Example sentences of "you a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am afraid , however , that I am going to have to give you a disappointing reply . |
| 2 | However , a magnificent aspect to Saturn on June 8 will bring out the romantic in you and give you a rare feeling of liberation . |
| 3 | ‘ If Carnelian leaves Stalinvast , ’ Jaq said bluntly , ‘ we may need to take you a vast distance . ’ |
| 4 | The Open University offers you a lifelong opportunity to continue your education — to whatever level you want , and in a way that fits in with the rest of your life . |
| 5 | Finally , take with you a spare copy of the ‘ particulars , from the estate agent , to check his details line by line , measure by measure , as these are nearly always inaccurate or incomplete . |
| 6 | You probably would n't appreciate a shape up exercise video Mrs B , so I 'm sending you a spare copy of Donald Norfolk 's book , Think Well , Feel Great . |
| 7 | I 'll leave you a spare key for the office — then you could lock up for me when you leave . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Are you a respectable woman ? ’ quickly interpolated the magistrate when I said I wished to remain . |
| 9 | The figure you get from those calculations will give you a rough idea of the pension you would receive if there were no inflation nor pay rises between now and your retirement date . |
| 10 | ROS : I merely suggest that the position of the sun , if it is out , would give you a rough idea of the time ; alternatively , the clock , if it is going , would give you a rough idea of the position of the sun . |
| 11 | ROS : I merely suggest that the position of the sun , if it is out , would give you a rough idea of the time ; alternatively , the clock , if it is going , would give you a rough idea of the position of the sun . |
| 12 | erm at the end of a metre is difficult to be sure , but it 's somewhere between ten thousand years and fifty thousand years in these deposits , to give you a rough idea of the kind of length of time we 're talking about . |
| 13 | ‘ They might have given you a rough ride at first , but you survived — more than survived ! |
| 14 | It will cost you a cool £3 . |
| 15 | Amanda just called you a super piss head ! |
| 16 | As little control as I have where you 're concerned , I 'm not such an animal that I 'd deny you a peaceful night when you 're so obviously in need of one . |
| 17 | Are you a pretentious fop ? |
| 18 | As long as you can show that they owed you a legal duty to be careful and have been negligent , damages could come your way . |
| 19 | ‘ She sent you a posthumous letter . |
| 20 | ‘ If I 've told you once I 've told you a thousand times , ’ he said , ‘ your catapults are for stoning the Brits — not for shooting sticky buds at me , right . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've told you a thousand times we ca n't afford it , or rather , I 'm not going to afford it . |
| 22 | ‘ Thank you a thousand times , Gabriel ! |
| 23 | ‘ Thank you , thank you a thousand times , ’ she said huskily . |
| 24 | ‘ Thank you a thousand times . ’ |
| 25 | After that — ’ he swore ‘ — if I 'd thought about you before we made love , afterwards I thought about you a thousand times more . |
| 26 | ‘ What would you do , ’ Wexford said to his wife , ‘ if I brought a young girl home and offered you a thousand pounds to let her stay ? ’ |
| 27 | It might cost you a thousand pounds if you live in a a huge detached house and in the back of building you 've got lots of rooms . |
| 28 | Even the smallest deviation can , as the Chinese say , ‘ lose you a thousand miles ’ . |
| 29 | Falstaff is forcibly returned to prose , ‘ knapp 'd o'th'coxcomb ’ by verse , and subsides to his own level : ‘ Master Shallow , I owe you a thousand pound ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ Leaving you a substantial sum of money — millions , probably — and a new position . |