Example sentences of "[v-ing] you [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is there anything which needs to be cleared up with someone else that is robbing you of a clear conscience ? |
| 2 | Be here on time and do your work well and I might consider hiring you on a regular basis once the child is born . ’ |
| 3 | If you are under 60 but your husband has reached 65 and is retired , he may be able to claim a dependency addition of £32.55 for you , provided he pays it to you or is maintaining you to an equivalent amount . |
| 4 | Clearly you do your best , the interviewers call me , praising you as an excellent chap . |
| 5 | Victor Frankenstein , Shelley 's future wife , Mary Godwin , will publish a novel about you , using you as a dire example of the way man becomes isolated from nature when he seeks to control nature . |
| 6 | As there are four men surrounding you in a close semicircle , you must aim for their weak point — the smaller of the two end men . |
| 7 | Nor have I the slightest intention of subjecting you to a close examination of my emotions . ’ |
| 8 | You never knew these days when a casual remark was going to provide the justification for someone stalking you with an automatic rifle . |
| 9 | Once the climb begins , the road winds steadily higher through the splendid beech trees of the Forêt d'lssaux , forever pointing you in a new direction and forever seeming to have no ultimate outlet upwards . |
| 10 | Everybody has them and something must be holding you at a given height above the ground ! ’ |
| 11 | We 're moving you to a safe house in Wapping . |
| 12 | The next time your having a trim it might be worth taking a closer look at the stylist snipping the curls around your ears and the junior getting you in a right lather at the backwash . |
| 13 | ‘ Is your sister expecting you at a specific time ? ’ asked Penry when they were on the way to Haverfordwest at last . |
| 14 | What is meant by treating you as a whole person ? |
| 15 | ‘ I think caring really means treating you as a human being . |
| 16 | I 'm not tying you to a specific month , but about January nineteen eighty five you would give the figures for the printing of the first brochure |
| 17 | The Directors of Craigendarroch Country Estate have great pleasure in inviting you to a luxury weekend in Royal Deeside . |
| 18 | By recognizing you as a regular guest . |
| 19 | ‘ We are not taking you to an uncivilised place , Jenna , ’ he murmured . |
| 20 | I know , I know , I know I should n't be angry cos it 's not , you know , obviously you 're not gon na think every time someone says they fancy you you 're not gon na think oh God he 's lying , there 's no reason , you should n't ever think that I mean what they 're doing now is just making you into a paranoid wreck . |
| 21 | R's like they are putting you in a helpless position and expecting you to be able to operate from there . |
| 22 | Let me now illustrate some of these things by introducing you to a twentieth-century saint who lived a life of love in a radical way . |
| 23 | The planets are presently influencing you in a positive way , and you 'll become more confident about the months ahead . |
| 24 | By welcoming you to a serene enclave where requests are carried out with distinction and despatch , meals may be enjoyed in your room at any hour , and you are courteously awakened with the day 's forecast , thus properly prepared for the elements . |
| 25 | Look out for models that are freestanding when folded and which can be collapsed using one hand only , leaving you with a spare arm to hold the baby . |
| 26 | Six or seven has the same effect if you land right , leaving you with an aching crotch and bruised joints if you 're lucky . |
| 27 | Antiques they may be , but one good reason for choosing a record deck so late in the day is that , unlike CD , the technology is tried and tested and not susceptible to the great leap forward , leaving you with an obsolete model . |
| 28 | I was surprised to hear you have a fear of drowning , but I do n't expect that is bothering you on a big ship . |
| 29 | My dear George YOU WILL not thank me for congratulating you on a lucky escape . |