Example sentences of "you [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm suggesting , ’ she lied smoothly , ‘ that he may not wish to risk his career by fighting a duel , but instead might try to kill you during a battle . ’ |
| 2 | If you wish they can stay with you during a consultation . |
| 3 | If you wish they can stay with you during a consultation . |
| 4 | You 're gon na turn it off because I wan na tear you off a strip about something . |
| 5 | You 're gon na turn it off because I wan na tear you off a strip about something . |
| 6 | Another novelty is the secure access feature , which prompts you for a password when it auto-answers an incoming data . |
| 7 | Matters relating to your home life and financial security are highlighted and , while you can anticipate some minor gains , benefits or other incentives early this month , sparks may fly just prior to the 16th , when someone appears to be taking you for a fool or expecting you to foot the bill . |
| 8 | I appreciate you 're a very clever woman , but then I never took you for a fool . |
| 9 | I thought we could have lunch in the garden after your inspection — I 've already arranged for the fridge to be restocked — and afterwards , if you do n't fancy going to the beach , we could go out in my boat , or I 'll take you for a tour of North Zealand , through the quaint old villages with their farmhouses and gardens full of hollyhocks and the beech woods . |
| 10 | Proclaims you for a man replete with mocks ; |
| 11 | Our yachts are well maintained , so much so that we offer generous guarantees of compensation if rare failure immobilises you for a day . |
| 12 | But I would have thought you 'd expect him to be faithful to you for a day or two at least . ’ |
| 13 | By nominating you for a building society mortgage under the Support Lending Scheme which is designed to help first-time buyers . |
| 14 | ‘ Could I trouble you for a receipt ? ’ |
| 15 | It avoids one of the most familiar classroom situations in the primary school — the child who comes to you for a word which is already written down higher up the page . |
| 16 | So I 'm gon na ask both of you for a word specially in a moment to describe what it was like for that girl in the jungle . |
| 17 | I do n't know if any of you have ever been to Newcastle before — if not , I 'd be happy to meet you at the station , or wherever , ( as long as it 's not too early in the morning ! ! ) , take you for a drink , and show you how to get to the ground . |
| 18 | I 'm not quite sure whether that was a pat on the back or what but anyway erm and when Martin offered you for a drink I actually took it as a cup of tea actually so |
| 19 | You move to America but hastily return after Ted Kennedy invites you for a drive . |
| 20 | Right back to you for a bugler ? |
| 21 | The right approach might possibly be along the lines of : ‘ How about the family closing ranks and getting together now that you need a little help ? ’ or ‘ Give us the pleasure of doing something for you for a change . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It is time that someone began to look after you for a change , Julia , ’ he said seriously . |
| 23 | and she can be you for a change , instead . ’ |
| 24 | if the gallery accepts you for a solo exhibition , they will normally organise everything and bear the costs of running and advertising it . |
| 25 | It 's asking you for a type . |
| 26 | The standing back approach Someone phones you for a price for a project . |
| 27 | I would n't press you for a decision , I promise you . |
| 28 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 29 | " If that be so , then I 'll take you for a wife . |
| 30 | Erm do you mind if I leave you for a second ? |