Example sentences of "[pers pn] a special [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When your FlexiLoan is arranged , we will give you a special cheque book so that when the time comes to spend some or all of your borrowing limit , all you have to do is make our a cheque for the right amount . |
| 2 | You a special case or something up , boy , you ! |
| 3 | Have you a special interest in any of our activities ? |
| 4 | ‘ Granny , Pippa 's brought you a special chocolate , ’ he went on , some time after the old lady had thanked the child . |
| 5 | ‘ The police have given me a special telephone number . |
| 6 | My dear wife , Lucy , bought me a special phone-attachment — bought it for my last birthday , bless her heart . ’ |
| 7 | Being restricted here does not make me a special case , though . |
| 8 | Beyond and above the jolt to the national memory , there was for me a special exhumation of the past . |
| 9 | To prove , yet again , that he was a good salesman as well as a good cook , Esmonde did me a special offer on a small bottle of rice wine which he persuaded me I just had to try . |
| 10 | and if he wants to send them as one consignment , but now the value is twenty five thousand pounds collectively you can ring up Stubbings and as , or get your F and A to do this for you , Finance and Admin , ring up Stubbings and can you give me a special rate for these goods and ar , can you give me what I can charge them for special coverage to take it higher than our normal coverage of fifteen thousand pound ? |
| 11 | ‘ They have given me a special office in the Kremlin . |
| 12 | They have accepted a compromise deal which will give them a special allowance for working an extra hour in the morning and late at night under a new roster system . |
| 13 | The offer made them a special case but by the same token was condemned by other groups such as the ancillary workers , who protested that they were offered only 4 per cent . |
| 14 | September 26 is also Grandparents Day — so while you are in Woolworths why not buy them a special card or gift ? |
| 15 | Their great rarity has given them a special value in times past , so that they have often escaped the indifference and persecution that has befallen the commonplace moggies . |
| 16 | The apparent simplicity of polar land ecosystems gives them a special value for modelling and quantitative studies . |
| 17 | But if they would work no more and no faster than the job required , they would work no slower and no less : nobody had to give them a special incentive to give of their best . |
| 18 | Should Major win , the staff at Number 10 will give him a special welcome . |
| 19 | She gave him a special smile as she passed by on their father 's arm . |
| 20 | At his home at Tackley in Oxfordshire , his parents have given him a special shed to play in , with his own lock and key of course . |
| 21 | While he was there , God gave him a special dream . |
| 22 | The railway have promised to give him a special party during the weekend of October 26 and 27 and he looks forward to seeing as many of this young friends as possible at that event . |
| 23 | In November Churchill paid his annual visit to his old school at Harrow , where the boys sang for him a special verse : |
| 24 | Despite these minor domestic headaches , it was decided to give him a special birthday treat of a guided tour of the Chubb Factory to decide exactly how all those interesting little gadgets actually work and no doubt to take away a few tips as well . |
| 25 | In March this year the film industry in the USA awarded him a special Oscar for his outstanding contribution to world cinema . |
| 26 | So they gave him a special job . ’ |
| 27 | Indeed the London County Council had built her a special unit at Queen Mary 's Hospital Carshalton . |
| 28 | Or , if you have a Brownie pen-pal , you could send her a special bookmark to show her that you are thinking of her on February 22 . |
| 29 | It gave her a special place in her mother 's eyes . |
| 30 | President Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico , however , offered her a special audience and the keys to Mexico City on Oct. 19 . |