Example sentences of "[verb] you [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yet photography is a much more immediate and less expensive way of having one 's likeness preserved for posterity : why is it fashionable to spend hours sitting motionless for Emma Sergeant when Snowdon could snap you in a mere 40 minutes ? |
| 32 | In effect , we have presented you with a prime site , and it 's up to you to decide what you want to do with it . |
| 33 | Henry is , or whether Mrs G. has presented you with a little Tasmanian , or likely to do so , a point upon which her mother is so exceedingly anxious that on finding it was not mentioned she sat down and cried with vexation . ’ |
| 34 | Be here on time and do your work well and I might consider hiring you on a regular basis once the child is born . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ Even if they stop you on a busy shopping morning and ask you to sign petitions ? ’ |
| 36 | Can I just borrow you for a few moments ? |
| 37 | When you die there they put you on a wooden platform below the sky and the vultures come and eat the body . |
| 38 | Doctor : ‘ Well , we put you in a private room and feed you nothing but veal escalopes and pancakes . ’ |
| 39 | In reception they put you in a little cubicle like a wardrobe and you have to sit there for hours . |
| 40 | ‘ You have already received some of the precious germ-plasm of our blessed Patriarch to kindle you as a true Imperial Fist … ’ |
| 41 | He was bound to remember you with a little legacy . |
| 42 | I always receive you with a grateful heart . |
| 43 | ‘ Compared to many other parts of Europe , property in Portugal is relatively low-priced so the extra amount of money would lift you into a different , far higher bracket . |
| 44 | He 's saved you from a long prison-term . |
| 45 | a doctor who will give advice and treatment and may refer you to a specialist drug-abuse centre for help ; |
| 46 | If you feel that you may be losing too much hair , do see your doctor , who may refer you to a special hair clinic . |
| 47 | Lock your door , set whatever device will rouse you at a definite time ( cooking-timer , flashing alarm clock , vibrator ) — set it to go off in eight minutes . |
| 48 | Coleridge , his thoughts still at Racedown , immediately saw the opportunity for bringing all his friends together at Stowey , and on 29 June wrote to Joseph Cottle to suggest — unsuccessfully — that he should take the next coach to Bridgwater : ‘ T. Poole would fetch you in a one horse Chair . ’ |
| 49 | Then I want you to follow instructions I will give you to a small derelict hut , where you will find a very sick man , who needs looking after … ’ |
| 50 | For example , being born in a neighbourhood may entitle you to a higher place in the queue for housing provided by that local authority . |
| 51 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 52 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 53 | ‘ I have n't seen you in a long time . ’ |
| 54 | I have n't seen you in a long time . |
| 55 | The tight one will I 've never seen you in a tight dress though , you do n't let me see so I |
| 56 | As tall as John Cleese and looking like Stan Bowles , he passionately regales you in a pained South African accent , all wild gesticulation . |
| 57 | Strangely , I can picture you in a white jacket dismembering rats . ’ |
| 58 | Never say you do not know why you picked certain subjects , or that other people decided for you , as this will show you in a negative light . |
| 59 | ‘ I 'll show you in a little while , my darling — as if you do n't already have a very good idea ! ’ laughed Maria . |
| 60 | If I may say so , you 're a bit long in the tooth to be an articled clerk , and — to make up for that — you have an air of authority that scarcely fits you for a junior position . |