Example sentences of "you [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ye eat like a wolf . |
| 2 | ‘ Ye mean like a debt ? ’ |
| 3 | Why , ye ken in the tenements of Glasgow every mither had watched one or two , or mebbee three of her bairns die . |
| 4 | ‘ Ye 'll see what Ah mean when ye get to the bathroom . |
| 5 | So , smoker or not , drinker or latter-day prohibitionist , be sure to equip yourself with your full duty-free quotas of Marlboros and Bells afore ye go behind the remnants of the Iron Curtain . |
| 6 | ’ Whit dae ye dae wi' the papers when ye 've read them ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I warned him time and again — he got sometimes so drunk they had tae carry him inside the cage — but what kin ye dae wie a man that wo n't listen ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Efter we get alang here a wee bit , ye come tae a loch , then roon' the bend is a castle , then we cairry oan up the road a bit till we cam tae anither loch … ’ |
| 9 | I just can not stand lack of consideration for others : shown by people who park their cars so close that you have to slide in sideways — cleaning both cars with your clothes as you squeeze through the 2in space left for opening the door . |
| 10 | I I that has n't been made clear and erm you you then end up with getting down to the nitty gritty is this an application you advertise under the new procedures for ad advertising departures from the development plan ? |
| 11 | First of all you advertise in a trade magazine , and your current chef , reliable , but limited in ability , sees the advertisement and leaves the kitchen never to return . |
| 12 | So if you 're going to employ an assassin and you 're a mean skinflint you pick on the lowest of the low to do your dirty work . |
| 13 | You pick up the path after you 've climbed the fence behind the campsite toilet . |
| 14 | But if he becomes a nuisance , William , ’ he added , ‘ you bang on the floor and I 'll pick him up . ’ |
| 15 | Do you not know that what you belittle by the name tree is but the mere four-dimensional analogue of a whole multidimensional universe which — no , I can see you do not . |
| 16 | If you trust to a lawyer or a doctor , then it will be against his code of ethics to betray that trust . |
| 17 | oh and I 've made a big rug at the centre , which I shall have home before Christmas , a big woollen rug I 've made , yes so , oh it 's a beautiful rug it 's with those er silver thing you push through the hole on the canvas |
| 18 | You push over the , as long as you got over the . |
| 19 | I said , ‘ You mean , you push to the front of queues … . ’ |
| 20 | Typical low-voltage lighting sets consist of two or four lights , usually coloured and mounted on spikes that you push into the soil in flowerbeds . |
| 21 | And of course if you book over the phone , then it can be done that way . |
| 22 | If you book through a Travel Agent , you should ensure that you pay the agent in sufficient time to allow payment to reach Cosmos by the due date . |
| 23 | This causes all sorts of complications , I mean if you erm if you qualify as a doctor in Texas er and you go to Massachusetts you have to go through another set of examinations before they allow you to practice medicine in Massachusetts because they do n't accept automatically Texas qualifications , they re regard the ri they retain the right to determine their own standards of procedures in these sorts of areas so their own criminal and civil codes as well as their own political structures so these are major matters . |
| 24 | If you qualify as an English solicitor you can work outside the U.K. for government organisations , such as the United Nations in New York or the Commission of the European Community in Brussels . |
| 25 | To make sure you qualify for the Midland Student Service , please check the eligibility terms on the reverse of this leaflet . |
| 26 | ‘ The pressure only comes off and then to a degree , not totally when you qualify for the World Cup , ’ he said as the squad transferred to Detroit . |
| 27 | ‘ And what makes you think you qualify under the law ? ’ |
| 28 | The small professional garden design team offers an attractive range , called Tropical Shades , to keep you cool during the summer months . |
| 29 | ‘ I hate publicity , ’ you squeal at the hastily-arranged photocall . |
| 30 | This , in turn , gives your reader a sense of what sort of debate or discussion you see yourself as being engaged in ; and it is this , alongside whatever concrete arguments you make on a given topic , which shapes a reader 's or examiner 's general response to what you write . |