Example sentences of "[pron] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisa came back downstairs again after bidding her goodnight to find Alexander in the drawing-room , pouring them each a brandy . |
| 2 | A jolly young waiter with a Gloucestershire accent and the stars and stripes emblazoned on his apron lit the candle lamp on their table and gave them each a menu . |
| 3 | Must have cost you quite a lot to buy them each a drink . |
| 4 | When the children arrive you give them each a balloon and make up a convenient number of teams . |
| 5 | They went into the hut and the Bārakotes gave them each a bowl of buffalo milk . |
| 6 | Kolchinsky handed them each a dossier which contained details of their particular assignment ( to be destroyed after reading ) and , in Sabrina 's case , an airline ticket , maps of Beirut , written confirmation of her hotel booking , the name of her contact and a sum of money in Lebanese pounds . |
| 7 | Got ta share it all out perfect even why do n't you say , stick it on the wall , give them each a piece of paper and they 've got ta do it I 've got an idea , you can compile a quiz |
| 8 | He made them each a cup of tea , listing other jobs for which he was not suitable . |
| 9 | Anne Jay , who checks in the contestants and hands them each a medal for completing the race , said the average age of those taking part is twenty to thirty-five years — ‘ then they come to their senses ! ’ |
| 10 | The Pru has half a million motorists on its books and is sending them each a booklet when their policies are renewed explaining the benefits of conversion . |
| 11 | It only took me half a day to decide that I wanted the job . |
| 12 | So it 's mean of you to begrudge me half a sentence . ’ |
| 13 | Then he gave me half a crown . |
| 14 | If I 'm in bed , it might take me half a minute to wake up . |
| 15 | Oh gin oh give me half a glass though , oh thank you |
| 16 | Oh gin oh give me half a glass though , oh thank you |
| 17 | That 'll put me half a morning ahead , and I could do with that . ’ |
| 18 | Give me this a minute . . |
| 19 | He would allow them half a day to consider this generous offer , otherwise the fullest attacks would continue . |
| 20 | Beveridge 's four social evils of Want , Disease , Squalor and Ignorance must remain as much the primary targets of any party of the left today as when he first wrote about them half a century ago . |
| 21 | The Dorchester crowd that sought to rescue the Pretender 's effigy from being burnt by the Dissenters on George I 's coronation day were encouraged by a certain gentleman who gave them half a hogshead of beer . |
| 22 | My mother I remember there was a sale of work going on at Palfrey church once and bef I had just been made apprentice at Wolverhampton and of course I got amongst the , they , when they came the , the Derby day they were all having a bet on it so I , I said to the give them half a crown , so he said you ca n't have half a crown and he said what do you want it for so I said they 're putting it on a horse was on this horse it won , so of course this sale of work was in great progress when I gets off the train at station and thought well I could n't understand in er Palfrey Church Hall , so she was there in all her finery and I said we 've won , we 've won she said shut up , shut up she said but erm no I think the biggest character in Caldmore was Father . |
| 23 | he give me some a couple of months ago when we . |
| 24 | ‘ Am I such a mystery , David ? ’ she asked teasingly . |
| 25 | But I was off on my own a lot . |
| 26 | I could n't say , You 'd give them such a shock that it 'd come as small fry when Darling Bina said she wanted a career on the stage . |
| 27 | When however consideration is given to which patients should be transferred back to locally based hospitals from the geographically remote major illness hospitals , there are comparatively few for whom such a transfer is in their best interests , clinically or socially . |
| 28 | But there are several billion people in the world to whom such a coincidence could happen , so the apparent coincidence is actually not as great as it seems . |
| 29 | Given the confusions rendered by its apparent message and a stylistic structure which subverts this message ( or , at least , creates an audience primarily among those for whom such a message is unwelcome ) , can we talk of the poem as a successful work of art ? |
| 30 | Tony Wedd taught me to spot them as possible ley markers , and the sight of a clump or an individual pine standing alone on a ridge still fills me with excitement , perhaps a resonance with the ancient traveller to whom such a sight meant the security and guidance that the straight tracks provided . |