Example sentences of "to buy [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrie was very pleased to see the change in her father now that he had settled into his new job , but she still fretted over her parents , and she had not forgotten her vow that one day she would have enough money to buy them a decent house to live in . |
| 2 | He offered to buy them a tin of beer each , but they said they 'd rather have Coca-Cola . |
| 3 | ( ‘ He wanted more to earn enough money to buy me a present , ’ she said . ) |
| 4 | We had had our school trial in the concrete playground and I had made the team ; so here I was , complete with black Curtis plimsolls ( I had had to ask my Mum to buy me a pair ) and white ‘ Alf Ramsey ’ shorts . |
| 5 | So I forced my Mum to buy me a guitar — it was just a crappy acoustic , with the strings about an inch away from the frets . ’ |
| 6 | Malc sold his trumpet to buy me a wedding ring . |
| 7 | Mother Francis would n't have the money to buy me a new frock . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , Father 's promised to buy me a small practice when I 'm qualified , which will be in a few months . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you going to buy me a drink as well ? ’ she asked . |
| 10 | How would you like to buy me a black cashmere sweater ? |
| 11 | He said , ‘ You 're gon na have to buy me a drink . ’ |
| 12 | I 'd gone through three packets of tissues from the canteen , and a flunkey had been dispatched to Underwoods to buy me a large box of Men 's Size . |
| 13 | Perry offers to buy me a drink , but I will not give him the satisfaction . |
| 14 | I would just like again to say special thanks to Ernie , Mel and Neil for all their support and I hope they 're gon na be first in bar to buy me a drink . |
| 15 | And er but of course they could n't afford to buy me a piano to learn on so |
| 16 | You got to have a chauffeur , you 'll have to buy me a hat you 'll have to buy me a hat you 'll have to make it worth me while coming off dole at forty pound a week . |
| 17 | You got to have a chauffeur , you 'll have to buy me a hat you 'll have to buy me a hat you 'll have to make it worth me while coming off dole at forty pound a week . |
| 18 | So I think you 'll have to buy me a new one . |
| 19 | and er then he decided to buy me a radio alarm for Christmas . |
| 20 | and he run up the road just to buy me a bunch of flowers . |
| 21 | This is the shop that your friends and relations will go to buy you a present . |
| 22 | I 'm going to buy you a lovely new lead as your share of the prize and take you for walks on it — with something for you to carry in your mouth . ’ |
| 23 | This could then go to buy you a bigger pension , or a death benefit , or an earlier retirement date . |
| 24 | Aim for a list that give the widest possible choice and price range ; whilst there will be friends and colleagues who will club together to buy you a present , others will want to buy something on their own . |
| 25 | What is more , you are not permitted to marry , and you know it ; yet you let me spend money I could not afford to buy you a ring . |
| 26 | I hope it will be my privilege to buy you a drink as well . |
| 27 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 28 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 29 | " Becky , I heard your mother tell you over and over she ca n't afford to buy you a bike . |
| 30 | 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 . |