Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manson saw that somehow and decided to write them a letter because he did n't like being called a creep . |
| 2 | They keep saying they 're going to find me a house and say they 're going to buy me one . |
| 3 | ‘ My time was being taken up by people asking me either to find them a folly or a buyer for some extraordinary building , ’ says Gwyn . |
| 4 | There are many who arrive actually on their 60th birthday , asking us to find them a job because they have no intention of retiring . |
| 5 | Mum said that as a Christian She was not going to write me a note when there was n't anything wrong with me and that I was to remember that we Christians are the light of the world . |
| 6 | I was about to write you a note and stick it on your windscreen . |
| 7 | They use it to help prepare themselves for the interview — i.e. to get to know you a bit before you arrive and work out the questions they are going to ask you . |
| 8 | And I said do you want a piece of paper to write him a message or something ? |
| 9 | She went to find him a pen and paper to write something for her so she could see , she could even be able to tell his character from his writing . |
| 10 | Having set the Duchy on the road to providing an income for the Prince of Wales , the next task had been to find him a house and , of all those short-listed in the summer of 1980 , Charles chose Highgrove . |
| 11 | Jotan 's sister was eighteen , and Burun was constantly aware that he would have to find her a husband before the year was out , otherwise she would be entitled to go with any man she chose . |
| 12 | ‘ So Angy asked him to pass her a knife while she was cooking something . ’ |
| 13 | If you go to buy a secondhand car these days they invariably try to sell you a guarantee or a warranty on it . |
| 14 | And then if I please to reach him a hand and pick him up again , he shall know and acknowledge to whom he owes it , and walk more humbly thereafter . |
| 15 | ‘ Are you going to buy me a drink as well ? ’ she asked . |
| 16 | Those with CCJs often have difficulty finding a lender willing to advance them a loan but it is not impossible . |
| 17 | I hope it will be my privilege to buy you a drink as well . |
| 18 | Cage is at his slovenly best as a decent , honest , out-of-work roughneck named Michael while Hopper twitches with ruthless bravado as grinning psycho Lyle — as quick to buy you a drink as put a bullet in your forehead . |
| 19 | so er we must remember to buy him a card and something |
| 20 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 21 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 22 | Are you going to leave me a couple before you go on and take the |
| 23 | The the point Peter er is making is do n't make it out to us because if you if you give me a cheque to Worsley I 've got to go to Peter 's house and and then get him to give me a cheque and then I 've got to go to either Kerry or Bob and get them |
| 24 | ‘ It seemed to take less of a hit to give me a concussion and it 's taking me longer to recover , ’ he says . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , are n't you going to give me a clue as to what 's going on in your mind ? ’ she went on . |
| 26 | Get that splendid girl of yours to give me a date or two and I 'll see if we can fix something up fairly promptly . ’ |
| 27 | Once when I was in design and technology class , I asked him to give me a screw and he said , ‘ See me after school and I 'll give you one . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You 're welcome to give me a ring if you 're feeling overwhelmed . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Did you ring to give me a lecture or have you got something you want to discuss ? ’ she asked impatiently . |
| 30 | CATHERINE Robbie , if you 've just come back here to give me a fright because of something that happened ages ago , you 're mad . |