Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [indef pn] a " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes I 'd like to put something a bit more interesting .
2 Well yeah you do n't mind giving anybody a lift
3 It 's only when you think you might want to do something a little more complex and powerful with the information you 're storing that things become more jargonised and complex , and having a help system that is not context sensitive is of little assistance .
4 Police say they 're keen to talk Swindon taxi drivers who may have given anyone a lift from the Guest House last Thursday or shortly afterwards .
5 Police say they 're keen to talk Swindon taxi drivers who may have given anyone a lift from the Guest House last Thursday or shortly afterwards .
6 I mean , I would have expected something a bit more spiritual for a time like this .
7 But if I had expected anything , I should have expected something a little more …
8 If they had the courage to say that , they would have saved everyone a lot of trouble .
9 That way you 'd have saved everyone a whole lot of trouble . ’
10 I think I would have bought something a bit more substantial at it , I mean , if you 've that amount of money , they must have a fair amount of money
11 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 .
12 Could n't you have landed someone a bit more … ’
13 Given another two seconds she might well have flung something a lot harder and heavier at him , even though she 'd never done anything as temperamental in her life .
14 He would have liked something a bit more yielding .
15 And where should I go to see something a bit more interesting than garden birds ?
16 Look at all this new technology there is around now , and then tell me we ca n't afford to give everyone a proper home .
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