Example sentences of "to lend [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lovers must rely on the discretion of parents or ask friends to lend them a room . ’ |
| 2 | By the time the main course arrived — an unappetizing leg of chicken in breadcrumbs accompanied by boiled sprouts — Loretta had done a complete U-turn and was fervently hoping that Koogan would consent to lend them a key . |
| 3 | Canoeing is new to me , so I am having canoe handling lessons at a local swimming pool and the local Bridgend Venture Scouts have very kindly offered to lend me a buoyancy aid , spray-deck and helmet until I can afford my own . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'll have to lend me a dress . ’ |
| 5 | At first , the tight old sod was n't going to lend me a penny . |
| 6 | Read British Standard 5325:1983 — your local reference library may be able to lend you a copy : this is the code for installing textile floorcoverings . |
| 7 | ‘ If it 's a problem , ’ Charlie was saying , ‘ get the kid to lend you a hand . ’ |
| 8 | Nigel decided to take up jogging again in the grounds and got Flora to lend him a sewing kit to mend his trousers . |
| 9 | Say a well-preserved sixty-four , highly sophisticated , speaking at least three languages , enough to get him out of trouble in most countries , and with a select if scattered network of friends and colleagues all across the Middle East , to lend him a hand if required . |
| 10 | I think I left the Bench at least with an impression that they had someone very special to deal with , I was , of course , all the time praying that no one for the police would ask for his Conduct Sheet , which they overlooked after making a dutiful response to the Bench , and I hurried away to be met outside the Court by Stewart , who at once asked me to lend him a pound . |
| 11 | Sophia thought this looked rather odd and had offered to lend her a string of cultured pearls , but the beads seemed to go with the piled up hair style and the long pointed-toed shoes that Penelope was wearing . |
| 12 | There was more laughter , but at length someone said , " Sandra made us a bet she would get Matthew Preston to lend her a horse to ride and to make a pass at her . " |
| 13 | There vas something official about it , as if it were a guard-dog or sentinel , on the constant qui vive behind its glass eyes , taking turn and turn about with the real house-dog , and the basket of flowers was stuck in its mouth in an attempt to disarm , an accessory borrowed to lend it a harmless look . |
| 14 | The autumn sunlight seemed to lend it a glow ; her eyes were larger , darker , the half-open lips full and sweet as honey . |