Example sentences of "lent [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lloyds was advertising its services as a small business adviser at the time , but the bank still lent them the money without any business plan and despite a survey report saying it was worth quite a lot less than the loan . |
| 2 | I 'm just sorry the whole thing happened and the man who must be embarrassed about this most of all is sponsor Matt Laverty who lent me the bike on Thursday night at practice . ’ |
| 3 | She lent me the money to get my second bike — that Triumph Speed Twin : it had a lot of poke for the size . |
| 4 | I was short of a few quid to do anything about it so my mate lent me the money , we went to a scrap yard , picked up a spare and he delivered me back here in his motor , then your chaps picked me up . ’ |
| 5 | Ginny lent me The King Must Die . |
| 6 | ‘ You mean you think we lent you the money to start the business ? |
| 7 | At the end of this time , worn-down and aged far beyond her years , she meets the woman who lent her the necklace . |
| 8 | She probably could never have afforded a stairgate , so Save The Children lent her the equipment from its safety loan scheme . |
| 9 | The three years stretching ahead seemed like a long time , then , worth buying a little house in Rummidge for ( Robyn 's father lent her the money for the deposit ) rather than paying rent . |
| 10 | He was going out with a silly cow of an art student and she lent him the book . |
| 11 | Only a flicker from the television , reflected in the gloss of his eye and thrown up against the blank darkness , lent him the illusion of a lustre passing through her body , opaline . |