Example sentences of "[pers pn] a car " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the right place , a raffle can be a winner , by persuading a friendly car dealer to loan you a car to put in a shopping centre , or at a country show . |
| 2 | It showed you a car go over that , going over , tha a lorry going over crossing and the lights were starting to flash . |
| 3 | He sold me a car . |
| 4 | No , no , he 's just bought me a car now |
| 5 | He says erm he said he might er might be able to get me a car for the Christmas holidays |
| 6 | As he stopped and took out two keys tied together , neither of them a car key , Nenna faced him boldly . |
| 7 | A local garage owner has leant them a car to help in the short term . |
| 8 | She takes him to a tailor ( hence the gorgeous green suit and bowler hat ) , hires a tutor and even buys him a car . |
| 9 | Behind him a car passed and he turned to look at the occupants . |
| 10 | So then he gave them Visa , which he 'd hardly been using at all , and twenty minutes later they gave him a car . |
| 11 | Her people are giving her a car for Christmas — Susan , you 're not listening ! ’ |
| 12 | The pater pays for holidays and he 's about to buy her a car , though she can borrow the family car and chauffeur whenever he does n't want them . |
| 13 | Ernie bought her a car . |
| 14 | As she passed it a car swung through the big yellow gates ; a cream-coloured car driven by a girl of about Breeze 's own age , or perhaps older . |
| 15 | Were it a car , such praise would necessitate a test drive . |
| 16 | erm and it 's malleable , you can hammer it , you can hammer it into shapes and panel beat it a car or bits of lead you could dress it , you can tap it with a . |
| 17 | Is it a car ? |
| 18 | But that but that 's tha that 's defeating the whole object of the exercise of getting you know more foot patrols , because it 's foot patrols that they 're talking about all the time , if you give 'em a car you go back to the you know the fire brigade syndrome when it was zip zip zip |
| 19 | The Japanese produce bland , artless copies of European products , totally without character : they have never given us a car like a Citroen . |
| 20 | name ; is a very respectable cook , so we make occasional trips to the supermarket and to the open market , and then eat at home in the evening , although we can also go out to a restaurant for a meal if we want , as someone has now kindly lent us a car . |
| 21 | Give us a car , look at this car |