Example sentences of "[verb] you [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ignorance may be blissful , but it could bring you both a nasty shock when the subject does come up . |
| 2 | They ca n't expect you home every single night . ’ |
| 3 | Well you 've heard her on phone , she 's phoned you quite a few times . |
| 4 | And that , I mean it 's very very readable and I think if you just read those two books that should give you quite a good |
| 5 | The Stage I V8 was fitted with restrictors behind the carbs to ‘ strangle ’ the power down to comply with type approval regulations If you remove the carbs you will see behind them the restrictor ‘ plug ’ with three smaller holes in it Sometimes they pull out and sometimes they need breaking up with a chisel ( after removing the manifold ) This will give you quite a considerable increase in power , so watch the roadholding ! |
| 6 | ‘ We 'll do you exactly the same deal on a petrol or diesel Renault , and either way it will be a good one , ’ says sales manager Christopher Ritchie at Renault dealer A.C. Williams in Stamford , Lincolnshire . |
| 7 | We have an awful lot of experience in these things , and we can do you quite a big show at very short notice . ’ |
| 8 | Similarly , if you had n't been lucky in the market , one lucky bet could send you home the richer by a season 's takings , if you could spot an outsider . |
| 9 | Has all the tedious public work you have done made you any the better ? |
| 10 | Trouble is , they 'll expect to see you here the next time they come . ’ |
| 11 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 12 | ‘ Now look , as my secretary has told you just the six times , I am totally booked for 1990 and I ca n't possibly … oh dear … |
| 13 | One portion of chips 'll be enough between us cos they give you quite a generous helping of chips so I |
| 14 | All your children will cost you only a further £2.50 per month . |
| 15 | it 'd cost you about a hundred thousand quid and by the time they 've done it , it 's exactly the same as what the other one was . |
| 16 | I am ready to give you again the beautiful face of |
| 17 | If you happen to know your bride or bridegroom 's tastes you could say , ‘ I would like to read you just the first verse/first two lines/last two lines of one of one of Sharon 's favourite poems about the sea . |
| 18 | Cobalt said to her : ‘ I should think the Post could afford to pay to keep you here a few more days . ’ |
| 19 | Did it take you quite a long time to get to sleep ? |
| 20 | ‘ I will pay you twice the hourly fee you make modelling — with a guarantee of four months ’ wages , no matter how quickly the Princess recovers . |
| 21 | It does , unfortunately , leave you rather a long way from your car ; but never mind , at least you 're used to walking by now ! |
| 22 | But erm this might not believe me but I 'm gon na tell you just the same . |
| 23 | Yes , yes , yes and I would n't pay my rent because er ooh and I can tell you really the exact date when I er was pregnant because I know I quickened at the when it was first opened and er I was a waitress in the Room I think it was . |
| 24 | Of course I co could n't tell you now the different ways , they do what they like now . |
| 25 | Before , it gives you quite a few clues to what you may be asked and will help you to present yourself properly and to prepare your answers . |
| 26 | If the teacher criticised or even hit you then the last thing to do was complain at home because the certainty was you would be criticised or hit again . |
| 27 | I know that you worry , even though I beg you not to , and I love you all the more for being so sweet about it . |
| 28 | ‘ I was about to ask you exactly the same question . |
| 29 | If it is your own mother who is bereaved , the fact that you are grieving too will probably help you both a good deal , as you will be able to share your sorrow and comfort each other ; though in some families shared sorrow occasionally leads to friction and unreasonable apportioning of blame for trivial or imagined omissions in the course of the terminal illness of the deceased . |
| 30 | Have you now no pleasant tales to tell my Pamela to make her smile ? |