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 .
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