Example sentences of "i a lift " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes when we 'd been out to clubs Bernie would give me a lift home to my parents ' , right out in Greenford where we 'd moved just about the time I started keeping twilight hours . |
| 2 | Mrs Wright came in and she said she 'd give me a lift home . |
| 3 | ‘ You can give me a lift , ’ said Irina , hopping off the table . |
| 4 | If you had n't stopped to give me a lift this morning , I 'd still be shuffling along the road to Tangiers . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Could you possibly give me a lift to town if that 's where you 're going next ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Will you give me a lift back in your fancy motor car , Liam ? ’ |
| 7 | The NCC warden kindly gave me a lift in his Landrover . |
| 8 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 9 | I shall never forget the kindness of the many people who took it in turns to give me a lift , so that I did n't have to drive there and back . |
| 10 | ‘ Come on , ’ she chirped , ‘ give me a lift home on the famous motorbike . |
| 11 | At Heathrow Wendy Hoyte was being met by her husband Les and they were going to give me a lift back into London . |
| 12 | Zak came up to me with Donna and offered me a lift back to the city in their bus , and at that exact moment I saw not Bill Baudelaire himself but someone who might go among the owners , where Tommy could n't . |
| 13 | ‘ Mr Shepherd very kindly offered me a lift . |
| 14 | He 's giving me a lift to the airport . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Can you give me a lift , George ? ’ asked Mrs Ridley . |
| 16 | Reminds me of my first branch chair , an ex-miner , who used to give me a lift home in his Jag . |
| 17 | An older club member gave me a lift back to the station and I asked her what she thought of Ten Forward . |
| 18 | Thanking him for giving me a lift , I sat down in the passenger seat and waited for Chapman to get moving . |
| 19 | Perhaps the doctor would n't mind giving me a lift that morning when he drives up to town . ’ |
| 20 | The day before the dinner I received word from the admiral 's ADC that if I were to present myself at 6.55 p.m. at his suite in the Gosforth Park Hotel , where we were both staying , he would give me a lift to the dockyard . |
| 21 | Derek gave me a lift in with the bird and all the equipment and said he 'd stay with me in the classroom in case anything went wrong . |
| 22 | And the inter-island ship , the Nanasipau'u , which might have given me a lift up north , chose to ride out the wind in the lee of the island , unwisely put down both anchors , promptly snapped both chains and then drifted helplessly out to sea . |
| 23 | A middle-aged man picked me up on the M4 near Swindon and offered me a lift to London , which was very convenient . |
| 24 | Suppose that I expect a colleague to give me a lift home this evening , but that her car has a flat battery ; this wo n't stop us , however , because a friend 's car is parked conveniently near with some jump leads which we can use to get her car to start . |
| 25 | I now believe that she will give me a lift this evening , and this belief is justified . |
| 26 | Do I know that she will give me a lift ? |
| 27 | she will give me a lift home this evening , |
| 28 | Getting out , Flavia said dully , ‘ Thank you very much for giving me a lift . ’ |
| 29 | Ash had been in London for a programming interview with some big insurance company and had offered me a lift back home , or to Gallanach anyway , as I 'd exiled myself from Lochgair . |
| 30 | In theory , Verity and Lewis were meant to be giving me a lift in four days time , but that was obviously out , now . |