Example sentences of "you [verb] [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |
| 2 | ‘ And if you want to do me a real favour , stop saying yes , for Christ 's sake . ’ |
| 3 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
| 4 | So if you 're wandering around and you want to write somebody a quick note , you do n't have to open the rings and take out a piece of paper , you just write on here and tear it off . |
| 5 | He merely stared at her with his bulging eyes and she went on : ‘ There are biscuits in the tin by the cooker and there is plenty of milk if you want to make yourself a hot drink . ’ |
| 6 | They would begin to know that putting a little eighth note right before the next bar meant anticipation and that made things easier because , if you have a half hour lesson and they want to learn something by Iron Maiden , and you want to show them a dorian mode in three octaves and they 've got to show you their chords in four or five positions , you 've got to work fast ! |
| 7 | Though I wish you 'd given him a different name . |
| 8 | ‘ I mean , when are you going to get yourself a decent place to live ? ’ |
| 9 | When you see how easy those slogans political support in Europe and elsewhere you begin to understand what a great educational role the liberation movement and the churches of South Africa have carried out . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't you dare give me a damned shopping-list . |
| 11 | ’ Would you like to give me a nice treat ? ’ |
| 12 | How would you like to buy me a black cashmere sweater ? |
| 13 | I do n't blame him for falling for you , but do n't you go giving him a hard time just before the race ! |
| 14 | ‘ You do love me a little bit , do n't you , Harry ? ’ she said . |
| 15 | " You 've led me a merry dance , I must say . " |
| 16 | You 've still got the problem of addressing praise , because quite often you 've only , if you 've given somebody a specific task then it 's easy to praise or not to praise in that situation , but if they 've just come in , done their job and gone home , you know , just sat on a checkout for four hours , right it 's my time to leave , then , if they 've done nothing out of the blue , extraordinary , so they do n't do anything wrong , or , you know . |
| 17 | Erm you 've given them a good start in life , it 's your money , enjoy yourselves with it . |
| 18 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 19 | ‘ Willoughby , you 've given us a brief outline of a frankly hap-hazard sort of life up to now . |
| 20 | We will — once you 've bid me a proper good morning , the sort a woman gives a man after she 's spent the night in his arms . ’ |
| 21 | And I and when you 've had it a long time you |
| 22 | You 've had yours a long t a minute ago cos I 've picked it up for somebody else . |
| 23 | Later , Madge had said : ‘ You 've got yourself a smashing lad there , Marie ! |
| 24 | ‘ You 've known her a long while ? ’ |
| 25 | You 've known him a long time ? ’ |
| 26 | Incidentally , Willoughby , you 've earned yourself a black mark for that little trouble . |
| 27 | So , Jay , you 've set yourself a wonderful conundrum . |
| 28 | Dearest wave bobber — you 've shown me a living rainbow . ’ |
| 29 | If , furthermore , you wished to sell us a narrow strip of your garden to allow the shelter to be set back a little from the pavement , we could consider providing a fence along your full frontage as part of the accommodation works . |
| 30 | ‘ So , you came out here at my invitation , but already you had labelled me a reckless fool , ’ he agreed calmly , laughter glittering in the gold-flecked eyes , ‘ only to have unexpected confirmation of your fears last night . |