Example sentences of "you [vb base] [adv] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , ’ says the ex-chief executive philosophically , ‘ when you 've managed a business in crisis mode as long as I have , you pick up a few enemies . ’ |
| 2 | Is it enough to assume you are comparatively fit because you walk up a few stairs or stretch and bend a little as you go about your household chores ? |
| 3 | He had a little shop not much , you know just a few things and such like , in those days . |
| 4 | Mm that 's what I 've cos I 've not been very busy I 've been picking , you know like a few peanuts there 's chocolate peanuts , there 's |
| 5 | You know quite a few rules do n't you about punctuation that 's good . |
| 6 | So you know quite a few of these . |
| 7 | Leaving them around s you know quite a few drugs . |
| 8 | And er you ca n't really do much because of the stone walls and there 's too much window and too much noise , and you get quite a few insects in them , and they 're just generally not very nice at all . |
| 9 | That can only be done if you spare just a few quiet moments away from the television and video , the toys and games , the table groaning with food and the glasses of cheer . |
| 10 | If you turn over a few chapters in Matthew , into chapter fourteen , you 've got another er watery illustration there , it 's , Jesus is coming towards the disciples , he walking on the water ! |
| 11 | The importance of getting a good start now becomes obvious , since if you fall only a few metres behind in the first minute after the start you fall into everyone else 's dirty wind and drop even further back . |
| 12 | If you have just a few bushes , drape individual plants with nets , burying or pegging down the edges during vulnerable periods . |
| 13 | If you have just a few mulberries , not enough to make a pudding or an ice , arrange them in a little pyramid , if possible on shiny green leaves , on a plain glass compote dish , with a separate bowl of sugar . |
| 14 | , and in the machine or something , I had you know , I never know , you have quite a few words which are n't any French or . |
| 15 | When you find you have only a few hours to spare you can choose the best swim for that particular period . |
| 16 | AVCs are a very efficient way of saving , especially if you have only a few years to go before you retire . |
| 17 | In my long experience of this species , I have noticed that as long as you have only a few juveniles over 1″ , these seem to stop growing at around 1.25″ , until an adult dies , whereupon a young fish will fill the gap and grow on to adult size at a remarkable rate . |
| 18 | It may be all very well when you have a goal in sight and you have only a few weeks to get through . |
| 19 | You need only a little of your anti cellulite massage oil — about a teaspoonful for each leg . |