Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [subord] you [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you very much , er I ca n't carry along because you want to stop me , but if I were capable of telling , I 'd say my attitude is still the same as it was before . |
| 2 | She did n't see why people were supposed to work hard if you ground their noses ; it seemed more likely that they 'd work hard if you promised to grind their noses if they did n't . |
| 3 | It was an arrangement we had I , I would n't phone in cos you have to wait three weeks for your wages if I phone in . |
| 4 | so their charges would go up if you had to have a contingency fund ? |
| 5 | For instance , policies will not pay out if you have to stop work because of a medical condition which you knew about before starting the policy . |
| 6 | The opportunity you really want to take is on the other side of that wall and it will remain there until you manage to puncture your own pomposity . |
| 7 | Erm , the trouble is , if you do n't know the vocabulary it 's very hard to dictate and write down because you have to keep stopping and asking them to spell things . |
| 8 | If you ca n't , if you ca n't get home if you have to go the that play , give me ring . |
| 9 | You can come out when you agree to say that you 're sorry . ’ |
| 10 | Marc was saying , ‘ When I gave you that place on your twenty-first birthday , Peter , I foolishly imagined it would help you settle down as you seemed to have no idea what you wanted to do with your life . |
| 11 | The cost of photocopying can mount up if you have to go to a local shop and pay several pence a sheet , whereas there are very likely to be local supporters who have photocopiers and are willing to run off a hundred copies at no charge . |
| 12 | It is , of course , quite easy to tell the difference by tapping the walls inside to see which are hollow , and in any case you will soon find out when you try to hang shelves , mirrors or pictures on the walls . |
| 13 | You 'll soon find out when you try to prepare two lines of equal length . |
| 14 | With demands made on your time by employers during the day and children in the evenings , months can slip by before you manage to see friends and family . |