Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I see you 've been getting him a new collar and lead . " |
| 2 | Ah yes , well you see , you see , in effect if you called her an old , that could 've been , that , that , that , that , that , that , that could 've been eh , that could 've been eh , that could 've been , you know , you could 've been given her a , that could 've of been a praise , you old cow . |
| 3 | Zambia has been telling me a lot , you know . ’ |
| 4 | The cumulative effect of the language of the British inner city has been to give it a contradictory definition , as a conceptual space both inside and outside of society . |
| 5 | A friend of Rosemary 's has been teaching us a few basic ballroom dances — the deal is that we both go to his aerobics classes ! |
| 6 | ‘ This magazine has been giving me a hard time . |
| 7 | ‘ Geoff has been giving me a lot of help , having a look at my action and making a few minor adjustments . |
| 8 | OK , so perhaps she 'd been pushing it a little ! |
| 9 | I sat there silent for a moment while he went on looking at me sympathetically as if I 'd been telling him a hard-luck story . |
| 10 | You know , he thought I 'd been telling him a lie . |
| 11 | But er , I was giving this er I 'd been giving it a stroke , and er it 's sort of dying to be fussed , but I do n't think they give it any attention across there . |
| 12 | this boy who 'd been doing it a few years . |
| 13 | All you can do is give them a bit of comfort in that their letters have been read . |
| 14 | after it 's been cut the least you can do is give yourself a shake |
| 15 | The thing that I 'd like to do and that I really wish I could do is give you a job here but Personnel have said I 'm already fully staffed . ’ |
| 16 | What I 'll do is give you a system whereby even at the drop of a hat you will be able to put together a few words and speak with clarity , speak coherently and be able to put your point of view across . |
| 17 | Yeah erm one thing , you were a little bit nervous to start with and what that can do is to give you a tendency to piggyback questions , is that something you 're aware of ? |
| 18 | All I can do is offer you a little advice . |
| 19 | ‘ The least I can do is buy you a drink . ’ |
| 20 | The least he can do is buy us a decent lunch . ’ |
| 21 | The best I can do is to offer you a free ¼ page advert , but I must have all the details in the next 48 hours . |
| 22 | It has n't prepared me for the outside world ; all it 's done is given me an awareness of myself . |
| 23 | If you get it right , the cricket ball will travel two hundred yards in four seconds , and all you 've done is give it a knock like knocking the top off a bottle of stout , and it makes a noise like a trout taking a fly … |
| 24 | All it achieves is to give them an air of generosity , and so put Abraham at an even greater disadvantage in the rounds to come . |
| 25 | He said he 'd noticed that our Mini was getting a bit down at heel , and in the light of Ken 's injuries he thought the least he could do was to give me a better means of transport . |
| 26 | When your FlexiLoan is arranged , we will give you a special cheque book so that when the time comes to spend some or all of your borrowing limit , all you have to do is make our a cheque for the right amount . |
| 27 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 28 | He told Took about a consultation he had had with a doctor , who told him : ‘ What you ought to do is to get yourself a retired petty officer to look after you . ’ |
| 29 | All you have to do is to mail us a postcard with your name and address written on it together with your answer to the following simple question : |
| 30 | ‘ I thought all I had to do was get you a valid passport and we 'd be safe . ’ |