Example sentences of "you [vb base] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you make a few small holes in the container , it will help to ventilate it and allow small animals to get in . |
| 2 | The tiny whales also make very good ‘ going home presents ’ , although there will be arguments unless you make a few more . |
| 3 | Er cos that 's why we 're so expensive when you lose a few engineers in transit . |
| 4 | Premier Savings is not the type of savings account for you to dip into every time you want a few pounds to spend . |
| 5 | You put a little of the gel in the palm of the hand , use water to lather it , put the lather over your face , and then again , rinse off with warm water and you feel as if you 've used soap and water . |
| 6 | You run a few steps . ’ |
| 7 | If you read a few er , verses , a chapter or so earlier on , he had been speaking to one man to a er er a high official from Ethiopia , and he had been sharing with him from Isaiah chapter fifty three , the message of Jesus Christ . |
| 8 | He sits behind a desk and you stand a few feet away with a screw facing you really close on either side . |
| 9 | You save a few more coppers do n't you ? |
| 10 | It 's only open you know a half day a week . |
| 11 | But it , I , it 's only six ninety five and I thought if we had you know a few facts at our fingertips to say well that 's all rubbish you know . |
| 12 | I never buy it of fortnightly so I I 'll go to the shop and I 'll say , Right , probably seven tins of beans , seven tins of peas , er you know a few tins a few beans er tins of spaghetti and things like that you know , bits and bobs , but I 'll still get a joint for me Sundays . |
| 13 | Er , and I mean if you want to buy you know a few hundred of it then fine , you know you could b it 'll do the job , you know if it 's , it 's not a , a thing that er |
| 14 | Well up in Scotland of course we do n't need to save our rain water we get plenty of it coming from the unclear , but er one thing I would say would be that erm if we have a warm spell and the sun is beating on a bitumen roof and then of course suddenly a shower and that er goes into the water bucket or water barrel then it does give you maybe you know a few problems . |
| 15 | It was just all all like that you know a few tress but mainly grass . |
| 16 | You know a few thousand people see my slides over the years , but you know , nobody would ever guess I need to lose weight anyway . |
| 17 | Drop nylon cord over the stitches and hold ends of cord down under the beds while you knit a few rows . |
| 18 | How if you get one each and then you get a half share in that . |
| 19 | By starting later and doing it gradually you get a few extra weeks without the fuss and worry of having to give solids at all . |
| 20 | First time round you get a few facts , a whole lot of lies and masses of irrelevant material . |
| 21 | As usual , it needs an add-in , but at least you get a few icons to play with |
| 22 | You get a few but not our bit , it 's actually more at the picking now where all the young ones are . |
| 23 | You expect in matches that you get a few breaks going your way and some against you but this was hard to take . ’ |
| 24 | You get a few fucking with the chef . |
| 25 | You get a few aches and pains |
| 26 | Bet you get a few . |
| 27 | and even if you do n't it 's gon na c you know And er you get a few choice words and then eventually you say Well well look we 'll go outside and sit outside for a few minutes and d and wait till you 've decided what and do n't forget i time you kn you kn |
| 28 | Then there 's the lending it out problem , where presumably people say ‘ can I borrow this stuff ’ and they just sort of walk off with it and you do n't know whether you 've got it all back , and you find a few weeks later there 's a lead missing . |
| 29 | You are invited to a party and after a couple of drinks you decide a few crisps or nuts will not hurt . |
| 30 | But if you miss only two or three weeks then you pay a little money — 23p , I think it is . |