Example sentences of "[pers pn] [art] lift " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Can I give you a lift ? ’ said Alison to Ludens .
2 I 'd give you a lift to London in the chopper which arrived back last night , but I 'm inspecting a certain defence establishment en route . ’
3 ‘ We can give you a lift to Adrar , ’ said Idris .
4 ‘ 7.10 am on the dot and my husband will give you a lift to Torridon , ’ the woman in the council house opposite the hotel had said .
5 Everyone stops and gives you a lift in Lewis .
6 Another more immediate solution would be to combine an outing with others who live near you so that you could get into town on a bus and then share a taxi back ; or ask a car owner to give you a lift , in exchange for petrol money and perhaps some skill that you can offer .
7 Give you a lift in the side-car if you like . ’
8 They would rather ring for a cab for you , or even give you a lift home , than have to deal with any attack that could be made on you on your lonely way home .
9 ‘ Allow me to give you a lift , Sarah , ’ said Nahum Morey , leaning out .
10 Can I give you a lift back there ? ’
11 ‘ Are n't you going to wait for me to give you a lift ? ’
12 Maybe I can give one of you a lift ? ’
13 Or if a round of golf gives you a lift , you can play at the foot of this legendary mountain .
14 I 'll give you a lift back .
15 ‘ I thought I could give you a lift , ’ Molland said .
16 In any case , I 'll give you a lift . ’
17 ‘ Drink this , ’ he said , ‘ it 'll give you a lift . ’
18 At that stage in his career no one was looking for a hit-machine : the longer heads realised that it was a difficult job to scale the face of Broadway — as it was in the West End — with so few footholds and even fewer helping ropes dangling down to give you a lift .
19 Where you off to and we 'll give you a lift ? ’
20 ‘ Give you a lift some place ? ’ he offered .
21 ‘ Can I give you a lift anywhere ? ’
22 ‘ Shall I give you a lift home on my motorbike ? ’
23 if someone 's giving you a lift , what you could do is get them to drive straight down , drop you off , and then they can go and park .
24 Hop in and we 'll give you a lift back . ’
25 ‘ We 'll give you a lift to the boat , wo n't we , James ? ’
26 ‘ Of course we 'll give you a lift , ’ said Melissa hastily , noting the contemptuous curl of Iris 's lip and anxious to forestall any blunt comment that might sour the atmosphere still further .
27 I 'll give you a lift .
28 ‘ If you like , I 'll give you a lift to the nearest station . ’
29 ‘ Can we give you a lift ? ’
30 ‘ I 'll give you a lift into town if you want , Becky .
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