Example sentences of "you [vb past] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You 'd best take a jug with you .
2 ‘ Anyone would think you 'd just received a death sentence .
3 if you 'd actually made a minus there , ignoring capital allowances , you 'd just made a loss of four hundred pounds , then that loss would be for a year of assessment , and in that year of assessment , it could be set against your salary or pensions for that year a as if it was a personal allowance .
4 And you 'd just had a plastic cold just the favourite because for our Martine and pull her along in it .
5 if you 'd actually made a minus there , ignoring capital allowances , you 'd just made a loss of four hundred pounds , then that loss would be for a year of assessment , and in that year of assessment , it could be set against your salary or pensions for that year a as if it was a personal allowance .
6 ‘ I think you 'd better stay a bit longer and Mary and I will take you home . ’
7 You 'd better organize a couple of temps for us , ’ Georgina said .
8 ‘ Then you 'd better throw a blanket over your head , ’ he said quietly .
9 You 'd better find a plaster for that thumb or it might start bleeding again . ’
10 He said , ‘ You 'd better have a rest after tea .
11 You 'd better have a go on these , I think .
12 You 'd better have a word with him .
13 ‘ Perhaps you 'd better have a cigarette , Ellen . ’
14 Well you 'd better have a cup of coffee or .
15 You 'd better have a mechanic check it over before you try and drive it . ’
16 You 'd better have a talk to it , then .
17 You 'd better have a snog ?
18 You 'd better read a chapter before we go out this afternoon .
19 You 'd better get a grip of yourself , ’ I said .
20 You 'd better get a couple Nola .
21 ‘ If you 're still planning to come with me , you 'd better get a move on .
22 That , that 's right , you 've still got time or you 'd better get a move on , it 's that sort of reaction that your brain makes is n't it ?
23 Do n't you think you 'd better take a look at this fellow you knocked out ?
24 And talking of cards , ’ she went on quickly as it registered with Fabia that if adding Cara 's name to hers on any card she sent home was n't lying , then she did n't know what was , ‘ you 'd better take a couple of my business cards . ’
25 If you want to understand Theology , you 'd better take a gander at the Demonology too …
26 You 'd better take a coat , ’ said Tuppe helpfully .
27 Anyone would think you 'd never seen a chocolate before !
28 ‘ You said you 'd never forced a woman , ’ she spat savagely , painfully aware of the way her breasts were jutting against him .
29 Before ‘ Do Re Me ’ , you 'd never taken a single from an album .
30 ‘ You like it so much you agreed to sail across the Mediterranean , with a man you 'd only met a couple of times , regardless of the fact that you did n't know one end of a boat from the other . ’
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