Example sentences of "you [vb base] [pron] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You want it the hard way ? |
| 2 | Why you send us the fucking letter saying it 'll be there . |
| 3 | You realise what a miserable sod you can be . |
| 4 | I 'm glad there 's somebody 's come up with that one because that 's the only time that you say something a little bit different from the number itself . |
| 5 | I think erm I think is quite fair maybe if concessions could be raised to one fifty or two pounds but overall I think that people who can afford it spend such a lot of money on the raffle and we therefore give raffle tickets to those who can afford it could jealousy and on the raffle generally about a hundred pounds is made and if there , if there was more charge for tickets , people might not give so much for the raffles and also if you give but if you charge them a nominal sum and then shove other things at them on their options they might be more willing to give to optional choices like a raffle . |
| 6 | You show me a tweed-skirted twinset and pearl wearer , and I guarantee there 's a scarlet bustier pulsating beneath . |
| 7 | When you look at the way our railways are run , we can only be grateful that British Rail no longer owns hotels , particularly when you recall what a wonderful training ground the old British Transport Hotels used to be . |
| 8 | So you owe me a hundred pound . |
| 9 | ‘ When you consider what a great ambassador for the sport Gary has been , for him to come out and say what he has , then obviously things could not have been right . |
| 10 | Now if you 're a racing buff , listen out because it 's a superb prize , if you consider yourself a little bit of an expert on the turf that is . |
| 11 | The interview goes well until you give him a friendly pat on the back … |
| 12 | Christ God dealt with the problem which spoiled his image in us and he has to do it because of fundamental thing , he 's got ta do it from the centre , you know you can get an apple , an ordinary apple and you can polish it up and you can have it so that it 's bright and glistening and the red is almost you know it , it , it , it almost dazzles you the shining on it , it 's got a real good polish on the skin , but inside , there 's a grub , and all the polishing in the world does n't get rid of the grub , and you see that 's so often what we do , we polish and polish away on the outside , that 's gon na make us better but it 's only skin deep because inside the grub is having a field day , he 's having a party of all party 's , he 's got an whole apple to himself and the grub of sin in your life and in my life is having , has a field day and we polish the outside and we try and make it look good and we be we become presentable and there like the apple on the market stall it looks good , it looks tremendous until you take a bite out of it and you see in the bit that you 've bitten there 's a , there 's a hole going through and you wonder where the grub is , is it in the bit that 's left or in the bit that you 've eaten and this is just like sin you see in our lives and so God in Christ he did n't deal with the outside bit , he did n't bother trying to make our conditions better , he did n't bother trying to work on the outside , that 's the difference between the gospel and social work and there 's nothing wrong with social work , it 's just that it 's going , it 's coming from the wrong end , it starts on the outside , it will educate people if we give them better housing , if we give them better circumstances , if we give them better wages , now all these things are right and that we should have them , but that does n't make any difference , you see , the person is a sinner , all he becomes if you educate him is an educated sinner , if you give him a huge pay rise all he becomes is a rich sinner , if you put him in a palace all he becomes is er a sinner living in a palace , it does n't make any basic difference to the person . |
| 13 | ‘ Then each time he fails to set the machine properly , you give him a proper warning . |
| 14 | It 's funny you know , if you give them a long name |
| 15 | It 's easy when you become attached to birds to think of them in human terms , particularly if you give them a human name . |
| 16 | So he leaves them in a room where the locks open if you give them a threatening look . ’ |
| 17 | The Geophagus will tolerate London tap , but the Crenicara filamentosa and the Rams are doomed unless you give them the right conditions . |
| 18 | The sort of stuff that you get in in y'know sort of everyday gossip between friends about y'know when people talk about each- other , oh I think he 's a bit er I think he 's a bit camp , or I think he probably is but erm yeah yeah all that kind of thing yeah erm is is like the the informal repertoire , the informal repertoire that you do between friends erm , between people to whom it sort of y'know it 's not very important if you give them the wrong impression sort of thing . |
| 19 | So when you 're planning your retirement , make sure that you give yourself a reasonable standard of living in terms of income . |
| 20 | If you can aim squarely , hold the club correctly and form a good stance , then you give yourself the best chance to strike the ball correctly . |
| 21 | That 's right trying to find work these days can be demanding and extremely frustrating so you want to make sure that you give yourself the best chance of getting a job and one way to help is to do a good application form and know how to handle yourself in an interview . |
| 22 | You give me a good explanation of what you were doing ? |
| 23 | You give me a sad opinion of myself . |
| 24 | And you 're so anxious to justify yourself , that you answer the question , and then you go on to tell me all the background behind it , and in so doing you give me a lovely piece of information which I did n't actually have when you walked into the room . |
| 25 | Not until you give me a few answers and do me the courtesy of telling the truth . ’ |
| 26 | But if you give me a blank sheet of paper and put a question , I 'm not really gon na tell you what you should include and what you should n't , yeah ? |
| 27 | If you give me the necessary details , I 'll fill in the order-form . ’ |
| 28 | Oh shut up woman , shut up , you give me the bloody screaming abdabs , it 's my money I threw away . |
| 29 | " Strictly speaking , you 're going to be dead very soon unless you give me the right instructions . " |
| 30 | And your function is designed as , when I give you a number , you give me the nearest integer , which is just above it . |