Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] you [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course nothing remotely approaches the indulgent , yet time and time again Pollini characterises the music with an infinite subtlety which makes other interpretations appear almost cosmetic in comparison : listen to how gently he coaxes ( never caresses ! ) the opening phrases of and you 'll hear what I mean . |
| 2 | Under F R S Three which is the erm everything above the line earnings a a covers down , earnings down from two one to one six , not much change on the adjusted earnings which we think is perhaps more meaningful and if you look at the cash generation the test of whether you can pay it a very significant improvement from one two to one point seven times . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not a case of whether I like it or not , more a case of whether you can find him or not . ’ |
| 4 | Right yeah erm so that can be , that can be a bit awkward but still some of the older stuff can give you a bit of a grounding in , in , in , in , in , in what it 's about if you can find anything relevant and sometimes you 've just got to sort of wander round the library and pick things up off the shelves like at random and see , see if you can find something in the index or find something in the contents pages that sort of vaguely coincides with what the you know what 's been talked about in the class that week erm sometimes if you keep looking you might actually be dead lucky and find one of the recommended books has actually come back in erm you may find that you 've got to be a bit flexible about that because , you know , if a topic 's dealt with in November you may not get a chance to see the book until you know kind of , I do n't know , February or something , you know I mean so it , it sometimes does mean you 've got to do the reading like a bit displaced from the from the classes |
| 5 | It was only when he moved round to the side that he saw the blue , chapped ears and the hair , frozen and brittle , as if you could snap it off . |
| 6 | ‘ You do n't look as if you could get anything right . |
| 7 | She narrowed her eyes to catch the first mosquito smudge of distant cormorants — give them till daylight , she told herself as if you can command their flight ! |
| 8 | ‘ It 's not as if you can do anything — and believe me , we 've enough staff who 'll be more than happy to keep him occupied if he should wake up , but just now all he wants to do is sleep . |
| 9 | Not as if you can wash them . |
| 10 | It was a marvellous programme to work for because you could do what you liked for it . |
| 11 | It was a marvellous programme to work for because you could do what you liked for it . |
| 12 | It was and yet , I 'm losing my thread with , what I was going to say was , it must 've been so important because an in that you could get anything you liked . |
| 13 | In that you could see what was happening on the floor but it did n't show continuity of work which easily |
| 14 | Down in Mono Valley , you can be sure there are abused kids , sad sweet dreamers , the misunderstood and the distracted — all huddled under its hazy horizons , but the Popinjays have their own style of empathy and a philosophical get-out line that says ‘ nothing ever goes away , it just becomes before and you 'll find it all once more . ’ |
| 15 | You 've heard it all before and you 'll hear it again . ’ |
| 16 | Look — I 'll slip my dress on and you can tell me if you think it 's appropriate for a country gathering . ’ |
| 17 | It 's up to you to weigh the situation up as to whether you can stand it . ’ |
| 18 | You know , in fact , they 're bigger than that , but the big jar 's like a chocolate tin with the red lids on whether you could fill them with bath crystals and some things like that . |
| 19 | But if you get a copy , save it for when you can read it at one sitting . |