Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] you [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 If the person walks through nothing you would suddenly see the person as he walked in the light .
2 In addition to her other problems , Kate Adie has achieved the status of someone you ca n't write about without attracting the wrath of the soft-left establishment ( aka your own Sean French and the Independent 's Reggie Nadelson ) .
3 And in the absence of someone you can legitimately blame ( it 's rarely possible to give the person firing you the sort of vitriolic tongue-lashing you 'd like to ) , you may hit out at your nearest and dearest .
4 No it sounds like one you wo n't have heard of on that , the big old LP 's that me and Nicola , Nicola for a birthday , that erm , school love he used to be er , oh I du n no what was his name ?
5 I just seems like something you could just keep building and building forever .
6 You sit there and spend a million dollars on effects to try to make it sound like something you can already go out and buy .
7 Almost the first thing Mathers said was , ‘ You 're asking for something you ca n't get . ’
8 You 'd passed judgement on my morals and decided to punish me for something you could only have had the vaguest idea about .
9 To Eric I say a heartfelt merci bien for everything you 're doing at Leeds , and for everything you may yet do to help improve my love life .
10 ‘ Why , Alice , ’ Harry said , staring at her curiously , ‘ you sound as if you 've fallen in love with someone you ca n't have .
11 ‘ You could have , after all , been stranded with someone you 'd never set eyes on — someone who was n't the least bit hospitable .
12 Have you ever fallen in love with somebody you should n't have ?
13 Please take my advice and forget it before you get into something you ca n't control . ’
14 With everything you could possibly desire to make your holiday memorable , the hotel even boasts a reading room , fishing and a range of activities such as Eastern cookery and flower arranging .
15 Cos you can not if you left this with anybody you 'd never see it again .
16 He does seem to suggest , that if you 're directly interested or if you have a direct interest in something you ca n't take an objective view , and I would say that actually , members have shown their ability to erm , to achieve something different from that , the way they wear different hats at different committees , Mr comes to mind where he will argue for the D S O's , at the D S O managing board , and for the client at Education Committee .
17 ‘ But it is very difficult to focus anger and revenge on someone you ca n't picture .
18 It was more like the noise dogs make sometimes — a see-sawing musical phrase , as if it was talking to someone you could n't see .
19 ‘ If you do not know where you are then you 're quite likely to wander on to something you can not cope with . ’
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