Example sentences of "i a lift [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 2 | Erm I 'd seen one this morning but she is n't in the core lecture so she 's no good to you , but I said to her could you give me a lift at all ? |
| 3 | ‘ Could you possibly give me a lift to town if that 's where you 're going next ? ’ |
| 4 | He 's giving me a lift to the airport . ’ |
| 5 | The day before the dinner I received word from the admiral 's ADC that if I were to present myself at 6.55 p.m. at his suite in the Gosforth Park Hotel , where we were both staying , he would give me a lift to the dockyard . |
| 6 | A middle-aged man picked me up on the M4 near Swindon and offered me a lift to London , which was very convenient . |
| 7 | And I wonder , ’ she went on as Melissa murmured a polite and hypocritical response , ‘ if you 'd be so kind as to give me a lift to the school this morning ? |
| 8 | ‘ Can you give me a lift to beyond the Mohaka River ? ’ |
| 9 | He gives me a lift to work . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | So you do n't mind giving me a lift to , up to Nick 's house ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We stood eyeing each other for a few minutes and then to my amazement a jeep came up ; the farmer saw my problem and not only gave me a lift past the bull but took me right to the main road where the bike was . |
| 14 | Is there anybody who is going to Old Trafford on Jan 1st who could give me a lift from the Leeds region ? ? |
| 15 | The NCC warden kindly gave me a lift in his Landrover . |
| 16 | In theory , Verity and Lewis were meant to be giving me a lift in four days time , but that was obviously out , now . |