Example sentences of "you [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Are you due a line today ?
2 You due a line today ?
3 erm are you due an insurance line today ?
4 But you sorry a G two ?
5 right okay em are you free a bit later on this afternoon , probably around about threeish possibly ?
6 I can offer you half a day and then we can take the later flight . ’
7 I 'll give you half a tankard of beer and some bread . ’
8 ‘ Give you half a minute to get in or be chucked in , ’ said Joe .
9 Like the horrid man in Hampstead ( he was one of them ) who said , I 'll give you half a dollar if you can prove it does n't go into someone 's pocket .
10 And they used to charge , maybe lend you half a crown , not a pawnshop but your ordinary women , used to lend you half a crown and maybe charge you sixpence for it or something like that you see .
11 And they used to charge , maybe lend you half a crown , not a pawnshop but your ordinary women , used to lend you half a crown and maybe charge you sixpence for it or something like that you see .
12 They will take you half a mile for a packet of Marlboros — for a carton , they 'll fight each other for the privilege of taking you all the way ( eighteen miles ) out to Sheremtyevo airport .
13 Now the braking , bearing in mind It takes you half a second to react anyway , but hi his actual thinking distance is about thirty feet .
14 ‘ 6ft 2 ½ in and I can tell you half an inch makes all the difference . ’
15 If it normally takes you a quarter of an hour to shave , make it take you half an hour .
16 I gave you half an hour .
17 ‘ I can spare you half an hour before my presence is called for in the refectory .
18 ‘ I can give you half an hour , two-thirty to three .
19 It takes you half an hour to get your card out
20 How dare your boss , your customers , life in general , deal you such a blow ?
21 Most enclosed a gift — ‘ please , please accept it Hannah — I feel I owe you such a lot ’ — ranging from cheques up to one hundred pounds from people one hoped could afford it , down to postal orders for fifty pence from pensioners .
22 She says before you were aware of it but until it happens , it really gives you such a jolt .
23 Basically it said ‘ John Lennon , why are you such a hippy , why are n't you a revolutionary ? ’
24 ‘ Surely Helmut would not have offered you such a trifle ! ’
25 ‘ Your husband must be a very rich man to give you such a ring , ’ he said , turning it between his thumb and forefinger .
26 " I m sorry I gave you such a fright .
27 But where a party says , ‘ I charge you such a sum by virtue of an Act of Parliament , ’ it matters not whether the money is paid before or after the service rendered ; if he is not entitled to claim it , the money may be recovered back .
28 But where a party says , ‘ I can charge you such a sum by virtue of an Act of Parliament , ’ it matters not whether the money is paid before or after the service rendered ; if he is not entitled to claim it , the money may be recovered back .
29 ‘ And what makes you such an expert on love ? ’ he demanded , cutting across her attempt to explain .
30 ‘ And what makes you such an expert on the subject ?
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