Benny's dad would often offer him ice cream as an incentive for mowing the lawn.
I sent for an agent to apprise, or rate the value of, our home.
He has a fastidious boss in his new job, he just doesn't know how to please him.
I did not wish to leave the impression that I had accompanied my colleagues on this incredible journey merely to seek to brighten their waking hours with badinage.
Tiger's mistress blackmailed him with intimate photographs of them and threatened to sell them to the press if he did not comply to her requests.