Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] another [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 England have only beaten the Turks 1–0 in their last two clashes and Wright admitted : ‘ The manager has given me another chance , now I 'm desperate to repay that faith .
2 Unwelcomed , unwanted , despised and dug out , they had added a new dimension to my life , given me another self and I wanted never to go from Claro .
3 ‘ But my chairman and vice-chairman have given me another year 's contract , and I 'm absolutely delighted to be staying at Nottingham Forest .
4 Because , although it 's before nine erm , the next morning erm you 're actually giving them now more lead time , you 've given them another day because an , sometime tomorrow you know , if it gets there at two o'clock and it 's off-loading in in in at the bay and someone checks that it 's been received and then someone makes a phone call to tell them it 's there , and then they 're doing something else , and then they come down and have a look at it , how many boxes do you think are sitting on loading bays that do n't get looked at for a day or two , or three , or four , five when they 've had a next day service ?
5 The arrival of the French colonizers a few decades later had merely given them another chance to demonstrate their indomitable spirit .
6 Congress had granted him another amnesty to contest the 1992 election .
7 La , like I 've done today I 've made him another jelly in it .
8 she was taken out of work one morning and now they 've bought her another car and I do n't where it 's happened but somebody 's gone into the back of her
9 Mom 's talking about staying a few years because someone 's offered her another show .
10 ‘ The poor cow 's brought me another cake , ’ he said to Gina .
11 Feeling unutterably guilty , she saw he 'd brought her another drink and a fresh hot-water bottle .
12 As soon as we have found him another set of legs he 'll be out and about again , do you think he 'll mind walking on his hands for now ?
13 Could even you know have possibly have driven it another yard , taken it a yard further and killed the keeper off .
14 ‘ But Ellen , ’ said Bernard , ‘ if you 'd only stuck it another month , you 'd have got your degree and we could have begun to live quite comfortably . ’
15 It was a good thing that Edward Morris had given her another order which he had insisted on paying for in advance .
16 You might have given her another stroke . ’
17 A club spokesman said : ‘ The doctors have given him another scan and he was taken off the life-support machine . ’
18 ‘ Bastard 's given him another number , ’ said the engineer in Kensington to the two Metropolitan officers with him .
19 Yeah but they 've tak they 've taken they 've taken it a stage further and er prettied it up and given it another facility .
20 While the logic of Black 's view has been widely accepted , in practice many empirical studies have used some form of rate of return , although they may have given it another name .
21 Indeed she had not given it another thought since last seeing it in Matthew 's sitting-room .
22 Have actually already covered them another time and I do n't want to get deeper in the stealth now than that , there 's a limit on the time now available this morning .
23 We have sent you another questionnaire with this magazine to help you to do this .
24 It would 've given us another month to play with at least .
25 And if they 'd started thinking about it at design stage , we could have suggested them another bearing that would do the job and be a lot cheaper .
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