Example sentences of "[vb infin] you [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 In this fun competition from Guinness Original and DIY , you can test your d-i-y skills , pass on useful tips that can win you £100 , and have a chance to win a dream holiday for two to the Caribbean worth up to £3,500 , with another £500 spending money .
2 Any one of which could win you £50,000 in cash .
3 Any one of which could win you £50,000 in cash .
4 I 'll give you $375,000 .
5 If you stop for three months , I 'll give you £100 ’ — a lot of money in those days , 1948 — £1,000 now ? £2,500 ? — anyway .
6 If it be said that such an accident is an involuntary mischief , would it have been a binding promise if the testator had said , ‘ I will give you £100 a year while you continue in your present chambers ’ ?
7 If you use the SSTOR utility that comes with DR DOS 6 and SuperStor , it will give you statistics that include a current compression ratio plus Actual Free , the real uncompressed free space .
8 And if you need any further incentive , on completion of your loan , we 'll give you £150 worth of B&Q vouchers to help fill your home or conservatory with plants and garden equipment .
9 or , if you continue on your holiday , we will give you £20 compensation for the first 12 hours ' delay ; for each subsequent 12-hour delay we will give you a further £10 — up to a maximum of £60 per person in total .
10 We have therefore included in the cost of your holiday insurance protection : after a 12-hour delay at the start of your holiday , you have the right to cancel and get a full refund of all the money you have paid us , excluding insurance premiums — or , if you continue on your holiday , we will give you £20 compensation for the first 12- hours ' delay : for each subsequent 12-hour delay we will give you a further £10 — up to a maximum of £100 per person in total .
11 Suppose a defendant to promise a plaintiff , ‘ I will give you £500 if you break your leg , ’ would that detriment to the plaintiff , should it happen , be any consideration ?
12 It went ‘ the English , the English , the English are best , I do n't give you tuppence for all of the rest ’ .
13 If we publish your story , we 'll send you £5 .
14 If your letter is published , we 'll send you £5
15 We 'll even send you £15 of Boots gift vouchers when you join the plan , if you apply before the date shown on the enclosed Application Form .
16 We appreciate what a stumbling block this can be and will lend you 100% as a first time buyer .
17 ‘ I ca n't understand you people , ’ Ace confided .
18 ‘ He 's got plenty of pace — but I 'll bet you £1,000 he would not get anything like the same results as Waqar and Wasim .
19 If your experience is overstated your marine insurance will be invalid and you will not be permitted to sail unless we can provide a staff member to complement your crew strength ; this will cost you £40 a day .
20 Three trial size tubes will cost you £1.89 .
21 Five litres of clean air will cost you 50p ; different ‘ flavours ’ are produced by putting a drop of scented extract into the mask : lemon , orange , coffee , mint .
22 One subsequent purchase you decide to make will still only cost you £14.95 — details will be sent with your initial order .
23 A day of activities will cost you £12.50 .
24 One session of pilot training will cost you £323 which will include ground training and a flight .
25 A rapid look at The Times newspaper for this Monday in April might give us just the slightest inkling of the minutiae of English life on a most ordinary of ordinary days : Dickens was completing David Copperfield ; Bass 's India Pale Ale could be had for 33s. per 18-gallon cask ; Hampshire Breakfast Bacon would cost you 7½d. by the half side , while Captain Reid 's ‘ Walls End ’ coal was 19s. a ton .
26 Stomach-Firming Treatment will cost you £15.25/100ml .
27 The valve will cost you £4.75 .
28 An hour 's ride out across the surrounding countryside will cost you £117.50 .
29 the electricity company will arrange a meter check which is again free if the meter is found to be faulty , but otherwise will cost you £56 ( London rate ) .
30 In any case , the price of food in that year , in the aftermath of a very bad harvest , had soared abruptly : Charles Titford , your friendly butcher and cheesemonger , would be charging 7d. per pound for pork in March , 1800 , as against 4½d. in January ; his cheese would now cost you 7d. per pound , against 5d. in January .
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