Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] the [noun sg] you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , the chance of being selected as a bone marrow donor is therefore very slim and although on the register you may in fact never match with a patient . |
| 2 | So the advice is , and I 'm not an investment advisor , it 's because of the exemption you must always take advantage of all tax exempt forms of savings before you look at anything else . |
| 3 | After having amassed around 200 hours on the Corsair since purchasing it in 1982 , the novelty of flying this beast has not diminished : ‘ Today I feel that every flight in the Corsair is as exciting as the first , mainly because with the Corsair you can not afford to be complacent , as the aircraft will sometimes bite back , so I have to be alert all the time while I am flying ’ . |
| 4 | Everybody hates a bad leaver but , whereas in the West you can usually close the door on a guest who has finally reached the garden gate , in the islands it is impolite to stop waving and chanting until he is either round a corner and out of sight , or else too distant to be able to see the whites of his eyes . |
| 5 | ‘ The problem with home drinking is that , while in the pub you can be sure that a single whisky is one-sixth of a gill , when you 're drinking at home how can you be sure ? ’ said Val Abbas , district health promotion officer . |
| 6 | While in the summer you might get away with a pair of trail boots , I would always want to wear something more substantial for traditional British hill-walking . |
| 7 | At one extreme you may wish to ignore all advice and to pioneer your own stretch of water , while at the other you could simply follow a successful fisherman , wait for him to leave his swim and then cast a bait exactly where he did . |
| 8 | After the introduction screens , you will be shown a picture of a palm on the left of your screen whilst on the right you will be asked questions about your palm relevant to the particular markings presently being displayed . |
| 9 | Truly I make but a stammering companion , I have no graces , and as for the wit you may have perceived in me when we met , you saw , you must have seen , only the glimmerings and glister of your own brilliance refracted from the lumpen surface of a dead Moon . |
| 10 | It 's performance is shattering , as for the money you would be entitled to expect . |
| 11 | Er , well as in the English you 'd probably say if you did n't study philosophy , you 'd say were identified as Venus , but it 's not the same thing . |
| 12 | There are Inland Revenue rules as to the amount you can invest , which varies according to your age . |
| 13 | They will then issue instructions as to the action you should take . |