Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] five [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Could you spare me five minutes before the lectures start ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Then before you do , will you give me five minutes of your time ? ’ |
| 3 | Who 'll give me five bob ? ’ |
| 4 | Then Carole 'll give me five pound a week now look , and then you finish in two weeks love and then you can order covers or whatever you wan na order . |
| 5 | They said we 'll give you five shilling and I used this very , very I said you can stick that up th wear it in your arse and that 's the truth . |
| 6 | If such a plea as this could be supported , the following would be a binding promise : A man might complain that another person used the public highway more than he ought to do , and that other might say , do not complain , and I will give you five pounds . |
| 7 | find it in the dictionary I 'll give you five pounds . |
| 8 | We 'd say : ‘ Bugger off — we 'll give you five minutes . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll give you five minutes , ’ he said wearily . |
| 10 | Some screws were more lenient than others and you learned when you saw who came round to wake you up how much you had to hurry — whether it was one who 'd put you on report if you were one minute late or if they would give you five minutes ' grace . |
| 11 | I 'll give you five minutes breath of fresh air , alright ? |
| 12 | Yeah okay well I 'll I 'll try and give you five minutes before eleven o'clock so er so you can nip over to the video room or wherever it 's being played . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll give you five seconds , ’ I say . |
| 14 | " Well , I 'll give you five weeks . |
| 15 | yeah , he said if he comes and give me a hand he says I 'll give him five P a hour |
| 16 | But your experience on , on one thing , I think , was , I can do it five times better than that . |
| 17 | She made me repeat it five times . |
| 18 | ‘ Will you let me lend you five pounds , Len , and take a couple of days at Southend , or somewhere ? ’ asked Clare . |
| 19 | And can you move yours five Jonathan . |
| 20 | Er he wants to know do we want to have a stall there and that 's gon na cost us five pounds . |
| 21 | oh that wo n't take me five minutes to do that , it wo n't |
| 22 | It 'll only take me five minutes . |
| 23 | It 'll only take you five minutes . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We will take you five miles . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He took over a team in turmoil — and it might take him five years to get it right . |
| 26 | It could take him five seasons to get it right |
| 27 | would n't take her five minutes , so she sat |
| 28 | You can hear it five miles away . |
| 29 | Cos that 'll save me five minutes . |
| 30 | You do n't go into areas that are poorly lit if you can help it , you do n't take a short cut through the dark woods because it 'll save you five minutes on your journey , stick in well lit , we well lit areas . |