Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also designed a bed that could be raised up and down and told Pat to go to the patent office with the plan which would make them both a fortune . |
| 2 | After they had eaten , her mother let Caro make them both a cup of tea . |
| 3 | Should eat them about a quarter at a time . |
| 4 | I do not recollect that we ever tried it , although my father did bring me home a bottle containing two or three sticks of white phosphorus , at the same time showing me the mark on his thigh where , so he said , a piece of phosphorus has fallen while he was attempting to write on a wall with it . |
| 5 | Member will give me just a moment to finish the point that I am making I shall come to that . |
| 6 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |
| 7 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |
| 8 | What comes to light around the 4th , 10th and 15th may give you quite a jolt . |
| 9 | " If I went over to the hotel now and had supper , that would give you about an hour to find a man and get ready . |
| 10 | We 'll give you twice a day but a slightly bigger dose so that 's actually five hundred milligrammes twice a day . |
| 11 | But Emily 's great wish from childhood , confided to her small admirer David on his first visit , is to be a lady , and when her beauty and refinement attract David 's glamorous friend Steerforth , she elopes with him in the hope that he will bring her home a lady . |
| 12 | But you did give her quite a blow . |
| 13 | I think he could improve it just a bit Jonathan |
| 14 | How did they collect it once a year ? |
| 15 | We do n't do it once a year — we do it all year round — wherever the town councillors or the Abbot will pay us to put on a show . ’ |
| 16 | Perhaps the strangest talisman — and one ( or should one say many … ? ) which made those initiates feel themselves intimately a part of the Fists — was kept in a long crypt below the Reclusiam , reached by a dropshaft which would incinerate anyone who did not sport a Black Carapace beneath their skin . |
| 17 | Could she give us just a handful of examples of people who were moved from geriatric beds into the private sector in the early stages of the development of the policy and were given the assurance that she says was publicly given that the Government had no intention of meeting fees , however high ? |
| 18 | Erm and possibly the installation of mini roundabouts at the minor junctions erm would give us quite a lot of benefit . |
| 19 | For it is becoming increasingly clear that a semantic theory alone can give us only a proportion , and perhaps only a small if essential proportion , of a general account of language understanding . |
| 20 | I do n't think you well a month now , I mean cotton is a natural . |
| 21 | This is why it does throw you quite a lot if another actor forgets his move , because it churns up in your brain the sequences you 've worked out and are expecting . ‘ |
| 22 | Oh , sometimes it was irritating , even downright infuriating to look round and see him just a couple of paces away , but she only had to look into those dark eyes to feel that treacherous quiver of desire deep in the pit of her stomach . |
| 23 | I did resent her quite a lot for what she did but it gave way after a few months . |
| 24 | You 'll see it quite a way up . |
| 25 | We 'd only see it once a year if it stayed where it was . |
| 26 | ‘ Yeah , but you can only use it once a week and you have to get permission . |
| 27 | I saw him use it only a week ago . ’ |
| 28 | It 's a very simple procedure , and usually does n't cost you even a stamp . |
| 29 | Some people will actually say , if I could add something to the plan that would cost you just a little bit more , which means that if you 're off work through illness , the company , Abbey will pay the premiums for you , would you be prepared to pay a bit more . |
| 30 | But his interests appear to remain firmly with the purchasers ' ‘ needs ’ — and pockets — as he advises : ‘ If you want to buy a girl from one of the escort firms it will cost you quite a lot . |