Example sentences of "you [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 was I gave my mum a lift because I , and d' ya know by the time he gets better
2 Why , ye ken in the tenements of Glasgow every mither had watched one or two , or mebbee three of her bairns die .
3 ‘ Would ye look at the state o' this stuff ? ’
4 If I was you , I 'd walk on a bit till ye gets to the Half Moon — it 's along the Overclyst road , so … ’
5 ‘ Ye 'll see what Ah mean when ye get to the bathroom .
6 ‘ Standing flaunting herself when ye went wie the milk . ’
7 So , smoker or not , drinker or latter-day prohibitionist , be sure to equip yourself with your full duty-free quotas of Marlboros and Bells afore ye go behind the remnants of the Iron Curtain .
8 How much d' ya get from the wall safe ?
9 ’ Whit dae ye dae wi' the papers when ye 've read them ? ’
10 ‘ Would ye listen to the noise of it ? ’
11 I just can not stand lack of consideration for others : shown by people who park their cars so close that you have to slide in sideways — cleaning both cars with your clothes as you squeeze through the 2in space left for opening the door .
12 So are you helping with the catering side or are you running a cake stall ?
13 The final thank you goes to the village hall management committee and er particularly to Margaret not only for her cooperation in arranging show rehearsal dates etcetera but also her ticket selling .
14 You pick up the path after you 've climbed the fence behind the campsite toilet .
15 ‘ I know you cared for the boy yourself . ’
16 But if he becomes a nuisance , William , ’ he added , ‘ you bang on the floor and I 'll pick him up . ’
17 Do you not know that what you belittle by the name tree is but the mere four-dimensional analogue of a whole multidimensional universe which — no , I can see you do not .
18 Have you heard of the man who was on two diets ?
19 Have n't you heard of the sorcery wars between the Amaranths and the Tyrians ?
20 The Weisshorn , Jungfrau , Grandes Jorasses and Mont Blanc will be familiar names , but have you heard of the Parrotspitze of Vincent Pyramide ?
21 Have you heard of the Tottenham pudding ?
22 ‘ Have you heard of the city of Bes Palargic ? ’
23 Have n't you heard of the Geneva Convention ?
24 And they said Bowater and I said well I have never heard of you and then they said have you heard of the paper ?
25 But have you heard about the metamorphosis demonstration out on the main plaza ?
26 Have you heard about The Chokey ? ’
27 have you heard about the wallet fiasco ?
28 Have you heard from the people yet ?
29 You hopped across the clay and stones of the lane , and voilà , you were there .
30 oh and I 've made a big rug at the centre , which I shall have home before Christmas , a big woollen rug I 've made , yes so , oh it 's a beautiful rug it 's with those er silver thing you push through the hole on the canvas
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