Example sentences of "you [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'd have thought your Brian could have found you somewhere a bit more comfortable , ’ interposed Mrs Harper , seeing her opportunity of introducing Brian to his disadvantage , ‘ he must know a few folk , it 's not only money that counts . … ’ |
| 2 | Alternatively , it will cost you only a couple of stamps ( Ed 's note : Do please always enclose an SAE ) to write and ask me before you do something . |
| 3 | ‘ You were in good health when I saw you only a week ago today . ’ |
| 4 | PPS If you already a member of The Ramblers ' Association , please forgive us , but because we want to preserve the confidentiality of each other 's membership lists , some element of duplication is inevitable . |
| 5 | When driving straight ahead at a roundabout should you normally A use the left lane or B use the right lane ? |
| 6 | When driving straight ahead at a roundabout should you normally A use the left lane or B use the right lane ? |
| 7 | Before we leave you tonight a word about a series of special reports beginning tomorrow . |
| 8 | Are you just a cabbage ? he wondered — brain-dead ? or are you trying to warn us about something ? |
| 9 | Lot number twenty twenty is a quantity of stands there we are , we 've got a sample showing for you just a sample showing fifty for the lot the whole lot there for fifty pounds at fifty pounds want them for fifty pounds thank you sir , fifty pounds I 've got , at fifty five going on fifty five , sixty pounds , sixty five coming in sir ? |
| 10 | What you just a minute , is that is tomorrow afternoon your the birthday i the party or someone elses ? |
| 11 | Or is I come to you just a projection from the voice of the Enemy , saying to Frodo what he wants to hear , putting words in the mouth but not in the heart , creating ugly fictions as he does later with the phantasmal corpses of the Dead Marshes ? |
| 12 | OUR super EXCLUSIVE Wallchart features 14 of the terrible tearaways and the dramatic full-colour pictures give you just a hint of what it must be like to meet them in the ring . |
| 13 | Some people will actually say , if I could add something to the plan that would cost you just a little bit more , which means that if you 're off work through illness , the company , Abbey will pay the premiums for you , would you be prepared to pay a bit more . |
| 14 | So you had to have , in that day erm , about five men to cover one bus right the way through , can you just a moment . |
| 15 | The musical flavour will be supplied by Edinburgh 's own Tam White and the Caledonian Brewery are laying on some of their amber liquid and pies to give you just a taste of what the atmosphere will be like during the weekend 13–15 August . |
| 16 | Are you still a virgin ? |
| 17 | Are you still a schoolma'am ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Tell me , Dudley , are you still a wanker ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I thought you once a Goddess trim , |
| 20 | were n't you once a lifeguard by the ocean ? |
| 21 | Find another two people to be prayer partners with you once a week so that some of these prayer burdens can be shared and agreed on and so that you can be spurred on by each other 's zeal in prayer . |
| 22 | I 'll phone you once a week and you can tell me how you 're getting on . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Maybe I can tell you more a bit later . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you do a lot of newspaper reading , or are you more a weekend reader ? ’ |
| 25 | Bob , are you erm head teacher in any classical sense , or are you more a manager ? |
| 26 | ‘ Were you ever a dancer ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Were you ever a Tiller girl with the new Commons speaker Betty Boothroyd ? |
| 28 | Were you ever a party political person ? |
| 29 | ‘ Were you also a runaway ? ’ she asked excitedly . |
| 30 | Some sportsmen connect you viscerally with them when they perform , often those who , like Christie , are not infallible , are not always perfectly behaved , but who give you both a run for your money and a sense that what they 're doing is dramatic and important . |