Example sentences of "i a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steal me a mink , would you ? ’ |
| 2 | One day I suggested to my father that he buy me a pair of binoculars . |
| 3 | Some of its relics are scrupulously cared for in the English Circle headquarters ; they showed me a pair of jockey scales , caricatures of riders clambering redfaced out of ditches , group paintings of the hunt moving off . |
| 4 | We had had our school trial in the concrete playground and I had made the team ; so here I was , complete with black Curtis plimsolls ( I had had to ask my Mum to buy me a pair ) and white ‘ Alf Ramsey ’ shorts . |
| 5 | They gave us a list of the clothes and equipment we would need , and Dad bought me a pair of spikes from Ron Springett 's Sports Shop . |
| 6 | And give me a pair of tongs so that I can take one out of the water at a time . ’ |
| 7 | The Seychelles kestrel had so far eluded me , but I met an English birder while I was trying again to photograph waders in the harbour of Victoria , and he told me a pair had nested in one of the church towers in the town . |
| 8 | Otto had been true to his word and left out for me a pair of boy 's shorts . |
| 9 | Although welcoming my friend 's generosity in giving me a pair , I did not want to mate brother and sister if possible especially as these were already young from a brother and sister pairing , so I did not intend to use the young male unless I could find an unrelated mate for him . |
| 10 | Then they let me get dressed , gave me a pair of slippers , because we were n't allowed to wear shoes , and said I had to wait to see the Governess . |
| 11 | My father made me a pair of wooden clappers and I used to rattle these and call out : |
| 12 | ‘ Gim me a pair of gloves . ’ |
| 13 | Ant : Look , why do n't you nip home and get me a pair of your trousers ? |
| 14 | And I 'm no good at tying laces so she got me a pair of Adidas you know with the velcro , |
| 15 | And then it me a pair of trousers . |
| 16 | Give me a pair of , brought me a pair of trousers . |
| 17 | Give me a pair of , brought me a pair of trousers . |
| 18 | Indeed , it must have occurred on just one of those summer evenings she mentions , for I can recall distinctly climbing to the second landing and seeing before me a series of orange shafts from the sunset breaking the gloom of the corridor where each bedroom door stood ajar . |
| 19 | They give me a reindeer hood that they assure me will be warmer than my silk and fleece and wool . |
| 20 | And landed me a sea-trout |
| 21 | ‘ Robots , ’ he said , ‘ gave me a means of venting my anger , ’ a remark whose logic baffled me until I read another ‘ Logic alone can not explain this . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They did n't pay me no wages , not real wages , they just gave me a bob now and again , and me board and lodgin' , and some clothes . |
| 23 | ‘ E asked me if I 'd go an' look for it , and 'e gave me a quid . |
| 24 | ‘ I helped Jack Wards the horse-slaughterer on that Sunday : the old man gave me a quid , a gold sovereign at that . |
| 25 | But that basket were only half full and it cost me a quid for what were in the basket . |
| 26 | alright then and if not you 've got ta give me a quid |
| 27 | You owe me a quid , you cheeky |
| 28 | That 's alright , I 'll let you drive me all the way round once so , he owes me a quid you see . |