Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But where a party says , ‘ I charge you such a sum by virtue of an Act of Parliament , ’ it matters not whether the money is paid before or after the service rendered ; if he is not entitled to claim it , the money may be recovered back . |
2 | If we prop it open a bit we should pick up their voices on the tape . ’ |
3 | And he give them all a ticket out the machine and |
4 | What I suggest you do is , sort of , give them all a base coat , you know , like do all this mid-brown , but darker brown on the shell okay ? |
5 | Mm give them all a chance to catch up with you then . |
6 | When the children arrive you give them each a balloon and make up a convenient number of teams . |
7 | Got ta share it all out perfect even why do n't you say , stick it on the wall , give them each a piece of paper and they 've got ta do it I 've got an idea , you can compile a quiz |
8 | My mother I remember there was a sale of work going on at Palfrey church once and bef I had just been made apprentice at Wolverhampton and of course I got amongst the , they , when they came the , the Derby day they were all having a bet on it so I , I said to the give them half a crown , so he said you ca n't have half a crown and he said what do you want it for so I said they 're putting it on a horse was on this horse it won , so of course this sale of work was in great progress when I gets off the train at station and thought well I could n't understand in er Palfrey Church Hall , so she was there in all her finery and I said we 've won , we 've won she said shut up , shut up she said but erm no I think the biggest character in Caldmore was Father . |
9 | Give me this a minute . . |
10 | Oh gin oh give me half a glass though , oh thank you |
11 | Oh gin oh give me half a glass though , oh thank you |
12 | he give me some a couple of months ago when we . |
13 | And they used to charge , maybe lend you half a crown , not a pawnshop but your ordinary women , used to lend you half a crown and maybe charge you sixpence for it or something like that you see . |
14 | I 'm saying erm , if I give you all a mailbox number immediately and then you never actually log in to your computers to see whether or not you 've got any mail that 's arrived , then there 's absolutely no point in doing that is there ? |
15 | Erm , amateur societies just ca n't exist without loyal officers and those officers have shown their loyalty by s standing again and we know the special circumstances appertaining to the , which brings us to the nitty- gritty now erm you said we have , Tracy , five erm perhaps you 'd better read those names out for us and then I think the best thing to do is to have a closed vote , where we give you all a piece of paper on which you state your nomination folded up so nobody else can see we 'll put them in a bag and then we 'll appoint a couple of to count the vote so that we do not the chairman . |
16 | ‘ Give you two a chance to have a natter . ’ |
17 | ‘ Give you half a minute to get in or be chucked in , ’ said Joe . |
18 | ‘ Just give her half a glass , Saul , ’ Becky orders , putting her hand on her brother-in-law 's carrot-coloured sleeve . |
19 | Give 'em half a chance , they let you down . ’ |
20 | Just give 'em half a chance , they 'll whip you in and the only way they let you out of them places is feet first , in a box . ’ |
21 | The upper class has clear distinctive characteristics which give it such a sense of identity : not only its ownership of productive property ( the fundamental and defining feature ) but also its distinctive culture and status hierarchy . |
22 | Save us all a lot of red faces . ’ |
23 | ‘ Then ca n't you just give in gracefully and save us all a lot of trouble ? ’ |
24 | ‘ But give us all a chance and we will soon repay such faith . ’ |
25 | I do n't know what his name was , but I was only a little kid like , you know We , we sung that He give us half a crown each , He said do you know on , on the I said oh yes . |
26 | So er I remember it half a crown to the pound , but it was more before I remember that |
27 | How dare your boss , your customers , life in general , deal you such a blow ? |
28 | So keep her three a day . |
29 | To prevent it happening again , turn the stopcock on and off at least once a year and close it half a turn from fully open . |
30 | The features of Paray 's performance which make it such a success are relevant to assessing the newcomer on Erato . |