Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [pers pn] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it never occurred to John , as his mother aged , that she might be in need of any help , until a visitor from Johannesburg , who had known him as a boy , told him that she was hard up , after which lie made her an allowance . |
| 2 | You 've given me an idea . |
| 3 | You 've given me an idea . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've given me an idea , Lee . |
| 5 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
| 6 | ‘ Dear God , woman , you 've given me an idea there . |
| 7 | There was one little bit of leftover , as you 've given me an opportunity before I depart , and that was that erm we did discuss earlier today , under this heading the possibilities of erm their being sites on the inner edge or between the built up area , or there might become sites between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , I think the implication was they may be in Ryedale . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've given me an idea . |
| 9 | You know they 're either set up now you 've given them an education and thrown them on the world squandering it now they 'll only squander it when they get their hands on it you might as well squander it on yourselves , let the kids squander it for you . |
| 10 | And he said yes but it 's , it 's the accommodation we 've got , maybe it 's a Company move and they 've given them an apartment or something , seven months old , you know , that big , so by the time |
| 11 | You 've given him an adverse marking . |
| 12 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
| 13 | And it means nothing to the layman , two Greek words meaning ‘ grey ’ and ‘ marrow ’ , so we 've given it an easier name , infantile paralysis , which at least is English . ’ |
| 14 | Which you and you 've given it an extra name of mumsy S L P . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've given you an assurance … ’ |
| 16 | I 've given you something to kill the pain , Cathy , and I 've given you an antibiotic |
| 17 | I 've given you an A for participation B plus for written work and that gives you an average of B which is good or excellent . |
| 18 | Erm And yes you 've guessed it an old Motown hit from erm back in the sixties . |
| 19 | ‘ I say , Commander , you 've made me an awfully happy WAAF . |
| 20 | Sometimes er when especially the the er older element have been so delighted that we 've offered them an opportunity because everybody else has said they 're too old and after all this they 're getting really excited want to come and then they look so glum in the photographs |
| 21 | and this chap said erm he said , I 'm sorry to trouble you we 've sent you an invitation to come to this building thing and I sa |
| 22 | The singer was brought up in London , but two years in Leeds and five in the North West have given him an oddball Midlands-tinged accent . |
| 23 | Slattery 's the travel people , have given me an open ticket , so I can cross the water any day I feel like . |
| 24 | The last thing I would want to do is be unkind to people who have given me an extremely successful show . |
| 25 | My parents have given me an allowance for the next few weeks . |
| 26 | They 've all been joining in singing a Christmas carol but you have given me an idea for your present but you 'll have to hurry though - it 's Christmas Eve . |
| 27 | I … hope that you will not attempt to outbid L[loyd] G[eorge] or the Socialists in a vote-catching programme … it is folly to attempt a competition with irresponsible people , and I believe LG 's proposals have given us an opportunity of attacking , instead of defending , ourselves … . |
| 28 | The agency 's own Concorde charters swooping over the Grand National , and personal gifts such as bouquets of flowers for customers have earned it an enthusiastic local following . |
| 29 | We have made him an offer but he 's not very keen . |
| 30 | ‘ Sir , I have made you an honourable proposal for the hand of your daughter , whom I am in a position to support now and , later , in increased comfort — ’ |