Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [Wh det] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you feel especially anxious or upset about what you are faced with doing to/with a client have you been able to use this as a guide to how fearful or angry the client may also be feeling ? |
| 2 | When you want something , be specific about what you actually want and precise in laying down the details . |
| 3 | Can I ask you Professor Lock to say a little about what you consider the housing implications of such a policy might be ? |
| 4 | ‘ Are you sorry for what you did ? ’ |
| 5 | After all I promised my Auntie before she died [ Mr Cannon 's wife ] that I 'd take care of him … and he 's a sweet old man , he 's always grateful for what you do for him . ’ |
| 6 | Elizabeth wrote , acknowledging a draft of this article : ‘ I am grateful for what you wrote . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd be grateful for what you can give me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Look , Mr Bryce , I 'm very grateful for what you 've done . |
| 9 | ‘ I am grateful for what you did last night when I was inconvenienced . ’ |
| 10 | I know you mean well , and I am ever grateful for what you did — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't think I 'm not grateful for what you 've done for Mum and the boys , ’ she said , aware that her gratitude sounded stiff and forced . |
| 12 | ‘ Look , I 'm grateful for what you just did . |
| 13 | Yes in fact , to be perfectly honest with you the relationship is a bit more than she wants Ron is a bit of a pain I told him over and over again not to push his luck , I said for goodness sake , Ron , be grateful for what you 've got apparently she does n't like to make love with the lights on I said well if that 's what she does n't like that 's what she does n't like , you 're not going to change a woman of sixty eight ! |
| 14 | Compared to other people maybe , yes mum you 're not grateful for what you 've got |
| 15 | a nap is that about what you wanted ? |
| 16 | I have really nothing else to say , except to draw attention to the inherently contradictory nature of that for which you appear to be asking . |
| 17 | Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence . |
| 18 | Note , too , that this size is marginally smaller than that for which you were asked to quote . |
| 19 | If you change any of these keywords to provide an increased usage of LIFESPAN beyond that for which you are licensed ( ie. increase the number of nodes that can access LIFESPAN or increase the number of concurrent users ) , then you must contact SST Technical Support for the new LICENCEKEY entry . |
| 20 | These principles are expressed as follows : ( 13 ) The co-operative principle make your contribution such as is required , at the stage at which it occurs , by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged ( 14 ) The maxim of Quality try to make your contribution one that is true , specifically : ( i ) do not say what you believe to be false ( ii ) do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence ( 15 ) The maxim of Quantity ( i ) make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange ( ii ) do not make your contribution more informative than is required ( 16 ) The maxim of Relevance make your contributions relevant ( 17 ) The maxim of Manner be perspicuous , and specifically : ( i ) avoid obscurity ( ii ) avoid ambiguity ( iii ) be brief ( iv ) be orderly In short , these maxims specify what participants have to do in order to converse in a maximally efficient , rational , co-operative way : they should speak sincerely , relevantly and clearly , while providing sufficient information . |
| 21 | I knew she would n't be asleep after what you 've been putting her through . ’ |
| 22 | Secondly I think the sad thing is is that at one time the idea of the foyer bar was the fact that er mother 's and children go in for a coffee facility or tea facility now I 'm I 'm one of one of the problems about criticism is is perhaps they do n't know all the facts and one of the facts which I think astounded me was the actual local police stopped that and said that that was n't permissible for if you were selling alcohol then it did n't it was n't right that that children under age and young children were allowed in the same area and that was that was changed then we got a new a new police superintendent and he said it was permissible and then we got another super he went they do n't stay very long in Harlow and we got somebody else came along and he said no that is n't permissible so we got very schizophrenic about what you could do with the foyer bar one minute you could have and the idea of about telling people and there young mothers going shopping come here for coffee , cakes for the children etc stop that we 've now got a new superintendent in Harlow and I think with applied going back to him and saying well please advice us can we or ca n't we ? |
| 23 | put erm all this about what you think force is |
| 24 | Make sure you 're clear about what you are paying for , as there may be hidden extras . |
| 25 | They 'll be happy to show you lots of properties , take you back for a second and a third look , keep you informed about new properties — as long as you seem clear about what you want and serious about buying it . |
| 26 | The objective helps you to be clear about what you have to do in a bid to get it to come true . |
| 27 | That is all there is to it : the skill is in being clear about what you want to find . |
| 28 | Preparation will also enable you to get the best possible ‘ value ’ out of the expertise of the professional you are consulting who will have access to all the relevant facts and will be quite clear about what you are hoping to find out . |
| 29 | Be quite clear about what you 'll put up with — him being late , missing meals , giving you his laundry . |
| 30 | This means that , before you begin to think about colours and the names of varieties , you have to be clear about what you would like to do and what it is possible to do , perhaps planting kinds and types about which you may have heard but are not familiar with and which would add variation and interest to your garden . |