Example sentences of "you [vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could you stay here for a minute ? |
| 2 | Pressing herself close as she kissed him , she pleaded , ‘ Ca n't you stay here for a while , Seb ? |
| 3 | Do you wait around with a gun in your hand to shoot me down when I finally stagger out ? |
| 4 | Do you feel up to a bit of leg work ? ’ |
| 5 | What else did you do just as a cabin boy ? |
| 6 | Do you work well in a team ? |
| 7 | Do you remember when as a child you would stand transfixed , gazing up at the grandfather clock , with your little heart beating faster and faster as the minute hand slowly crept up to the hour when suddenly , with magical ringing chimes it burst into life . |
| 8 | At the question session afterwards , one disgruntled UFO watcher summed up the audience 's feelings : ‘ If you want to talk about psychology , why do n't you bugger off to a psychology conference . |
| 9 | Where did you go away for a fortnight to ? |
| 10 | When you stop a diet is it because you plan to , or do you go suddenly into a binge ? |
| 11 | Aye I heard him saying how do you put up with an arsehole like that ? |
| 12 | They 're not gon na let you get away with a lot ! |
| 13 | How often do you get out for a walk in the countryside or even in the local park ? |
| 14 | So we 'll get a fourth we get one of those how many fourth would you get out of a half ? |
| 15 | Quarter so how many quarters would you get out of a half ? |
| 16 | Could you get together with a supplier of high class ( quality ) foam and give us a design which is ergonomically good , visually pleasing , fairly simple to construct , adjustable , and something I can go to sleep in . |
| 17 | why do n't you shut up for a moment |
| 18 | Did you write off for a catalogue ? |
| 19 | Why do n't you come here for a while . |
| 20 | Would you , would you like to do a group collaboration on this one , because erm , can you come up with a version that your group agrees on ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why did you come across on a ferry flight ? ’ |
| 22 | Wo n't you come in for a minute ? |
| 23 | Will you come in for a cup of tea ? |
| 24 | Better still , why do n't you come along to a party we 're throwing tomorrow evening ? |
| 25 | Like , after this tonight , I 'd let you come out in a vehicle with me . |
| 26 | Can you sit down for a while after that ? |
| 27 | She had always had a vague idea that psychotherapists made you lie down on a couch and waffle on about your problems until finally , in some miraculous way , they were no longer problems , just a pain that had been gradually eased away . |