Example sentences of "you [vb mod] [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may register with a doctor , dentist , chiropodist of your choice . |
| 2 | If you are living away from home you should bring your NHS card with you so that you may register with a doctor . |
| 3 | So , it makes sense to transfer money you may hold in a building society account or other savings account where you may be paying tax on the interest . |
| 4 | If you are a countryman , you may sit by a stream and contemplate a may tree just coming into blossom , or climb up on the ramparts of an iron age hill fort and let your soul soar with the wind . |
| 5 | You may speak to a woman volunteer if you wish . |
| 6 | As a language user you may start from a position of ‘ innocent egotism ’ , whereby you assume that others are like you and share your assumptions , or you can start by trying to assume what the addressee 's terms of reference are and continue in a circular process of mutual discovery . |
| 7 | you may walk into a house and there 's , it 's loaded with trophies and you say och whose , ah these are nice trophies , who won these trophies |
| 8 | So you may decide on a statement such as , ‘ We intend never to buy any item on HP ’ . |
| 9 | If you do not , you may move into a home only to find , three months later , that the road outside your flat is being widened into a motorway , or an uninterrupted view over woodlands is to be rudely interrupted by the erection of a new housing estate . |
| 10 | In year 1 you may put in a maximum of £3,000 and up to £1,800 in each succeeding year — up to a total of £9,000 over 5 years . |
| 11 | You may act as a role model and a mentor to others . |
| 12 | Any so-called ‘ dirt ’ you may see on a piece of cotton wool after rubbing your skin with astringent or lotion may just be the remnants of make-up or skin cells , which are flaking off all the time . |
| 13 | You may live in a place where pets that run around , like cats and dogs , are not allowed . |
| 14 | You may apply as a tenant for a grant , or your landlord may apply on your behalf . |
| 15 | You may apply as a tenant for a grant , or the Housing Association may apply on your behalf . |
| 16 | If your former employer unreasonably refuses to supply a statement , or if the information that he gives is inadequate or untrue , you may apply to a tribunal which : |
| 17 | You may apply for a job in the next grade if you meet the requirements stated in the job advertisement . |
| 18 | The same applies to the snails you may catch in a pond . |
| 19 | You may toil on a project enthusiastically for many years , only to find that it all comes to naught because of a political change of direction . |
| 20 | You may work in a ward where specific preparation is required in addition to this , e.g. to ensure that the bowel is clear ( Chapter 6 ) . |
| 21 | You may wish for a partner to give you all that , but what are you prepared to give of yourself ? |
| 22 | the day before , er Mr referred to in his evidence , you may remember to a company called |
| 23 | All I know is that friendship with a woman is quite , quite different from any relationship you may have with a man . |
| 24 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
| 25 | In any event , you may ask for a specimen copy of the cover note before booking should you wish to examine this in advance . |
| 26 | Full details of the Terms , Conditions and Exclusions will be sent with your invoice or you may ask for a copy of the Master Policy beforehand should you wish to inspect it . |
| 27 | You wo n't tear any major muscle groups laughing during Crimes and Misdemeanours or Hannah and her Sisters , for example ; but you may marvel at a film-maker at the height of his powers . |
| 28 | You may specialise in a life-study of just one organism . |
| 29 | No , you ought to go to a party and do one . |
| 30 | They 've got ta imagine it , you ought to have like a pull |