Example sentences of "you [vb base] [indef pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you want something every week from Marks and Spencers , that is so sad , I |
| 2 | They 're pricey , mind , but good if you want something a bit out of the ordinary . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm glad there 's somebody 's come up with that one because that 's the only time that you say something a little bit different from the number itself . |
| 4 | And if you give somebody a pound coin they think your giving you two P . |
| 5 | Erm ha having gone through that you moved on er and gave out your business card fi first and then the buyer 's guide erm do n't know whether you 're happy doing it that way or whether it 's better round the other way , I I , you , you tend to think if you give somebody the buyer 's guide first when they start to look at it you give them your business card and take it away , perhaps if you do it the other way round they might s start reading the buyer 's guide |
| 6 | It 's a simple principle , you give everybody a number and the numbers as they move on are shown on a display board . |
| 7 | You give everybody a chance . |
| 8 | And that they , two people , you know somebody every week will collect in all the languages books and take them along er , or the language homework and take them along to their language teacher and the other one will take the history le , homework and take them on to the history teacher , and then they go off to assembly alright ? |
| 9 | ‘ You know something the newspapers have n't got hold of , is that it ? ’ |
| 10 | Again , you 'll see a good example of that , where closed questions are good in a situation if you want to get a direct answer to somebody who tends to waffle , but again , if you 're asked closed questions and you want to give information , it is harder , it 's easier if you ask somebody an open question and on the film , John Cleese comes up with the starters to an open question , which are the Who , What , Which , Why , Where , When questions . |
| 11 | Men are also able to gain the lion 's share of the floor in cross-sex talk because women provide them with ‘ hearer support ’ in the form of minimal responses ( like mhm , yes ) and questions — when you ask someone a question you cede the floor to them . |
| 12 | But just one word of advice : if you offer someone a drink and they reply , ‘ No problem ’ , it actually means ‘ Yes , please ’ . |
| 13 | Erm I think it would be useful for you do one the same way . |
| 14 | There 's coffee if you 'd like it , and it does n't have to be totally harmless , if you prefer something a bit stronger ? ’ |
| 15 | I am doubtful about the validity of ‘ torturing the evidence ’ : surely , if you torture someone the usual result is that he will speak the truth . |
| 16 | Choose from chess on one side or if you fancy something a little less taxing on the mind simply turn the mat over and set the ‘ board ’ for a fun game of checkers — you could even use it to lie on when you come out of the sea ! |
| 17 | We 've got all the equipment , weights , cycles , rowing machines , or if you fancy something a little less strenuous , I take an aerobics class every morning around eleven . |
| 18 | Technically , if you hand someone a joint you 're supplying , but it means a lot of work for them and does n't catch the people who are the big fish . |
| 19 | You learn something every day in these lectures . |
| 20 | We do n't know what it 's all about , but we do know you have something the law would like to hear . |
| 21 | ‘ You have everything a woman wants . |
| 22 | You know it does pour in if you have nought the week before anything you get is pouring in . |
| 23 | If you need something a little larger , then you might also want to consider something out of the Uno range . |