Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] you [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just want you to be OK ; be careful . |
| 2 | There now , let's dry those big brown eyes , we just want you to be happy and not to think so much … . ’ |
| 3 | If you like swinging in the dark — the club would not allow you to be consistent . |
| 4 | ‘ I do not love you for being gentle , chéi . |
| 5 | I just wanted you to be sure that she 's dangerous to us . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm a bit of an outcast , love , ’ he said , ‘ and I do n't want you to be involved with all that . ’ |
| 7 | I would n't want you to be nervous , but I like touching you . |
| 8 | And I do n't want you to be disappointed next year and get a . |
| 9 | I do n't want you to be sorry . |
| 10 | I wanted you to learn everything ; I did n't want you to be poor like my sisters . |
| 11 | Of course I do n't want you to be stiff — do n't think that — but just restrain yourself , that 's all , when you want to ask people like Chignell to tea . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't want you to be ashamed of me . |
| 13 | I do n't want you to be different . ’ |
| 14 | ag again that 's why I do n't want you to be heavy cos I do n't want say to say oh you know you 've brought us you know , fifteen pages and we worked our way through it and then you know at the end of the day we do all of it , yeah |
| 15 | No , it was just , she did n't want you to be competitive about it . |
| 16 | ‘ No , of course not , but you remember why I do n't want you to be alone ? ’ |
| 17 | I do n't want you to be lonely so I 've spoken to Mrs Scott Wilson . |
| 18 | ‘ I would n't want you to be frightened at night , ’ I said . |
| 19 | I simply urge you to be reasonable and not go over the top . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't expect you to be able to give me all the time in the world : that would be unreasonable . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I — I guess I ca n't blame you for being sore . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't blame you for being angry , believing what you do about me . |
| 23 | I do n't pay you to be late , I pay you to be on time . ’ |
| 24 | I ca n't bear you to be frightened of me . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ One would almost imagine you to be jealous . ’ |
| 26 | I hope all these very pretty sentiments about not being strong enough to stand watching other people doing things in the war are just part of a passing phase ; or maybe it 's these ‘ books of a higher nature ’ … but I never credited you with being able to talk such utter balls . |
| 27 | 2 ) We hope that you , Ingrid and Mauricio will play a full part in the conference , but we would specifically ask you to be responsible for |