Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er got two guides , a guide and a driver to tell you the truth . |
| 2 | In Norway , for instance , it is illegal for a barman to serve you a fresh drink until after you have finished the previous one . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not on at all for a brother-in-law to treat me the way you treat me . |
| 4 | I 've got to take a second to tell you the whole so-called Iran scandal , I think hard to think of as a scandal . |
| 5 | She went for an hour and a half to give him a hot cooked dinner , which she had prepared in the morning , and to wash up afterwards . |
| 6 | He claimed there was a plot to make him a scapegoat for economic failures . |
| 7 | She asked a footman to get him a brandy , for he was trembling . |
| 8 | When he was a young fighter , a doctor had to chase him around a desk to give him a shot , and chaotic mobility to him is at least as important as breathing . |
| 9 | ‘ It seemed to take less of a hit to give me a concussion and it 's taking me longer to recover , ’ he says . |
| 10 | Does a failure to give you a pay rise , say on an annual basis , amount to constructive dismissal ? |
| 11 | Shower heads should be cleaned regularly with a nail brush ; every so often use a descaler to give them a good clean . |
| 12 | Promising to pay more when he received cheques from his insurance company , he added : ‘ It might be sensible for us to have a meeting to give you an opportunity to justify and explain , item by item , the reason for the variation between the price agreed in April 1990 and the final bill . ’ |
| 13 | We made a team to give them the opportunity to work together … to give them the respect … to give them the idea that they could be in the top 50 , not by talking but by working together . |
| 14 | After a few days she even left the cubs for a while to give him a reassuring lick . |
| 15 | Not really well we the Blackstone engineer fitting up engines , he stayed with us for a while to show us the ropes like you know . |
| 16 | Some people ask a friend to show them the ropes , or , worse still , they teach themselves . |
| 17 | He therefore persuaded a friend to procure him a ticket without disclosing his identity . |
| 18 | The elderly relatives did what they could but it meant that all through his life — not that he even survived to forty — there was never a chance to take it a bit easier , no one he could rely on to do the work if he was ill or tired . |
| 19 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You went off before I had a chance to thank you the other day … ’ |
| 21 | They had gone ahead of their Australian guide and he did not have a chance to warn them the creature — usually docile — lived there . |
| 22 | She thought the remark was odd but before she had a chance to query it the attendant 's phone rang and as he disappeared Rachel went on to the changing-rooms . |
| 23 | ‘ For de Raimes , for believing that bitch at Gloucester even for a minute , for losing my damnable temper and not giving you a chance to tell me the truth . ’ |
| 24 | She rushed up the stairs to the top of the house where she knew her brother 's room was before Nick had a chance to show her the way . |
| 25 | A couple who were kidnapped and pushed off a cliff in a burning car have asked a court to give them the pick-up truck in which they were abducted . |
| 26 | Later he agreed with a sub-purchaser to sell him a similar cargo at 19s. per ton . |
| 27 | ‘ Carrie , I do n't need a baby to give me a reason for marrying you . |
| 28 | I make his bed once a week to give it a good puff up in the sheets . |
| 29 | And as an extra treat , Annellie Clyde is coming to stay for a week to teach you the rudiments . ’ |
| 30 | The poet writes as if the train were a woman to give it a more human and emotional element and to allow the reader to be involved with the journey on a deeper level than would be necessary if it were a simple poem taken from an objective rather than a personal view . |