Example sentences of "you [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ These are not 500 bananas that you pick up in a supermarket and put in your basket and take somewhere else . |
| 2 | I 'd like you to go on to a university and do music , but I think you 'll do that anyway , and I 'd like you to stop playing other instruments . |
| 3 | I said if you had n't I 'd get you to go back for a chat with him . ’ |
| 4 | Alternatively , if you 're keen to sail the club will try to make arrangements for you to go out with a club member . |
| 5 | Jackets made goal-posts , and : ‘ If you went down you got up with a lump of a cinder in your knee . ’ |
| 6 | Three twelfths good and can you remember how many twelfths you got out of a half ? |
| 7 | Continue westwards to the village of Liverton following the B1366 south for ¼ mile when you branch off on a track on the right then go left to pass Lane Head Farm and Stubdale Farm . |
| 8 | In short , if you crept up behind a chameleon and shouted ‘ boo ’ it would respond by changing colour but not necessarily to the colour of its surroundings . |
| 9 | And do you find that if you sit down with a guitar to write , with all the best intentions in the world , you end up … |
| 10 | looking in one direction you might imagine yourself in Greenland ; another , and you gazed down upon a nest of' mill chimneys . |
| 11 | If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? " |
| 12 | To do this you must know : what you are capable of , what you want out of a job , and your weak spots so that you are prepared to counter any negative questioning . |
| 13 | Do you wait around with a gun in your hand to shoot me down when I finally stagger out ? |
| 14 | Since general public speaking courses are not preparing you to give a particular speech , but to give speeches in general , the first task is simply to get you to stand up in a room full of people and ask you to speak about anything you like for three minutes . |
| 15 | If you can take a member of the family with you to stand in as a practise subject , so much the better . |
| 16 | Good heavens , man , do I pay you to stand about like a tailor 's dummy ? |
| 17 | How long does it usually take you to come up with a solo that meets the demanding criteria you 've just described ? |
| 18 | When this is suggested , the invitation should always be along the lines of : ‘ I 'd love you to come out for a run in the car with me some time . |
| 19 | Do you feel up to a bit of leg work ? ’ |
| 20 | Now — you woke up with a sense of relief and surprise that you were still there , you got up , brushed your teeth , and before you knew it you were watching television . |
| 21 | as if you walk round with a shotgun armoured tank . |
| 22 | You walk around in a skirt and wear a bra , how was I to know ? ’ |
| 23 | So you get in , and you walk in to a row . |
| 24 | With ffeatherstonehaugh 's , if you came in as a guest and they liked you , you could be elected by acclamation on the spot . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You came in with a key . ’ |
| 26 | You came in like a maniac , moving against the flow of traffic , and you 've taken my place ! ’ |
| 27 | At least have some wine , to put the colour back in your face ; you came in like a ghost . |
| 28 | You came back in a dream . |
| 29 | See previous to that it was maybe every five years you put in for a wage increase a wage application . |
| 30 | If you break down on a motorway , do not leave your car , just wait for the motorway patrols to find you . |