Example sentences of "you [verb] [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What about if you 'd received a harsher sentence ? |
| 2 | ‘ Well , goodbye , ’ he finished conventionally ; ‘ I wish you 'd had a better day . ’ |
| 3 | So you 've covered a bigger region in the past , not just Stortford . |
| 4 | So you 've found a better job ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If you 've got a better idea , why do n't you say so ? ’ |
| 6 | What it means is that if you know that somebody 's or if you know somebody 's sex then you 've got a better than chance bet at guessing whether they smoke or not . |
| 7 | If they show you a picture , you 've got a better chance . |
| 8 | Obviously you 've got a better eye tha than I have , but er |
| 9 | I in , in the north you 've got a higher proportion of owner-occupiers and |
| 10 | You 've got a bigger problem than I have , though — you ca n't leave here but I can . |
| 11 | If you 've got a bigger surgery which may break into that third week |
| 12 | Even if you 've got a darker complexion , or tan easily , you still need to be careful in the sun . |
| 13 | And th it 's a it 's a it 's a strange situation but if you 've got a smaller estate you 'll get away with it , and if you 've a larger one you 've got to tell them about it . |
| 14 | ‘ No doubt if you had made a speedier recovery , I might not have enjoyed such a free hand ; but then , your illness was prolonged by your feverish attack of conscience with regard to your precious daughter ! |
| 15 | By contrast , you have painted a gloomier picture of British themes , its politicians , its sense of justice , its failure to resolve the Irish issue . |
| 16 | This is sometimes possible , too , if you have attended a further or adult education college . |
| 17 | If you have got a younger brother or sister , you have probably heard that before now . |