Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | No my philosophy with customer relations has always been that you do n't give somebody a refund , you give them some tickets to fly again so it 's keeps them flying |
| 32 | I am conscious that I have visited somebody a while ago and noticed the name of somebody e in the book in which rang very loud alarm bells in my mind |
| 33 | No , on on the revised budget do you just take them on strength or do you do something a bit more sophisticated ? |
| 34 | ‘ I 'll do something a bit longer than that , ’ said Hilary . |
| 35 | You could do something a lot |
| 36 | It suits her cos her face is more , but I 'd something a bit longer . |
| 37 | ‘ But when the stranger has done one a signal service — ’ |
| 38 | ‘ I wanted to create something a commuter could go to work on , while cutting down on pollution . ’ |
| 39 | So , while the ‘ angle of dangle ’ can give one a start in setting up a bridle , it should not be regarded as a universal solution . |
| 40 | The navy says an accident would not give anybody a dose higher than the four millirems per year limit set for drinking water in the US . |
| 41 | I did n't give anybody a chance to hate me . |
| 42 | it was done in a very un-run way , because the notice , the notice was , was er it 'd be up about a couple of days and then it 'd come down , you see , so it did n't give anybody a lot of chance , but anyway now it 's been passed you see it goes ahead and that 's all there is to it , he , he has n't start doing it yet but |
| 43 | They do not give anyone a notice to quit . |
| 44 | One reason was that the Kuwaitis would n't give anyone a visa , except female print journalists . |
| 45 | ‘ The EEC time clock on the lorry means we ca n't do anyone a favour . |
| 46 | They even make their own liquor without it costing anyone a penny — yet there 's this poor devil starving amidst plenty . ’ |
| 47 | Some folk in the village said it was a public disgrace that a maid like Martha Pascoe should be bartered for with barrels of fish , but most saw the whole affair as a great joke , because when all was said and done , the lass was unlikely to marry Sam or Harry or anyone else against her will , and if she could use their ardour to win a few more stone of pilchards and thereby swell the village purse and give everyone a bit of harmless fun , then more power to her elbow . |
| 48 | Give everyone a ring . ’ |
| 49 | So if I give someone a bit of a clout now and then , it sort of clears me again . ’ |
| 50 | Give someone a fighting chance |
| 51 | Give someone a job and they wo n't be tempted to steal cars . |
| 52 | Or have you bought someone a present and then spent ages trying to cover up the price printed on the packaging ? |
| 53 | On the one hand he was glad of an ally ; on the other he would have preferred someone a bit more the Punk 's size . |
| 54 | And if you give somebody a pound coin they think your giving you two P . |
| 55 | Give somebody a lift and take cash for it and we 've got you , so you might have to be very careful who you travel with , if you get my drift . ’ |
| 56 | John also began building up a collection of gramophone records ; Herbert gave him pocket money to buy one a week . |
| 57 | For mummy 's birthday mummy would like one a gold locket with a strong chain . |
| 58 | Does n't matter if I 'd like something a bit l l like that and er he wants it all |
| 59 | ‘ But perhaps you would n't mind something a bit stronger ? |
| 60 | With clothes , most of us like to believe that our tastes are idiosyncratic , which suggests that we will often go out of our way — and pay through the nose — to buy something a bit different . |