Example sentences of "you [verb] [vb pp] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't like housework particularly — it 's just a bore , it 's so monotonous , and with a child you 've done it once and five minutes later it just does n't look as though you 've done it at all . |
| 2 | ‘ They just put a tick on it if you 've done it at all . |
| 3 | I suppose it 's a satisfying thing — to know you 've done it at last and it 's all there , nice and clean . |
| 4 | Er ca n't watch it after you 've watched it at eight , I 'm getting right odd here |
| 5 | You 've got nothing at all ? |
| 6 | ‘ Now stay where you are , boy , while I test you on your spelling to see if you 've learnt anything at all this past week . |
| 7 | So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out . |
| 8 | Unless you offer positive alternatives you do more harm than if you had done nothing at all . |