Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | You feel like you 've heard them a couple of hundred times when it 's only been twice . |
2 | There is a very smart woman working in Conservative Central Office who has taught me a trick at least as useful at that of Shirley Williams . |
3 | The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics . |
4 | Fortunately for Conran , he had attended the sort of public school ‘ which had taught me a lot of practical skills ’ . |
5 | ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’ |
6 | Four years with a handicapped child have taught me a lot of things , but three in particular : |
7 | I was very naive but the last year has taught me a lot . |
8 | Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me . |
9 | Without trying looking very heavily at these type of sales , where savings plans have been sold for future mortgages , erm , the clients are left thinking it 's building up money for their , for their deposit , for their legal fees , and it guarantees them a mortgage at sometime in the future . |
10 | Later that night she came into my room in her kimono , bringing me a glass of champagne and carrying a book . |
11 | He said he was n't when he came to see me a couple of years back . |
12 | She came to see me a year later , total loss of weight , total short of breath , hardly , she 's struggling to keep body and soul together . |
13 | I 've built up my career in an area where women are not generally accepted , and just being seen as your girlfriend is going to lose me a lot of respect ! ’ |
14 | Will the Conservative promise to abolish education bring them a landslide victory ? |
15 | It is surprising to find that some practices , perhaps believing that the world will always grant them a living , manage their affairs without the elementary assistance of time recording . |
16 | If I ask Shirley nicely she might lend me a couple . |
17 | ‘ Perhaps you could lend me a servant to guide me back to the Grange ? ’ |
18 | So well can you lend me a pound ? |
19 | Can you lend me a fiver while our Corrinne comes home ? |
20 | Can you lend me a fiver ? |
21 | Well I knew someone in and I thought to myself I , perhaps he might lend me a hand ? |
22 | ‘ I wish someone would lend me a farm hand , ’ said Dancer 's Interior Designer sulkily . |
23 | If they book me a flight out of Gatwick , like the charters do , I just say I 'm not going on that one , get me Luton , change the ticket , get me Manchester , I do n't care , I 'm not going from Gatwick . |
24 | The prestigious Wedgwood name also made them a propaganda target for Hitler 's forces . |
25 | The government could pick up anyone they wanted and prosecute at their leisure , if we made them a present of all those names . |
26 | And he slept with me , he would n't go to sleep so I took them both downstairs , made them a drink , made them something to eat , come back to bed . |
27 | The sums so entrusted made them a power among London houses subscribing to public loans , particularly during the wars of 1744–63 . |
28 | Anyway , when the ambulance men came we made them a cup of tea , cos they said they a they 'd have been that busy they have n't had a break ! |
29 | So we made them a cup of tea and hopefully they were going to talk her into it . |
30 | There was the lure of the big stores , though clothing coupons and shortage of money made them a feast for the eye only . |