Example sentences of "[verb] you [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I did n't know you 'd got a daughter . ’
2 I did n't know you 'd found a successor to Death-House Donald . "
3 ‘ I suggest you try having a go at answering the questions yourself first , ’ he said .
4 I expect you 've got a lot to talk about . ’
5 I 'm surprised you did n't come here , but I expect you wanted to keep a façade of respectability .
6 D' you want to do a pooey .
7 Erm , d' you have to do a picture for the north and south of it , or just one overall picture ?
8 ‘ Look , I realise you 've got a fixation about Luke , ’ she continued swiftly , ‘ but do n't take it out on me !
9 The things you tell stories about to your friends afterwards , adding a few details here and there , until you suddenly realise you 've got a character . ’
10 Erm say you 've got a stone on top a cliff .
11 I think , you know , you say you 've got a month , I think you 're gon na need also to try and find out from your membership as to whether in fact they 're prepared to turn up on a Saturday as well .
12 Say you 've got a report about a small red car , and you want to compare it with all the other small red cars that have been reported in the area .
13 Everybody seems to give a different answer , some say ‘ yes , ’ some say , ‘ no ’ and some say you have to get a licence .
14 But strained through they may be , the last place you expect to see a dust-up between the two protagonists is in Portugal — unless of course you happen to be a historian with a penchant for the Peninsular Wars .
15 But for today I now want to turn to a number of erm definitions and classifications linked to foreign policy and this is where I want you to start working a bit harder .
16 There is a lot to be said for ‘ one-stop ’ software that provides all the facilities you need to get you going with your computer and by combining a word processor , a spreadsheet and a database Works allows you to start using a PC without needing anything else .
17 He says you get to know a hedgehog — and I could tell the director what an animal was going to do …
18 And then says you 've got a key have n't you ?
19 transfer which says you 've got a number , a reference number there
20 He says you have caused a lot of trouble . ’
21 Richard Buckley , a retired funeral director stated , ‘ Nothing says you must have a funeral director to carry out a funeral — nothing says you have to take a body to the crematorium in a hearse .
22 Lizti Miller says you have to have a love of greyhounds and understand them and the art of winning is to put the dog in the right race
23 So do not feel you have to make a fuss to get attention .
24 If it 's something you can answer quite easily , okay , you may feel you want to make a comment there and then .
25 You said T U E S D A Y , I hope you 've put a capital T U E S D A Y
26 ‘ I hope you 've got a swimsuit with strong straps — the sea sometimes takes bikini tops . ’
27 ‘ I hope you remembered to bring a tin-opener , ’ said Sophia , in confusion , for the idea of taking food to the deprived Roman cats had set up in her head a muddled train of thought , which had something to do with Anglo- and Roman Catholicism , as if the latter had need of nourishment from the former .
28 You figure you 've got a handle on all but the most aberrant human behaviour .
29 Cause you have to put a lot of cream on your face to get the make up off and you do that especially if you 're doing two performances a day it 's an awful lot mess and much you 're putting on your face and you ca n't get it all off
30 So is it you 've seen you 've wired a plug have n't you ?
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