Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] you [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him .
2 You have to work off what you can get .
3 Part Two — Working in the ES — summarises the key points you will need to know about what you can expect in terms of support and entitlements from your new employer and other useful information ; and
4 • If you do n't know of anyone you could share a job with , try approaching employment agencies who might be able to match you up with someone .
5 ‘ Measure the service you provide against what you would like in similar circumstances . ’
6 There is very little incentive at the moment because you are constrained with what you can do with the money . ’
7 You take Shallot 's advice on this : the power of witchcraft lies in what you can make other people think .
8 Consider taking a cheap base in the area before term starts from which you can study the area and the vacancies , and be ready to pounce from close at hand .
9 After a flight to the east , your body is behind the new local time and to adjust to it you will have to advance your body clock .
10 Better concentrate on what you can control and get on with it .
11 ‘ It just occurred to me you might like to … ’ ;
12 ‘ It never occurred to me you 'd want anything else — or at least , ’ she amended with a sheepish smile , ‘ I never dared hope you would want anything else .
13 It never occurred to me you could think that .
14 And if I had n't met the people I 've met , I think I 'd 've been a very frustrated person cos erm , even though you can think of something , un unless , if you have other people you can go , if you say to somebody you could say , oh God , you know let's do this and this and this , or I think , really think this or this and someone else goes yes I do
15 I wish you 'd think of something you would like for your birthday .
16 I wish you would think of something you would like for your birthday
17 you know , can you think of one you might 've had last night or one that you particularly remember or something like that
18 ‘ When you want to talk about anything you 'll know where to find me . ’
19 Erm the there is something which I suppose can be said about what you should do , if you 're an N F and a , and a , an a dominant intuitive .
20 It is a relief to me to take up this pen and sit at a table and endeavour to sort out what I feel pressing in upon me and to know that if sense can be made of it you will make it .
21 Work out what you want to know , write down the approximate question you think will bring out the right answer and then in a third column put a percentage to represent how much the answer equates with what you would like to hear .
22 No , know what he can do with it you 'll have to hoover up here in a minute Clare , get all this tobacco off , I 'm only joking , girl
23 If you are on edge , perhaps you are being pushed into something you might regret .
24 In certain cases the law imposes very short time limits within which you must act .
25 ‘ My life 's insured by the department , ’ he explains to Felicity , ‘ so that if anything happens to me you 'd get both a lump sum and a regular income .
26 All of these comments and caveats will have set you pondering on the myriad uses to which you can put the data base , the diary , the notepad and the calculator .
27 out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in
28 As He says to me you can choose yir freends but you canny choose yir flock !
29 If it came to it you could keep them at the Chestnuts over the road .
30 Erm and er so er y'know there 's all sorts of well depends on what you can find and what you think 's suitable .
  Next page