Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually there 's Paul , the guy who 'd given me a lift to the concert and , and he mentioned going to the , the film I saw , erm but I knew he was going to the pub , he always goes to the pub afterwards . |
| 2 | He 's given me the key to his apartment . ’ |
| 3 | He would have given me an introduction to Paul Valéry as well , except that he was out of Paris . |
| 4 | But next to the Dance Hall if we 'd given them the licence to ha turn the cinema into a Dance Hall , there was this little old boy who lived just the other side of the road , in an old cottage , and he was over eighty . |
| 5 | It 's too easy , I think , to assume that women are n't aggressive and are sensitive and men are more aggressive and less sensitive because that 's the way society has wanted them to be in the past and children have grown up and lived up to those stereotypes , so I do n't think we can actually say yet that women can offer anything distinctive until we 've given them the chance to be themselves really . |
| 6 | Wherever it was , Roe apparently considered it an obstacle to his plans , and he indicated his intention of writing to Wilson offering that man a share , in consideration of relinquishing his rights and transferring these to the Macclesfield company . |
| 7 | Thank you very much , I can only say that I have always felt it a privilege to be part of N C V O. Er , I have enjoyed my time enormously and if I 've had any role that I feel that I 'm proud of , it 's constantly bringing members to mind . |
| 8 | ‘ We could have given you an introduction to Professor Vanchetti in Rome , ’ said Gervase Fairfax , who was Penelope 's other neighbour , ‘ but unfortunately he dropped down dead the other day . ’ |
| 9 | If they 'd have shown me a bit to , when we first went I would n't have ordered it . |
| 10 | Miles and Juliet had offered him a lift to Pangbourne Station . |
| 11 | Instead of the Exchequer , Baldwin had offered him the embassy to Washington , which Chamberlain had rejected with anger . |
| 12 | She caught herself smiling ridiculously when he 'd gone , and realised that she felt quite cheered that he had n't simply given her a lift to Prague , seen her safely installed in the spare bedroom , and then forgotten about her . |
| 13 | He sometimes had given her a lift to Atherton , Manchester , where she had been staying . |
| 14 | I was surprised , but she said Bill had given her a list to be a help with messages . |
| 15 | Anne had given her the parcel to post two days ago and she had completely forgotten all about it . |
| 16 | Jenny was the girl she lived with , and the one who had given her the impetus to finally escape the suffocating love of her father and uncle in Hong Kong . |
| 17 | It would have given her an excuse to be searching for a particular room , but she had been so frightened … |
| 18 | The receptionist at the hotel had given him a key to the front door and his mind was a chaotic mixture of emotions and thoughts as he walked past it towards the shore . |
| 19 | This would have given him the opportunity to be a restraining influence against the extremists . |
| 20 | A property millionaire had given him the key to the Mayfair pad where he squired Antonia . |
| 21 | It was she who , when the manuscript was ready , had given him an introduction to Alistair MacFee , a professor of English at the university . |
| 22 | Some Tory loyalist backbenchers said last night that this episode could not be compared to the attack on Mrs Thatcher by the then Sir Geoffrey Howe , which is acknowledged to have cost her the keys to No. 10 . |
| 23 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 24 | Yeah , well tell him you 'll put him in his diary , I I would have thought if you 'd just sent him the notes to each meeting he would come if he would , if he could , and if he ca n't , he ca n't . |
| 25 | It 's looking promising at the moment , we 've had a lot of support from the people of Didcot , er a number of companies have made donations , T N T express have given us a van to er transport the bikes to the start/finish , and Denton Cycles spares for the bikes if we break down , punctures being the worst |
| 26 | ‘ Your excellent work has given us the answer to that question , Watson . |
| 27 | Regretfully , the young gentleman told him that he had quoted me the price to the trade , and for a retail sale it would be slightly more expensive , i.e. £36 plus VAT . |