Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Whatever the origin of the revolt , by early 1183 it had been transformed into a struggle to make him Duke of Aquitaine in place of the " tyrannical " Richard . |
2 | He had already blown out in the first two matches yet still went for a practice to give me information on a different stretch for which I was grateful . |
3 | Andy went to see Peter and the final conclusion was that what I really needed was a car to help me travel to training and meetings . |
4 | THERE was a time when it was easier to get a stockbroker to buy you lunch than to get him to give a sell recommendation for a share . |
5 | a barbecue followed by the hilarious reps ' cabaret and a chance to test you skill on the mechanical bull . |
6 | Quite often , the police ask for a remand to give them time to make further enquiries , assemble their evidence and so on . |
7 | Exploration of the closed silhouette describes a perimeter to give it shape , while a scanning of the content reveals an internal space . |
8 | They took me down to the labour ward and offered me a sedative to help me sleep . |
9 | It is very rare for a farmer to allow us access to his fields once he has seeded them . |
10 | But the way he did it was with the same connections he defied , and to get into serious racing in his early days , he got a bank to give him credit and a sponsor to give him some backing : though he had n't , of his own , a sou in the world . |
11 | Anjou wines are so distinctive , that in 1920 a competition was held to design a glass to do them justice . |
12 | Do think the rest of us in , in , in the Western world have a duty to give them money to , to help sort out the pollution problem ? |
13 | Your supplier should be in a position to give you information on the bigger ones . |
14 | With regret , therefore , I have to inform you that we are not in a position to offer you employment in any research division of the company . |
15 | ( As the project has developed , the Coordinating Team has had more confidence in " delaying " a Major award to a school by a year to give it time for further consolidation . ) |
16 | It was a tune to give them heart and remind them that they were not alone in their suffering . |
17 | I was even offered a van to help me move . |