Example sentences of "you [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may bring me a pot of tea at four o'clock . |
| 2 | ‘ You may give me a kiss , dear Mary , since it is soon to be your birthday . ’ |
| 3 | with my embryo staff around me ; you may think it a little late in the day to check my credentials . |
| 4 | that you may make it a condition of the carport roof , that they would put four inches of topsoil and plant grass there . |
| 5 | You may find it a long way to come for a comparatively short meeting and I should also mention that we have a regular reporter who covers the meeting on behalf of the Courier and the Garstang Guardian . |
| 6 | " You may invite him a hundred times , " said Honor tightly , " but I will never marry him . " |
| 7 | You may cut a fine figure — ’ with an approving glance cast up and down his great-nephew 's fashionably tight-fitting blue coat over buckskins and top-boots ‘ — but an expensive young profligate is what you are , Dacre , and if this inheritance do n't come as a windfall you may call me a dunderhead ! ’ |
| 8 | They should be doing that work , if they 're asking us to design a remit , price it and then they 're using that remit to get prices from other people , er I would suggest that , that we perhaps ought to have words with our clients on that basis a and say we 're quite happy to tender in competition but erm i you ought to give it a little bit of thought before you actually put the thing . |
| 9 | ‘ I think you ought to give it a try . |
| 10 | I mean , like you say , you ought you know you ought to buy her a talking alarm clock for Christmas . |
| 11 | He sent for Marko and told him , " You must plant me a vineyard and bring me wine from it in seven days . |
| 12 | You must think me a terrible whiner . " |
| 13 | ‘ You must tell us a story now . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ She will , my dear , I promise , but you must give her a chance . |
| 15 | ‘ More to follow ’ : I phoned them right a way ( and they agreed to come ) You must write it a gain ( and this time , get it right ) |
| 16 | A Well I phoned this help line about the council tax and they were really helpful my bill was a lot cheaper than the original estimate , maybe you should give them a call ? |
| 17 | You should give them a ring and tell them if you saw a strange man . |
| 18 | He 'll be in the office this week , so you should give him a call . |
| 19 | you should hide it a bit more than that |
| 20 | Since sexism is unjust you should make it a point to put women in positions where they have a chance to overcome their historic powerlessness . |
| 21 | You should make it a condition of payment that the gang supplies a Polaroid photograph of your father holding the mornings paper on the day the drop is made . |
| 22 | If you are outside the UK , You should get it a day or so late anyway . |
| 23 | I am trying to set up a seminar on Ethics in Communications ( which may also touch on more general issues of ethics and management ) — do you have any relevant texts of which you might send me a complimentary copy and to which reference could be made in the publicity for what should prove a stimulating event ! |
| 24 | You 'd gone in Blondies next door you might got it a bit cheaper and you can take yourself . |
| 25 | He will be anxious to retain your custom so you might give him a try first . |
| 26 | You might give them a clip round the ear . |
| 27 | The old woman turned back to her daughter , remarking belligerently , ‘ Kept her talking downstairs so you might give her a mean account of me , eh ? ’ |
| 28 | You might give us a call O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 29 | ‘ You might cook him a wonderful pie and then you 'd find he 'd given it to a drunken beggar , and no matter how kind you thought him after a while you 'd want to kill him . |
| 30 | They 're all right , really , but if you 'd prefer peace and quiet , you might find them a bit exhausting . ’ |