Example sentences of "you [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With him there you were never baulked ; you rarely got a clout from your opposite number and you never had the middle jumper leaning forward to nab your ball . |
| 2 | There are others who never will , and you 'll have a constant battle to establish you right to have a share in making decisions , and knowing where the money goes . |
| 3 | I 'll run you home ; or would you rather have a brandy ? ’ |
| 4 | Would you rather have a cup of tea ? |
| 5 | Would you rather have a job ? |
| 6 | Would you rather have a woman on the throne of England ? ’ |
| 7 | Do n't you , almost , you can almost hear behind the text saying , would n't you rather have a woman like that |
| 8 | Would n't you rather have a woman with a mind of her own ? |
| 9 | Or would you rather see a flick ? ’ |
| 10 | Building up relationships was very much like collecting little islands — you jumped from one to another to another to another — and if you were lucky you eventually had a network . |
| 11 | That two hit men had waylaid you and that we were making our escape when you suddenly had a brainstorm and accused me of being in league with them ? |
| 12 | pink and are really lovely for a bit and then you suddenly get a wind |
| 13 | You suddenly got a tape machine stuck on |
| 14 | Or try the heart-in-mouth sensation when you 're strolling with your lover at some secret rendezvous and you suddenly see a neighbour across the street or your husband 's car waiting at the lights . |
| 15 | ‘ You obviously know a lot of people in the trade . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You obviously know a lot about writing , ’ said Zeinab . |
| 17 | You obviously did a lot of work for that . |
| 18 | I mean you might decide you wo n't save anything if you only got a pound or you wo n't buy any presents or you wo n't buy any sweets . |
| 19 | I was interested in all this for the simple reason that as something that takes your fancy passes you , you only get a glimpse . |
| 20 | See , er now , coming to that , holidays , er you only had a week 's holiday , with no pay . |
| 21 | You only make a fool of yourself when you try and speak in public . |
| 22 | Now you only used a pen to sign your name — a role for which the elegant , smooth script of the fountain pen was admirably suited . |
| 23 | ‘ You only need a pound a head . |
| 24 | One thing that can be said for this type of control is that you only need a minimum of movement in the pot to switch between crunch and scream . |
| 25 | With plastic pipe , you only need a hacksaw , but concrete ones need special pipe cutters . |
| 26 | oh it 's very smart I have to say that , I mean when you 've got something like that you only need a skirt and a top |
| 27 | It was fifty , it 's thirty minutes to do the run , you only wanted a bus to repeat itself every forty minutes , so you got ten minutes to waste . |
| 28 | You only want a table and four chairs for |
| 29 | that 's two lines as well , I mean if , if you only have a tenner it pays for your afternoon out |
| 30 | Perhaps he thinks you only have a motorcycle driving licence ! |