Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [art] [adj] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bring me a hot towel and a ! |
| 2 | Simply send me a large cheque and I will provide you with the ordnance survey co-ordinates of its last sighting . |
| 3 | The county council acknowledge its a dangerous road and are now urging the department of transport to take action . |
| 4 | I think erm I think is quite fair maybe if concessions could be raised to one fifty or two pounds but overall I think that people who can afford it spend such a lot of money on the raffle and we therefore give raffle tickets to those who can afford it could jealousy and on the raffle generally about a hundred pounds is made and if there , if there was more charge for tickets , people might not give so much for the raffles and also if you give but if you charge them a nominal sum and then shove other things at them on their options they might be more willing to give to optional choices like a raffle . |
| 5 | You show me a tweed-skirted twinset and pearl wearer , and I guarantee there 's a scarlet bustier pulsating beneath . |
| 6 | I wash it every other day and change my shampoo and conditioner every three months . |
| 7 | We owe them a great deal and can best repay them by finding a political solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | Almost always the company will pay the artist 's recording expenses , give them a small advance and choose and pay the producer . |
| 9 | Give them a short back and sides and give them a taste of the birch . |
| 10 | Could of thrown them a bit , bit better than that , give them a fucking shake and I 'll just |
| 11 | So , ideally , we need to forecast changes in demand for personnel , particularly highly trained professional personnel , in order to have time to develop and staff more training institutions — medical schools , professional social work departments and so on — and then to recruit suitable trainees and give them the necessary education and training before we try to implement a major change in policy . |
| 12 | So that , can you could give me two , please , give me a literal translation and then an idiomatic one , as if you 're doing a modern bible . |
| 13 | Because er while I 've had wedding cake from people and and they give you a little bit and I 've said to you have n't I , well I would n't have bothered giving anybody this . |
| 14 | But I said just go and give her a fair chance and I |
| 15 | Give her a direct order and she knew where she was . |
| 16 | and give him a rough time and he was the longest serving rep with . |
| 17 | ‘ Give him a round tale and a round figure at the end . ’ |
| 18 | Good gentlemen , give him a further edge And drive his purpose into these delights . |
| 19 | Hepzibah says , give him a stray feather and he 'll tell you which bird it comes from ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Give him the damn jacket and stop being such a petty bitch . ’ |
| 21 | A well-informed horseman simply had to grasp the horse 's head firmly and give it a sharp turn and back him out of the area that had been contaminated by the jading substance . |
| 22 | He come in Saturday , not that he , we 've heard all that before , said that you can get give it a good wash and squeeze it back , that I ca n't put one on now , give me a ring when you 're done |
| 23 | If the floor does not need sanding , at least give it a good scrub and a final wash of white spirits , or a mixture of two parts water to one of ordinary vinegar . |
| 24 | It 's just a special , because it 's a special fraction that we use a lot we just give it a special name and call it percentage , but any time someone says to you like er what 's , let's try this one , now you were saying about point seven five and things |
| 25 | Give it a sunny position and it will be your pal for life . |
| 26 | SAVE yourself a steam-filled kitchen and the risk of pans boiling dry by microwaving your Christmas pudding . |
| 27 | A losing attitude means that if you try something and find it does n't work , you beat yourself up , give yourself a hard time and do n't try again . |
| 28 | Get me a big pig and we shall cook it . ’ |
| 29 | Erm , now what that means is , if you ca n't answer the question and you 've only got a few lines down then sort of trying t w blur it a little bit and make it waffly so that there 's something we can point to and say that you 've written something , right ? |
| 30 | ‘ Get yourself a warm drink and something to eat . ’ |