Example sentences of "you [vb base] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was going tae say , ’ the cop said , ‘ now that ye mention it , ye look right peely-wally . ’ |
| 2 | ’ ‘ Shame on ye , ye plump English trollope , ’ he giggled suddenly and rolled onto her again . |
| 3 | If you book full board you will receive breakfast , lunch and dinner . |
| 4 | You cool little sod , thought Toby , and reluctantly went down to the front drive . |
| 5 | Encourage her to come back more often you 'll not only sell the seats you 'll sell the drinks you 'll sell the ice cream you make good profit from those and every theatre and every promotional help is done . |
| 6 | ‘ You make good coffee , McAllister , ’ Dr Neil said ; he had noticed her eyes stray to his newspaper , now neglected on the table . |
| 7 | If you make good use of the contacts it forces you to make in Ardmore , Wellington or Christchurch , you can get a very useful insight into the local scene that helps prepare you for the fascinating flying that lies ahead . |
| 8 | So first and foremost let everyone see that you make common cause with the common people . |
| 9 | ‘ In many ways it would be playing into the hands of the terrorists if you make daily life unbearable in the capital . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I think you make big refinery out of small process . |
| 11 | Therefore , because such an investment is strictly limited , it is vital that you make maximum use of your entitlement . |
| 12 | Also , as you take a wave try to avoid sheeting out since you lose valuable power . |
| 13 | ‘ You mean part-time work ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You mean mental hospital ? ’ |
| 15 | None in the conventional sense that I take it that you mean mark down you mean clearing merchandise |
| 16 | You mean local traffic that wishes to get into the centre of Harrogate or into Knaresborough . |
| 17 | ‘ You mean sexual intercourse ? |
| 18 | You mean old sod , thought Tom Tedder , torn between a consciousness of Dorothea Gilberd 's eyes on him again and some residual interest in the subject in hand . |
| 19 | If you suffer acute knee injury on the day , you should withdraw . |
| 20 | Whenever you delete highlighted text using the Del for Delete key , it disappears from the text editing window into the scrap . |
| 21 | To total sickness you bring total cure . |
| 22 | If you eat brown rice , whole grain cereals such as Weetabix , porridge or muesli , pulses ( particularly baked beans or processed peas ) or two slices of wholemeal bread , you may be having enough to prevent constipation . |
| 23 | You espouse democratic participation in design . |
| 24 | Further request you enlist immediate aid of police and Intelligence re anything known about one Syros Andropulos , owner of yacht Delos . ’ |
| 25 | Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence . |
| 26 | These principles are expressed as follows : ( 13 ) The co-operative principle make your contribution such as is required , at the stage at which it occurs , by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged ( 14 ) The maxim of Quality try to make your contribution one that is true , specifically : ( i ) do not say what you believe to be false ( ii ) do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence ( 15 ) The maxim of Quantity ( i ) make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange ( ii ) do not make your contribution more informative than is required ( 16 ) The maxim of Relevance make your contributions relevant ( 17 ) The maxim of Manner be perspicuous , and specifically : ( i ) avoid obscurity ( ii ) avoid ambiguity ( iii ) be brief ( iv ) be orderly In short , these maxims specify what participants have to do in order to converse in a maximally efficient , rational , co-operative way : they should speak sincerely , relevantly and clearly , while providing sufficient information . |
| 27 | Wood expands and contracts with temperature and humidity changes , so it 's important to leave a gap of ½″ per board yard of floor space around the edges of the room when you lay new wood flooring . |
| 28 | ( Well who could want such sloppy kisses anyway thought I ) And if you lay full length with them on the beach it was a " sign " you would go all the way . |
| 29 | And it 's going back to the point that Mr Curtis I think misunderstood me , that 's basically that if you concentrate new growth in one location you have the ability to plan to serve that development by public transport , whereas if you spread it out to all the points of the compass , you know , two hundred houses in one direction of York , two hundred in the opposite direction would become very mor more difficult to serve than would a concentrated er chunk of development , and that 's as simple as that . |
| 30 | They call you dirty black gipsy . |