Example sentences of "[verb] you [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] what " in BNC.
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1 | for the easy job , you set your stall out , you make a jig to sort it all out , you can slide it in , zip , zip , zip , done you could probably say what , three an hour out , if you 're lucky , two and a half , three an hour |
2 | You do n't grasp it when you 're young , and if you 're born , obviously as a lot of the population now are , much younger , and have n't really been either touched or involved in a war , it 's very difficult , it 's something which we 've all seen on television , we 've all seen it at the films and you tend if you 're not careful , to pick up the glamorous side of it , you do n't realise I do n't think and in fact I keep saying this — I do n't think you can ever realise what it must be like to be in a battle until you 've actually been there . |
3 | When we pointed the ending out to them , some said " You mean you can sometimes tell what a chapter is about by looking at the end " and others said " 0 Lord , how many times have I been told ! " |
4 | Many people think you can only do what the punchcard tells you to do but , being me , I always try to get as much as I can from them — even with a lace card I 'll try knitting it in different ways . |
5 | ROBBIE You used to say you could always tell what was bothering me , you said my face gave me away . |