Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pron] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	I want to ask her an embarrassing question . ’
2	I want to make him an excellent offer for Sleet , one impossible to refuse .
3	and they want to make it an elected module for people doing other things
4	The study of tone languages is less important for native speakers of non-tone languages , but most students seem to find it an interesting subject .
5	These colour finders do give you an approximate rendering of the colours you are recording , but they tend to be of lower definition than the black-and-white types of finder .
6	Do send me an interim copy as soon as you can , even in draft or uncorrected form , so that I can all the better rack my brains for you !
7	You 've given him an adverse marking .
8	I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’
9	Which you and you 've given it an extra name of mumsy S L P .
10	Erm And yes you 've guessed it an old Motown hit from erm back in the sixties .
11	Then she had nodded slowly , and said , ‘ Sylvie , you know that you 've found yourself an elaborate means of coming to terms with your own childhood .
12	The privatised boards have given themselves an inbuilt incentive to exploit their monopoly position .
13	Slattery 's the travel people , have given me an open ticket , so I can cross the water any day I feel like .
14	‘ Sir , I have made you an honourable proposal for the hand of your daughter , whom I am in a position to support now and , later , in increased comfort — ’
15	Many have thought it an objectionable feature of utilitarianism , in its classic formulations , that pleasure and pain are supposedly set off against each other in this simple way .
16	I have called it an unorthodox theory because few adhere to it .
17	I have to give it an important-sounding name .
18	Have to send them an extra invoice for this extra our time .

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