Example sentences of "you [to-vb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mrs Wilson , it was good of you to agree to see me . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't need you to go to bat for me . ’ |
| 3 | The Lady Amelia would never allow you to go wandering off by yourself . |
| 4 | The interviewer wants you to go burbling on-you may say something indiscreet . |
| 5 | It may well force you to go looking for more information about your potential audience . |
| 6 | ‘ Talk of mad dogs and Englishmen , how brave of you to go visiting at this hour , Rosette and I have n't stirred a finger for ages . ’ |
| 7 | That 'll teach you to go playing round with nasty stuff like that . |
| 8 | Then one evening as she was tidying up the room he said as quietly as if he were taking rifle aim , ‘ There 's no need for you to go turning the whole place upside down . |
| 9 | Right and I want you to plan to do that for a call tonight in order to what you would say to this sort of person all right ? |
| 10 | " I want you to promise to eat well in the future , " he said , " and look after yourself . |
| 11 | And if anything happens to me , I want you to promise to make sure that he inherits my money . ’ |
| 12 | Also throughout the novel , Dickens succeeds in retaining suspense and tension , and wanting you to continue reading to find out what will happen . |
| 13 | ‘ Here we go again ’ I hear you all chorus ! ! can I tempt you to continue reading ? — Good ! |
| 14 | ‘ And you need n't worry ; I 've no intention of staying here long enough for you to continue insulting me . |
| 15 | I have passed on to them the teaching and worship tapes sent on to e here and they have asked me to thank you sincerely and they ask you to continue to pray for them . |
| 16 | ‘ I ask you to continue to support me , ’ she said in an emotional television broadcast . |
| 17 | Okay first of all er what we need you and I to decide is whether is a platform for you to continue to earn |
| 18 | We need you to continue to help us by telling us of potential hazards you see in the community . |
| 19 | Shildon is in charge of this inquiry but it could become impossible for either of you to continue working here . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It 's cruel of you to try to force me into this family . |
| 21 | Everything conspires to whisk you back into the past , including the statue of a fierce bearded mercenary leaning on his shield and grasping his pike firmly as though challenging you to try to take it from him . |
| 22 | We wish to know only who paid you to try to kill this gentleman . ’ |
| 23 | There are already plenty of pointers and anomalies , and I 'd like to go through them with you to try to sift out the red herrings and give due precedence to the important facts . |
| 24 | ‘ I would expect you to try to poison my mind against him . |
| 25 | ‘ It was kind of you to try to help , and a pity you ca n't help us further . |
| 26 | If you would like to visit the University we would urge you to try to come to one of the listed visiting days . |
| 27 | But er I would urge you to try to find your driving licence because |
| 28 | But er I would urge you to try to find your driving licence because |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps they 're using you to try to get to me , ’ Julius suggested . |
| 30 | So I do want you to try to build up as many of those as you can . |