Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] buy [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he has n't bought me a Renault er , I , I think , I , I 'd like to make the , the comment that in general the money which can be controlled at site level is that related to labour and plant . |
| 2 | but I mean you do n't think erm cos he said to me he said oh I suppose I 'd better buy you a Christmas present and I said yeah buy me something that I 'd use . |
| 3 | The bridge party duly clubbed together to buy him a dinner jacket . |
| 4 | On one birthday her friends dubbed together to buy her a necklace decorated with a ‘ D ’ for Diana . |
| 5 | When the householders learned that the completion of the contract marked the start of Ron 's retirement after 35 years , they clubbed together to buy him a carriage clock and bottle of whisky as a thank you gift to remember them by . |
| 6 | Right , well we 'll park the car and we 'll go off to buy you a doughnut . |
| 7 | Seeing as you did n't buy me a pint today |
| 8 | I 'm surprised erm people round corner did n't buy her a blinking blow up doll doll without the wedding tackle . |
| 9 | I 've just bought him a shoulder of lamb , a breast of lamb , well he |
| 10 | He asked me what I was going to wear and said his mam had just bought him a new duffle coat and did I like it , ’ she says . |
| 11 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
| 12 | and because she was in Mustique and had n't bought me a birthday present she made sure that there were two Gardenia plants at the party that night she bought me . |
| 13 | The deal does n't buy us a match every week . ’ |
| 14 | She had even bought him a hunting dog as a present , a sleek , golden , sweet-tempered animal from which he at once became inseparable . |
| 15 | No , no , he 's just bought me a car now |
| 16 | Geoff , an old fashioned sort of polliss , retired on health grounds a few years back and we still have n't bought him a pint . |