Example sentences of "[vb base] you [verb] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | You 're beginning to sound like a mother hen ; I half expect you to cluck at any minute . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If I so much as catch you smiling at another woman — ’ |
| 3 | Well that 's right , yes , and the other thing as well , I should n't really be telling you this , , because it 's bad news for us but , if you in fact write a long , rambling press release , what you will find is that the journalist will almost , almost certainly go three-quarters of the way down it to find the real story which is hidden in there , and occasionally that real story is purposely hidden down in there , and you know you look at any council minutes , and the real story is always , inevitably hidden down there , because it 's the bit that somebody does n't want people to know about , and so journalists are naturally trained to go down the bit to find out what 's it about . |
| 4 | Do you feel at this point in time that it 's all been worth it ? |
| 5 | ‘ What do you want at this hour ? ’ demanded an irritable middle-aged officer , evidently just roused from his bed , greatcoat thrown hastily over his night attire . |
| 6 | What the devil do you want at this hour of night ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What do you want at this time of night ? |
| 8 | ‘ Have you tried at another manse ? ’ asked Cameron . |
| 9 | Have you finished at that farm ? ’ |