Example sentences of "a [noun] you [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't say anything about ( well-documented ) insults Yeugh directed at the distinguished internationals for no apparent reason — like telling Eddie Gray ‘ if you were a racehorse you 'd have been shot years ago ’ in front of the team — or indeed any of the other eccentric behaviour of the man that got him fired . |
| 2 | But you still have to decide whether you want to make a kitchen you can eat in , or an eating place which is also the kitchen . |
| 3 | When they 've cooled down a bit you can put them in your bed , warm it up nice . |
| 4 | Okay but you can learn quite a bit you could check any of the food or the drinks that you 've got in the house you could at those to see how you spell them ca n't you . |
| 5 | If you do not wish to join a Branch you may join the Central Headquarters membership roll . |
| 6 | Always buy your bed with your partner , it 's not a decision you can make alone |
| 7 | Cos I remember the duties , there used to be a driver you would get more pay for bringing the bus , one man , so underneath each duty was just how many , how many hours he was one man and how many two men . |
| 8 | So in point of fact idioms is you 'll find that they always fit in either this slot or in this slot , but you wo n't find an idiom which has to form such that if you remove the subject and verb from a sentence you can stick the idiom in there and it will make sense . |
| 9 | Even before you understand the words of a text you could play it sometimes for the sake of the intonation , as mentioned in ch. 2.1.1. of this book under the heading of LISTENING . |
| 10 | On a beat , that is with the sheet pulled in tightly but as we turn on to a ridge you 'll see that we have to ease the sheet out so that the sail stays at the same angle for the wind . |
| 11 | I suppose if you 're a writer you can do it anywhere . |
| 12 | ‘ I really prefer the idea of an older man or even a bedridden man — even a person totally incapacitated — because at least when you bought him a watch you 'd know you 'd be wearing it in a week or two yourself . |
| 13 | I mean in the time is takes you to do a sketch you can draw accurately |
| 14 | And you have some way of , of , of getting in , erm and you have some way of controlling access therefore into toilets , now I do n't know whether that would totally it , overcome the vandal system , but I mean if your saying a pass would n't be any different than a coin you could devise an entrance , so that it was n't , you know , so that what you would be doing is stopping having like the total open access all the time , you know , erm . |
| 15 | Pen-based computing is a major step in that direction , Until someone builds a computer you can talk to that is n't the size of a filing cabinet there is likely to be an easier way to communicate with your technology . |
| 16 | If you buy from a retailer you may get some joy out of the manufacturer of the machine — but do n't count on it . |
| 17 | When personal representatives sell without first effecting registration of their title , proof thereof and of the death of the registered proprietor must of course be lodged : a copy of the grant of probate or letters of administration certified as a true copy by the seller 's conveyancers ( when acting for a buyer you should make this requirement the subject of one of your requisitions on title ) is sufficient evidence . |
| 18 | Indeed , even if you find Prune a bit of a bore you could find the stories behind the character and the ‘ finger ’ awards entertaining and funny . |
| 19 | And if you were a a lecturer in politics and you went to see this play then you might think oh look oh and then you 'd start thinking and if you were a scientist you would think about it in another way and if you were an artist you 'd think about it in another way . |
| 20 | Is there a story you would like to pursue in depth ? |
| 21 | If I tell you a story you 'd have to agree to tell it to somebody else . |
| 22 | JULIA FORDHAM Porcelain ( Circa 10 ) ‘ You make me feel vulnerable and totally exposed , ’ is not a lyric you would expect from Kylie Minogue , or even Liza Minnelli . |
| 23 | Er , a category you could call , loosely , vocal and a category we could call body language perhaps , okay ? |
| 24 | The above specific items are probably enough of a change you may think . |
| 25 | When I was a kid it was great because you could go to the music store , put down your money and get something like an SG Junior — not an expensive guitar but a really good guitar all the same , a guitar you could keep for life . |
| 26 | I want to try and get one before May before the exam , but there is a superb production on i the summer , it 's on June and July and it 's at an open-air theatre erm in Lincolnshire and what people do is they go and take a picnic and you sort of take your rug and sit there and cos it it 'll be hot in the summer it would be really nice and you watch it outdoors and it 's in this big stately home which is in it 's own grounds and there 's gift shops and restaurants and bars and obviously wo n't go in the bars but you know there 's lo it 's beautiful and like a big stately home you can wander round the gardens for a bit and then go and watch the performance and if it rains then there 's a canopy you can pull the canopy over like at Wimbledon and you know it 's a really nice day . |
| 27 | And a legitimate hook because people are concerned about food and eating and so forth , and that , that would have been a hook you could grab people with , and most people would have thought ‘ That would be something I want to read about . ’ |
| 28 | When you 're in a boat you can look up to it . |
| 29 | Bearing in mind too that as a non-taxpayer you can open an account in just your name and so enable all the interest to be declared gross . |
| 30 | As it is helpful to hear them without a break you may ask the LH to mark which words you want him to say , or you can mark them for him . |