Example sentences of "to sell [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just to sell them a product without educating them to challenge and to care about the ingredients that go into those products would be wrong . |
| 2 | How should one estimate the faults of those who offered incense without any torture , those who gave way only after cruel torture by rack and fire , and those who had not actually offered incense at all but had bribed a friendly official to sell them a certificate to say they had done so ? |
| 3 | Perkins group managing director , Tony Gilroy says : ‘ Despite the current recession in the construction industry , we expect to sell them a lot more than that under the new agreement . |
| 4 | ‘ You would n't be trying to sell me a ticket ? ’ |
| 5 | A youth tried to sell me a Socialist Worker and seemed confused when I told him that in my experience the words were diametrically opposed . |
| 6 | He tried to sell me a Pottz picture . |
| 7 | I first discovered Emily 's dubious devotion to duty in Cannes , when a French Moroccan chap caught hold of my arm in an attempt to sell me a lurid rug . |
| 8 | Unlike the demos you get on ZZAP ! 64 covertapes , PD demos tend to illustrate what the programmer or the host machine can do rather than try to sell you a game . |
| 9 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 10 | If you go to buy a secondhand car these days they invariably try to sell you a guarantee or a warranty on it . |
| 11 | Somebody tries to sell him a Toledo sword ; he waves the man away . |
| 12 | He tried to sell him a picture . |
| 13 | Later he agreed with a sub-purchaser to sell him a similar cargo at 19s. per ton . |
| 14 | At the Ryecroft bail hostel in Gloucester , where Hagans was living at the time , another witness said Hagans had tried to sell him a wedding ring for ten pounds , and was wearing a gold chain necklace . |
| 15 | ‘ I mean I 'm hoping to sell her a gorgeous blanket chest I discovered two weeks ago in Shropshire . ’ |
| 16 | Perhaps he was going to try to sell her a story for the column ? |
| 17 | Erm , so you might be able to sell her a monitor . |
| 18 | If , furthermore , you wished to sell us a narrow strip of your garden to allow the shelter to be set back a little from the pavement , we could consider providing a fence along your full frontage as part of the accommodation works . |
| 19 | think what he wants to do is he wanted to sell us a new one |