Example sentences of "you [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simultaneously mythic and painstakingly real ( ‘ the giant Exxon sign/That brings this fair city light ’ ) , his cityscape was inhabited by characters whose lives were condensed into their names , a few gestures or scraps of dialogue ( ‘ Hey , Eddie , can you lend me a few bucks … |
| 2 | Three , six , nine twelve , can you lend me a few fingers ? |
| 3 | Now , why do n't you make me a nice cup of hot coffee , and we can sit down like two civilised adults and I 'll explain everything ? ’ |
| 4 | Ca n't you make it a rounded fi , hundred and fifty ! |
| 5 | Do you think it a good idea coming into drama training direct from school ? |
| 6 | okay Right you mentioned it a few minutes ago you suggested that this thing was formed . |
| 7 | I think erm I think is quite fair maybe if concessions could be raised to one fifty or two pounds but overall I think that people who can afford it spend such a lot of money on the raffle and we therefore give raffle tickets to those who can afford it could jealousy and on the raffle generally about a hundred pounds is made and if there , if there was more charge for tickets , people might not give so much for the raffles and also if you give but if you charge them a nominal sum and then shove other things at them on their options they might be more willing to give to optional choices like a raffle . |
| 8 | You show me a tweed-skirted twinset and pearl wearer , and I guarantee there 's a scarlet bustier pulsating beneath . |
| 9 | Can you do me a small favour ? ’ |
| 10 | Can you do me a little exercise first just to er write down write down what erm of what we 're trying to reveal . |
| 11 | ‘ Frank , could you do me a big favour and see if you can find who this guy Azul is ? ’ |
| 12 | Could you do us a real favour ? |
| 13 | Would you give them a key position of accountability in your team ? |
| 14 | Would you give them a hundred thousand pounds worth of life cover for a shorter period , looking at them making up the difference perhaps later when they could afford it , or would you give them initially a reduced amount of life cover , say eighty thousand , for the eighteen years ? |
| 15 | Can you give them a precise definition ? |
| 16 | Can you give me a little help ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why could n't you give me a nice drop of port ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Could you give me a half a day 's holiday tomorrow , Joe ? |
| 19 | ‘ Can you give me a double room for a couple of nights ? ’ he asked the ancient receptionist . |
| 20 | Could you give me a few examples ? |
| 21 | Can you give me a few examples ? |
| 22 | and if he wants to send them as one consignment , but now the value is twenty five thousand pounds collectively you can ring up Stubbings and as , or get your F and A to do this for you , Finance and Admin , ring up Stubbings and can you give me a special rate for these goods and ar , can you give me what I can charge them for special coverage to take it higher than our normal coverage of fifteen thousand pound ? |
| 23 | Could you give me a brief resume of the work involved . |
| 24 | ‘ Will you give me an exclusive interview ? ’ |
| 25 | Do you give her a little bit of they 're |
| 26 | give you a did you give him a blank page ? |
| 27 | Ca n't , ca n't you give us a rough idea ? |
| 28 | When the film finally ran out of their cameras , an ambisexual person in headphones said , ‘ Can you give us a funny line to get people to watch Telethon , Maureen ? ’ and ‘ Action ! ’ |
| 29 | 3 Can you give us an approximate idea of sales you 'd be expecting over a three-year period ? |
| 30 | Will you give us an unequivocal answer : will those on income support be compensated in full for the rise in VAT ? ’ |