Example sentences of "[coord] buy [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't afford to take you out properly or buy you a proper Christmas present , or be able to tell you not to worry — I 'm twenty-eight years old and I 'm still living from hand to mouth like a bloody tramp . |
| 2 | As soon as he started to tear the paper off I had a wild desire to snatch it back , rush out and buy him a record-player ; it seemed such a ludicrously inadequate present after all he 'd done for me . |
| 3 | I thought , if you 've no objection , I could slip up to town after breakfast and go to one of the big stores , and buy him a really handsome shirt and tie . ’ |
| 4 | Tired , too : she lay awake at night , thinking , and came down several mornings so pale that Auntie Lou wanted to go to the chemist and buy her a tonic . |
| 5 | Perhaps he would take her into Tommy 's Bar and buy her a cup of coffee . |
| 6 | ’ Pack it in , ' said Duffa , ’ and buy me a drink . ' |
| 7 | It is a nice feeling to be in a candy store but until you decide what you want and buy it the nice feeling does not turn into a nice taste . |
| 8 | ‘ Jaysus is n't that great , if you were six years older I 'd take you into Shea 's and put you up on my knee and buy you a gin and it . ’ |
| 9 | they kick you out and buy you a caravan . |