Example sentences of "you [vb base] [verb] [pron] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A huge orange and black van with the full the name of the owner on it of course , because if you want to advertise something a removal van is one of the best things in the world for putting an advert on if you want people to see it that is .
2 You want to give me a hand with this ? ’
3 People are joining us all the time , so I 'm very briefly er just in a word or two , going to go over the subjects , and then if you want to give me a ring , please do so .
4 If you 've time to spare and you want to give yourself a pleasure , the Italian boy 's schooling Miss Dersingham 's big fellow . ’
5 If you want to give us a donation that 's entirely welcome .
6 O nine O four six four one six four one any calls about dogs or er any other sort of animal you want to give us a ring call us now .
7 ‘ When talent comes through you want to give it a chance , ’ said Gooch .
8 Well , of course , again if you want to see what a neutron or a proton is made of , I mean a neutron is a very small thing and a proton is a very small thing — it 's about ten to the minus thirteen centimetres across .
9 You want to prescribe yourself a tonic , ’ said Jackie darkly .
10 ‘ I 've never understood why you want to keep it a secret — I wish I did , ’ Miranda said , returning to their perennial source of disagreement .
11 If you want to know what a man is really like , take notice of how he acts when he loses money .
12 ‘ If you want to know what a word means , ’ said my philosophy tutor , ‘ never look it up in a dictionary . ’
13 You want to spoil yourself a bit , that 's what . ’
14 they ca n't necessarily give you more er erm do n't suppose you want to get me a cloth do you ?
15 If you want to get yourself a drink , Alex , do .
16 You want to warm it a bit , though . ’
17 You seem to like it a lot .
18 Oh and she 's just said you know get 'em a questionnaire done , that was really what was
19 But you get to know lots of others to talk to and that and on trips to away matches then you get to know them a lot better .
20 J-O-K-E — you do know what a joke is ? ’
21 You 've made yourself an enemy for life instead of a friend for life — very clever , that .
22 You 've made me a soldier . ’
23 You feel like you 've heard them a couple of hundred times when it 's only been twice .
24 Say you 've written her a poem or something but she 's not to read it till she gets home . ’
25 And it 's certainly not available in sufficient detail for for all of the sectors to make a fair comparison and I think Mr has made this point in in when you 've questioned him a number of times today that the information is just not available or to hand to make to make that comparison .
26 You know they 're either set up now you 've given them an education and thrown them on the world squandering it now they 'll only squander it when they get their hands on it you might as well squander it on yourselves , let the kids squander it for you .
27 It may not be the bit that you 're going to eventually use for your assignment , because you 're a bit unsure taped up your assignment , but bring a short transcription , at least one side of A four , because if you do that , you will , if you 've given yourself a chance of actually trying it out , you will begin to see the problems and and the whole thing will be much more interesting and more rewardable .
28 You 've given me a heck of a lot of ammunition . ’
29 ‘ I feel as if you 've given me a gift I 'm completely unworthy of .
30 You 've given me a lot . ’
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