Example sentences of "you [vb mod] [vb infin] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Even so , you may need a few stitches . |
2 | You may remember a few months before Christmas , I think , that the five District Councils in Oxford County joined together to say that they felt that Government housing policy was failing to deal with the growing housing crisis in Oxfordshire . |
3 | You may have a dozen doctors er how many has it got in there for instance , oh it 's just got four all right . |
4 | ‘ When I introduce the film this evening you must say a few words too , ’ I said , and he agreed . |
5 | Remember the dice will always add at least 2″ to your estimate , and can add up to 10″ , so you should aim a few inches short of your target . |
6 | Yeah , but when we have a pint and a half o er , pound and a half of mince so you should have a three quarters of a pint . |
7 | At the same time you might score a few wounds on the enemy , and with a huge rank bonus and bonus from your standard you stand as good a chance as you 're going to get . |
8 | If you are short of money , you might get a few pounds for one , but if not , keep them till I return to see you — and our child . ’ |
9 | You 'll make a few roubles out of that clock , old lad . |
10 | You ca n't solve one little corner , one little technical hiccup so you 'll throw a hundred years of decent work out the window and replace it with sci-fi fantasies . |
11 | ‘ You 'll pay a thousand times over . |
12 | He sat down beside Agnes , who said : ‘ Do n't wriggle or you 'll collapse a hundred years of military history . ’ |
13 | Walk down the pedestrianised Grafton Street and you 'll hear a dozen buskers who look like Hothouse Flowers and sound like The Waterboys . |
14 | You 'll find a few changes there . ’ |
15 | otherwise you 'll put a few spaces then a new line and this will go . |
16 | Mind you , you 'd need a few cushions |
17 | When you heard me I was imagining a process whereby you 'd have a strategic sites policy in the structure plan which would enable a local authority in preparing its local plan if it wished to identify a strategic site and that would then become in the local plan , you know subject to all those consultation processes , and then it 's part of the portfolio that is available in the published arena with a statutory framework behind it . |
18 | And sort of , I think it shows a lot the timelessness of , of costume and clothes , because this could be worn , I mean I 'm , you 'd get a few looks , but I mean it could be worn today and it 's quite , it 's awfully Laura Ashley is n't it |
19 | ‘ Nevertheless , Mrs Atkins , I would appreciate it if you could answer a few questions down at the station … ’ |
20 | Q : Valerie has asked me if you could answer a few questions on her behalf . |
21 | We got £110 for doing the gig , but the PA cost us £105 to hire , so we bought beer with the other fiver — and that 's when you could get a few beers for a fiver ! |
22 | And you could spend a few days there . |
23 | Do you enter a big competition , and you could win a million pounds plus six . |
24 | Perhaps , perhaps you could take a few moments to show me the house , your room , where you work ? ’ |
25 | It would help if , perhaps , you could take a few days longer to prepare a considered report . " |
26 | ‘ That 's my problem , ’ Hari said firmly , ‘ what I want from you is help in making the shoes , perhaps you could work a few evenings for me ? ’ |
27 | ‘ I should appreciate it if you would have a few words with her , unless , of course , you approve of such behaviour . |
28 | ‘ The dining-room has a most comfortable armchair , if you would like a few minutes , peace . ’ |
29 | That stuff they 're giving you would kill a dozen cats . |
30 | In time you will gather a few grammes of gold , and you may even hit a ‘ glory hole ’ and fill a phial in a day . |