Example sentences of "you [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry VII , asking for such a loan in 1496 , told his people that ‘ this is a thing of so great weight and importance as may not be failed , and therefore fail ye not thereof for your said part … as ye intend the good and honour of us and of this our realm ; and as ye tender also the weal and surety of yourself ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Did ye bring the old bucket ? ’ she asked Nellie . |
| 3 | Well d' ya remember the first party we had ? |
| 4 | D' ya remember the little rat in |
| 5 | ‘ So ye know the exact location of this vessel her husband saw . |
| 6 | ‘ Did ye get the little bottles ? ’ |
| 7 | Again he heard the strong Irish voice ring out — ‘ Did ye get the little bottles ? ’ — and knew that however cosy it might seem in imagination he would never be one of the party hurried through the customs to the English or Irish or Scottish College . |
| 8 | What how d' ya get the That 's a difficult one really . |
| 9 | did n't ya had the last , said you were out |
| 10 | That priest did n't like you helping the poor and sick . ’ |
| 11 | but er , a lot of them got on the twelve six , you goes the twelve thirty one any way we waved to her when she got on it the coach you see was full at Bart Green , you got , at Redditch |
| 12 | Nevertheless , if you pick the required specimens carefully , you 'll be able to remove several leaves or flowers from , for instance , a bush in full bloom without spoiling its appearance or harming it . |
| 13 | Friday nights in Oxford can be great if you pick the right pub . |
| 14 | Talk to the exhibitors , too : as long as you pick the right moment you 'll find they are very happy to talk about their ponies . |
| 15 | Can you keep up regular attendance at college if you pick the part-time degree ? |
| 16 | Now when you pick a paw pear before prickling when you pick a pawpaw for a prickly pear and you pick the wrong pear next time beware ! |
| 17 | ‘ You regret the Edwardian summers ? ’ said Maximilian . |
| 18 | It wo n't be us at the next E I P , but are n't you inventing the same problem |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't tell me that you trust the whole world , ’ Alyssia could n't resist rejoining . |
| 20 | She 'd never seen either of us in a suit before — we were running them in , checking for labels we 'd missed and so on — and we had stood on her doorstep as if we were about to launch into the ‘ Have you heard the Good News … ’ routine . |
| 21 | Some fella told me that only a couple of weeks ago , but the greatest rip off of them all , have you heard the greatest rip off about Betty and the , and the roof ? |
| 22 | Have you heard the latest … ? |
| 23 | ‘ Have you heard the latest news ? ’ said one man . |
| 24 | if you passed , if you failed the eleven plus and if you were clever enough , you could take an exam , like an entry exam to go , it 's sort of if you improve from eleven to fifteen you could take an entry exam to go into grammar school then , so that you could take your G C E's |
| 25 | Are you opposing the thirteen thousand ? |
| 26 | Have you forsaken the whammy bar ? |
| 27 | We ask you to sell/buy the enclosed tickets , 5 for £1.00 , to support us . |
| 28 | and for our team achievement is climbing from the bottom to the top of the North Stack in Anglesey … its not Everest … and its been climbed many times before but this is where you taste the true flavour of British mountaineering … |
| 29 | As is the solo balance , if you favour the uncompromising Nimbus ‘ concert-hall ’ approach . |
| 30 | It may be comforting if you can acknowledge that in any moment you make the best choices you are able to in the situations in which you find yourself . |