Example sentences of "say you have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas I mean , , if you sort of give the criticism first and say the wrong area is that , and then finish it off with the praise , they know where they stand , and when you come up to them and say you 've done a superb job , they 're not just sitting back , thinking oh yes , what 's coming next . |
| 2 | Well because if , if we got , if we say you 've got a certain number of members of staff , and each full time equivalent offers you two hundred and twenty two point eight working days a year . |
| 3 | He says you have to keep a tight hold on the nuts . |
| 4 | ‘ They 've just said you 've got a great backside — and from a West Indian that 's the highest compliment you can have . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Stella said you 'd made a huge difference to the place . ’ |
| 6 | George said you 'd got a different version . ’ |
| 7 | wo n't be worth going on the bus unless like I said you 've got a great load to carry but then that could be worked out on a Saturday morning , it would mean going down there , after Tesco 's that 's the only thing |
| 8 | He said you 've got a fucking hole in the exhaust . |
| 9 | ‘ William said you 've started a new job , too , ’ she said . |
| 10 | ‘ It seems to me , do correct me if I 'm wrong , but reading the weekly ‘ Jottings ’ one would say you 've had a certain amount of experience with women . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I could say you 've had a sudden attack of food poisoning or something . ’ |