Example sentences of "[pers pn] a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Had I a heart for falsehood framed ’ ( The Duenna ) , DS 14 . |
| 2 | ‘ Am I a pot with water ? ’ |
| 3 | Well , you can fetch my partner and I a stoop of liquor , angel-face , while I warn him about you . |
| 4 | I Western , she Eastern ; I entire , she mutilated ; I exchanging the deepest bargain of the heart with Gustave , she involved in a brief physical transaction ; I a woman of independence and resource , she a caged creature dependent on her trade with men ; I meticulous , groomed and civilised , she filthy , stinking and savage . |
| 5 | ‘ It has given my wife and I a lot of comfort . |
| 6 | I a lot of pain at the back of my eye though |
| 7 | Hell , if ye know how to use the stuff it can dae ye a power of good . |
| 8 | They gie ye a lot of wine in here , I 'll say that for this pub . ’ |
| 9 | Is she a member of Class War ? |
| 10 | Nathan followed Ari around as if he were a dog and she a bitch in oestrus . |
| 11 | If you are stuck in a boring job , concentrate on the fact that it is providing money for your needs and your pleasures and that it gives you a measure of independence . |
| 12 | The second priority will be the division of your holding into a number of main blocks , depending upon your acreage , to give you a measure of control over the grazing of your pastures , to separate groups of stock ( e.g. rams from ewes ) , and to shut off fields for hay or arable crops . |
| 13 | Dandelion will tell you a story of El-ahrairah . |
| 14 | Stressful situations can be managed effectively , thus making you a master of life 's events rather than a victim . |
| 15 | ‘ I believe , ’ he said , ‘ that I can obtain you a position as reader in a publishing house in which I have a certain interest . |
| 16 | ‘ Lie back for an hour , and let your hungover husband bring you a bite of breakfast . ’ |
| 17 | Word of warning , I 'll give you a word of warning , I 'll give you an extra mark for an absolute accuracy . |
| 18 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 19 | ‘ Should you come to town , I am sorry that I can not offer you a home pro tempore — pro trumpery indeed it would be , if I did not make any such offer — for unless you occupied the grate as a seat — I see no probability of your finding any rest consonant with the safety of my parrots — seeing , that of the six chairs I possess — 5 are at present occupied with lithographic prints : — the whole of my exalted & delightful upper tenement in fact overflows with them , and for the last 12 months I have so moved — thought — looked at , — & existed among parrots — that should any transmigration take place at my decease I am sure my soul would be very uncomfortable in anything but one of the psittacidae . ’ |
| 20 | It was with absolute truth that I answered one of the interviewers who asked ‘ Are you a bird of passage by choice or do you really wish for a steady job ? ’ |
| 21 | But drinking is a different , more personal matter , and a bottle of Scotch will get you a friend for life . |
| 22 | ‘ I brought you a bottle of gin , ’ said Lili . |
| 23 | Echoes of Cole Porter , Ella Fitzgerald ; budding trees on shower — soaked boulevards ; strong black coffee on a café terrace in early morning sunlight — very Robert Doisneau ; the Louvre , the Champs-Elysée , the Trocadero , even the little bistro where the patron hands you a bottle of wine at the end of the evening on the house … naaah , too much of a cliché . |
| 24 | Well they ran it like that cos they said at the bar we can sell you a bottle of wine for seven pound fifty though , so he said you bugger off he said that , went down the supermarket and get our own like |
| 25 | It gives you a level of control over the configuration that is cleaner and quicker than anything DR-DOS offers in its question and answer CONFIG.SYS functionality . |
| 26 | From the hills of Fiesole Frank Griffiths brings you a range of iron furniture reflecting the timeless beauty of Italian villas and gardens . |
| 27 | Erm it 's an adventure and it gives you a sense of freedom . |
| 28 | As I 'm passing this great big q , queue it always give you a sense of well-being does n't it , when you can walk by to the front sort of thing , not to the front of the queue , you can just walk in . |
| 29 | This New Zealand validation system does n't give you a chit of paper . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps he 'll give you a knife for Christmas , ’ Carrie said , though she doubted it , in her heart . |