Example sentences of "[adv] you [verb] a [det] " in BNC.
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1 | By starting later and doing it gradually you get a few extra weeks without the fuss and worry of having to give solids at all . |
2 | Whenever you have a few moments , just ‘ flash ’ this image inside your head , feeling your desire . |
3 | You can pick the work up and do a bit of it whenever you have a few minutes to spare and the final result is really splendid , whether it is all bejewelled and decorated or made in a simple plain yarn . |
4 | Ie you choose a few players and you work out your result depending upon how those players did on saturday . |
5 | Could n't you dedicate a few months of the year to naked men ? |
6 | He came out of the bedclothes and said , ‘ While I 'm laid up like this , why do n't you do a few concerts on your own ? ’ |
7 | Why do n't you make a few plans , get your tale all neatly worked out in advance , the way you do with everything ? ’ |
8 | ‘ Look here , Miss O'Brien , if you 're really serious , why do n't you write a few handbills , saying what ’ Factota Limited' is and explaining its aims , and send one to everyone in the village ? |
9 | Why do n't you wait a few hours and see if he gets what you need from Blagg ? ’ |
10 | I 'll do afternoon surgery , so why do n't you take a few hours off ? |
11 | Well up in Scotland of course we do n't need to save our rain water we get plenty of it coming from the unclear , but er one thing I would say would be that erm if we have a warm spell and the sun is beating on a bitumen roof and then of course suddenly a shower and that er goes into the water bucket or water barrel then it does give you maybe you know a few problems . |
12 | How if you get one each and then you get a half share in that . |
13 | Well it used to be er one road used to be called Meadow Flats , and then you go a little way down another road and it used to be called the bottoms . |
14 | But if you miss only two or three weeks then you pay a little money — 23p , I think it is . |
15 | As usual , it needs an add-in , but at least you get a few icons to play with |
16 | Well you do n't , you do n't really look as if you need to lose weight cos it 's probably why you got a few stares , it 's like all the diet books that have sylphlike people on the front . |
17 | First time round you get a few facts , a whole lot of lies and masses of irrelevant material . |