Example sentences of "you [vb base] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And you bring me some food . |
2 | ‘ Only because you perceive it that way . |
3 | You want them high interest ones . |
4 | How many , you want it that way , you want eleven . |
5 | Not if you send it second class . |
6 | You show us some mines : perhaps there are others still due to explode . |
7 | In case you let it hot water tank starts playing up . |
8 | You cut them that way . |
9 | ‘ You put me one step clear of a chain gang , two miles over the line . ’ |
10 | ‘ You put me one step clear of a chain gang , two miles over the line . ’ |
11 | ‘ Well , if you put it that way … ’ the porter said with a nervous chuckle . |
12 | while you 're still able sort of comfortably to drive and that sort of thing , I mean if you put it that way and you 'll be saying anyway she 's my er she 's my only living |
13 | You owe her one pound sixty now . |
14 | And if you give me dad 's five pound well I can mark his off and then you can tell him then , I 'll leave your card here and you can say you 've paid and you owe me five pound . |
15 | you owe me four quid , oh did you send that thing off then ? |
16 | Now so that 's two each , you owe me thirteen pence yes ? and it 's your box |
17 | You owe me thirty pounds . |
18 | no cos you owe me seven pound fifty |
19 | so you owe me ten minutes and normally when you come into my room you say I 'm sorry I 'm late . |
20 | If the answer is no , then you need to think about how you could improve that piece of work , somebody is speaking now it 's bad enough you owe me ten minutes if it 's not the best piece of work you 've ever done , why is n't it ? |
21 | I I had er a return ticket from York to Gloucester and I was fortunate enough to get a lift back so I went into the station to ask if I could get a refund on the other half of the return and they said Sure you owe us four pounds . |
22 | ‘ Mr Williams , ’ she said , ‘ I think you owe us some money . |
23 | ( 3 ) At all events , from that age , make him do as he is bid , if you whip him ten times running to effect it . |
24 | You give him three quid and I 'll give the rest in . |
25 | When you 've filled his hay nets up you give him ten pound of hay . |
26 | that you give them additional training so they |
27 | But , says Libby Purves , children do n't like to be pushed and their skills will grow naturally if you give them gentle encouragement and lots of opportunities |
28 | Well it 's just that for that , I mean that 's all , it 's all relative for those conditions there are , there is too much labour on the land , you erm , if you could increase agricultural productivity in a way that would displace labour and that 's very difficult to do , well you can , you can do it er most , most capital is labour displacing but not all , not all capital , erm so you could , whereas I see , I see what you are saying is that , why well the you could g you could , you could do it right even though that there are a lot of people on the land er you could still make them wholly productive by giving them more capital that was n't labour that was n't labour displacing , like you give them better seeds for example , like that would increase the productivity of the land , there would n't be so much you know population pressure on the land er because everybody would have enough to eat and we could er actually sell something , right . |
29 | If customer complaints pass your desk , ensure that you give them maximum time and personal attention . |
30 | Kids may keep their books shipshape if you give them this pair of Noah 's Ark bookends . |