of even higher importance to Scotland now that Peter Dods , such an admirable understudy with 23 caps , had decided to call it a day .
29 They had decided to call it a day , that was all .
30 The defendants wrote to him and told him that they had decided to pay him a pension of £200 a year and that he was at liberty to enter into any other employment or enter any business , ‘ except in the wool trade . ’
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