Example sentences of "[pers pn] a 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 . |