Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [art] lift " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the inter-island ship , the Nanasipau'u , which might have given me a lift up north , chose to ride out the wind in the lee of the island , unwisely put down both anchors , promptly snapped both chains and then drifted helplessly out to sea . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ If I 'd known you were going to be so quick I 'd have given you a lift . ’ |
| 4 | Ash had been in London for a programming interview with some big insurance company and had offered me a lift back home , or to Gallanach anyway , as I 'd exiled myself from Lochgair . |
| 5 | Miles and Juliet had offered him a lift to Pangbourne Station . |
| 6 | I wished we might have stopped and offered her a lift . |
| 7 | If I had had a car of my own I would have offered her a lift , however far out of my way it might have taken me . |
| 8 | Fabia went to bed that night having seen nothing of the man who had given her a lift , but with other more important issues rising to the surface . |
| 9 | She caught herself smiling ridiculously when he 'd gone , and realised that she felt quite cheered that he had n't simply given her a lift to Prague , seen her safely installed in the spare bedroom , and then forgotten about her . |
| 10 | He sometimes had given her a lift to Atherton , Manchester , where she had been staying . |
| 11 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |
| 12 | Presumably , the estate agent would have given him a lift somewhere . |
| 13 | Then he discovers the bar owner doubles up as the town sheriff and that gunman Lyle has just given him a lift . |
| 14 | I expect somebody might of given him a lift up , I do n't know . |