Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Bodie softened his voice , teased Liz mercilessly , until she agreed to meet him a few minutes later , to be taken to Linda Stone 's school . |
| 2 | If she tried to evict him an undignified struggle would only ensue and she would n't give him the satisfaction . |
| 3 | Someone came to the shop and tried to sell him an old cross with paste stones in it . |
| 4 | A youth tried to sell me a Socialist Worker and seemed confused when I told him that in my experience the words were diametrically opposed . |
| 5 | She 's looking for a decent second-hand one , and I actually want to buy her a new one , and she does n't know about it . |
| 6 | Koo Stark was out there in the powder room and seemed to identify with my predicament ; indeed she promised to procure me a long thin-necked vessel and return . |
| 7 | There can be little doubt that the survey since its modern inception has had a major impact on social research , and any history of social research has to award it a salient place . |
| 8 | It 's my party cos I 'm gon na stand at the door and everybody has to give me a big french kiss when they come in the door ! |
| 9 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
| 10 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 11 | It is designed to give you a good return on your money over the longer term . |
| 12 | However , if you now have the determination to become a bigger fish in a bigger pool , then you will take what occurred around the lunar eclipse on August 6th as a signal to put the past behind you and devote all your energy to plants designed to give you a greater degree of freedom . |
| 13 | It 's a short course , developed on scientific principles , designed to give you a basic grounding in the vocabulary , usage and pronunciation of Japlish . |
| 14 | I 'm doing it tomorrow cos I want to leave it a little bit |
| 15 | Until we remove the present government from Westminster , then Europe is going to struggle to do us a great deal of good . |
| 16 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 17 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 18 | He took care never to stay with her for more than twenty minutes , obeying both the spirit and the letter of Anthony 's orders , but he tried to give her a clear account of the eight days Kesselring had spent in the witness box , watching her face all the time for signs of boredom or exhaustion . |
| 19 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 20 | He shifted uncomfortably and tried to give her a reassuring grin . |
| 21 | ‘ And if you want to do me a real favour , stop saying yes , for Christ 's sake . ’ |
| 22 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
| 23 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 24 | We love her so much and want to give her a lovely home . |
| 25 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 26 | He promised to send me a fucking picture postcard . |
| 27 | They tried to keep it a secret but you ca n't keep secrets long in television . ’ |
| 28 | We 'll need to get you a larger garden . ’ |
| 29 | They knew we did n't get on , and they never tried to get us a flat or nowt , so when I got out of prison with him I was just on my own . |
| 30 | Tried to get you a better bargain . |