Example sentences of "you [vb base] what [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " It is only when you see miners down the mine and naked that you realise what splendid men they are . |
| 2 | ‘ I sometimes wonder if you realise what this work actually means , Nicholson . |
| 3 | it did n't look quite so crappy but I mean nor , no the trouble is when you read something you picture what that chest is gon na be , it 's gon na |
| 4 | You recall what that minstrel told us some weeks back , Ralf ? |
| 5 | You can protect your user from much frustration if you predict what these problems are likely to be and include an error handling routine . |
| 6 | Hands up if you remember what two words we 're going to begin our answer with . |
| 7 | About that time everybody had indigo suit , you know what indigo blue is do n't you ? |
| 8 | You know what other place is like . |
| 9 | He 's very cold — you know what middle-class people are like . |
| 10 | So it should n't be that much of a problem but I do recommend erm this weekend , amongst the many other things , to look at the C C Q , or at some time before you go out in the big wide world and do it for real , to look at the C C Q and pull it apart so you know what each box is actually for . |
| 11 | You know what Imperial service is like . ’ |
| 12 | He was never in favour — too old for her and too experienced and sophisticated ; but you know what young girls are — always fall flat on their faces for a good-looking fellow . " |
| 13 | We know that you know what compressed funding is |
| 14 | You know what that work is . |
| 15 | And you know what that tune was ? |
| 16 | okay , pretend that you 're that building and I want you to describe yourself and and I want the rest of the class to see if they can guess what it is and how long they take it they take to guess okay , and if you think you know what that person is , put your hand up do n't do n't shout out . |
| 17 | You know what these BBC chaps are like : we 've had them refuse to continue just because a chair squeaks . ’ |
| 18 | So , you know what these girls are , they sort of I personally , you know , as it were a trained scientist , a certified chemist who you tend to , to take a , a slightly er diagnostic view of things , but that 's not quite right , but you take a slightly objective view of things and I , I , I , I 've been thinking to myself ah it is rotten unfair on girls because sometimes sort of between about fifteen and twenty five , but now I suppose because they 're all growing up so much earlier it 's between ten and twenty , they have a pretty monumental change , they , and , and it 's not a bundle of laughs but they can talk to their friends , they can see their friends and talk to their mothers , they can get a vague way it 's gon na affect them and they can you know , sort of , let's say twenty , twenty five settle into a routine which has variations every , during the four weeks and they vary between individuals , I mean it 's well known |
| 19 | You know what these publishers are like : they 'll do anything to whip up a bit of interest in a book . |
| 20 | And then she keeps saying but you know what these councils are like . |
| 21 | You know what those university types are like , on the arts side . |
| 22 | We 've all got innate ability for something or other , you know what innate means ? |
| 23 | Well , she said , you know what commercial travellers are , and laughed and winked . |
| 24 | You know what next door 's done ? |
| 25 | What , so you know what little girls like and . |
| 26 | Every dancer has got a different job to do on the road — as if dancing were n't difficult enough — but you know what most people would say : ‘ It 's art , it 's dance , it 's Britain , you should be grateful to be doing it at all ’ . |
| 27 | you know what some people like |
| 28 | You share the information you got , but you talk about it , and you hear what other people have got to say . |
| 29 | Well I think there 's a difficulty here because I think one of the questions is a matter of perspective erm how do you define how you define what sexual harassment is is to an extent a factor of your perspective on the question in that I think that tutors who have been thinking about it in recent years , and women tutors , who have taken the lead in it , have tended to think about the implications from the institutional perspective , that is how do tutors behave to their students and in what ways may that affect students ' studies and their live in the college . |
| 30 | If you compare what most people earn what most people earned six years ago with what they earn now , they would expect that earning to have increased , so you 'd expect the budget to increase . |