Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pron] an " in BNC.
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1 | ( Copied from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , A.D. 1808 ) : Sir , According to your request , I send you an account of the facts I have ascertained , respecting a canal I discovered in the year 1803 in the medulla spinalis of the horse , bullock , sheep , hog and dog : and should it appear to you deserving of being laid before the Royal Society , I shall feel myself particularly obliged by having so great an honour conferred upon me . |
2 | Now I 'm I mean I give you an example . |
3 | Now if I give you an example of a bit of behaviour where erm a situation and , and er give you an idea of how introverts and extroverts would behave in that area , that may help you to work out which you think you are . |
4 | If I give you an example . |
5 | Well the , the bed , there were no spring beds in , that came into my life until many years after , were the old straw palliasses , which were really more hygienic to sleep on than your spring beds , because you get the lumbar trouble with a straw palliasses cos it was just hip firm , I give you an instance I used to , as I was growing older I used to fold my trousers and put them under the mattress to press my trousers so I 'd always got a nice crease in my trousers , they were so solid that er you got y you did n't even get any wrinkles in your trousers in those days . |
6 | It wo n't do any harm , but I 'd rather not give him food for thought , because I consider him an idiot and I do n't think he 's capable of interpreting it correctly . |
7 | However , I consider myself an expert in the art of assassination and murder and , I tell you this , violent death always comes quietly . |
8 | ‘ It was very hard work for that sort of money and I consider it an insult , ’ Austin said of the earlier award . |
9 | ‘ Someone give me an arrow . ’ |
10 | ‘ By the way , ’ Aranyos was continuing , so completely in his usual languid manner that Karelius could have been imagining things , ‘ I suppose I owe you an explanation about Louise Müller . |
11 | " I owe you an explanation ? " |
12 | ‘ I 'm afraid I owe you an apology , Mr. Preston . |
13 | Either you have not shown these plans elsewhere , in which case I owe you an apology … or you have touted them round , and the fools ca n't see what 's in front of them . ’ |
14 | ‘ I owe you an apology , ’ Donna said , pushing her plate away and dabbing at the corners of her mouth with a napkin . |
15 | ‘ I owe you an apology , Alex . ’ |
16 | ‘ It appears I owe you an apology . ’ |
17 | Because we made love , because I 'm physically attracted to you , it does n't mean that I owe you an involved explanation of my private life . ’ |
18 | ‘ I owe you an apology . ’ |
19 | So I guess I owe you an apology , ’ he said ruefully , ‘ although when you walked in through the kitchen door , all dressed up to the nines after being with Ryan , I wanted anything but to forgive you . ’ |
20 | ‘ So I owe you an apology ; I misjudged you , too . |
21 | ‘ I owe you an apology , ’ Chambers was saying to her . |
22 | ‘ I owe you an apology , too , ’ he told her . |
23 | I can only repeat , Dr Blake , I owe you an apology . ’ |
24 | Then , his expression suddenly turning serious , he said , ‘ I owe you an abject apology . ’ |
25 | I know I owe you an apology . ’ |
26 | ‘ I owe you an apology . |
27 | ‘ I guess I owe you an apology , Sister . ’ |
28 | ‘ If anything , I owe you an apology . |
29 | ‘ I owe you an explanation , do n't I ? ’ |
30 | I know what an important part your family has played in his return to the Faith . ’ |