Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I happen to have half a dozen , and there is one , just one , that I am allowing you the privilege of riding , because I think you are capable of coping with it . |
| 2 | Well plus plus the fact that erm it 's not that you have n't got one , or it 's not that we 'd need you to drive it 's that you 're denying us the privilege of being able to send you . |
| 3 | Now , they 're calling him the heir to Britain 's tennis crown . |
| 4 | Incidentally — ’ he patted me on the knee' — we 're calling it the Infenestration of Leytonstone back at the Shop . |
| 5 | They 're calling it the curse of the L-plate . |
| 6 | We 're hoping and I 'm crossing my fingers here , that we 'll get in excess of five thousand people there and the interesting thing is we 've got a commercial exhibition at it , to give it a flavour of Scotland where people will show all the good things made in Scotland and we 're calling it the taste and touch of Scotland and hopefully that will offset the cost of all the other , other er stalls and things that we 're holding . |
| 7 | She phoned her careers office today , they 're sending her the information free , you 're thinking . |
| 8 | and , say , explain the logic of it , why you 're doing it the way you 're doing it . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're giving me the sack — Sir ? ’ she said with contempt . |
| 10 | It 's nice to know that you 're giving me the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 11 | But even now , I still believe that if you trust someone you 're giving them the chance to prove that they are trustworthy . |
| 12 | And your answers should be couched in the terms that you would answer somebody in the pub , in that you 're giving them the information , you 're giving it to them in a clean way . |
| 13 | What 's the doubt that you 're giving him the benefit of ? |
| 14 | you this turtle as an incentive cos you 're giving him the turtle anyway but he wo n't know that unless his mum 's told him . |
| 15 | Now we 're giving you the chance to experience the thrills and spills of life as a Windsor with our royal snakes and ladders game . |
| 16 | TODAY we 're giving you the chance to sample the carefree life of a pools winner — in the fabulous West Indies . |
| 17 | I ca n't believe you 're telling me the truth because that would mean if everybody worked overtime on that basis , we 'd all still making a profit . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters whether you 're telling me the truth or not , but I think you probably are . |
| 19 | You have nothing — nothing ! — to fear if you 're telling me the truth . |
| 20 | He said , ‘ Are you sure you 're telling me the truth ? ’ |
| 21 | This is an especially good time to apply as we 're offering you the chance to win two tickets to either the Men 's Final at Wimbledon , Ladies Day at Royal Ascot , England vs . |
| 22 | TAXES can be enough to drive you up the pole — and today we 're offering you the chance to ease the pain of paying . |
| 23 | That 's why this month we 're offering you the chance to provide the perfect finishing touch with this beautiful , fresh-looking linen . |
| 24 | We 'll be sending our cameras along , and tonight we 're offering YOU the chance to win special tickets to be there as well . |
| 25 | In his covering letter he mentioned yet another title and gave the Wagnerian aspect an unexpected prominence : " I have written a pamphlet … which is to have the title " Music and Tragedy " , and I am sending you the beginning of it in manuscript . |
| 26 | ‘ But I 'll need some support if I am to give him the service he wants . |
| 27 | For the US or Britain to have been the first to recognize Bao Dai would , said Acheson , have been to give him the kiss of death . |
| 28 | If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’ |
| 29 | Your baby will love the taste — and you can be happy in the knowledge that Robinsons concentrated juices are giving them the goodness that they need . |
| 30 | Manager Bryan Hamilton , who offered the 21-year-old Londoner the opportunity , said : ‘ He is looking for a change of direction while his athletics career is on hold and we are giving him the chance to prove his worth as a footballer . ’ |