Example sentences of "[prep] something you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these years you 've spent chasing after something you know you ca n't have . |
| 2 | When you get a fifth of something you get twice as much as when you get a tenth . |
| 3 | ‘ I know that you are predisposed to leave things here ; I have employed purely technical means to help you rid yourself of something you wish to regard as a technical problem but behind this eidetic delusion we both know there lies an emotional reality . |
| 4 | When she disapproves of something you 've said or done . |
| 5 | But they 're not prepared to , to leave NUPE , let go of something you know unless it 's better than what they 've had . |
| 6 | Just remember that next time you are tempted to book a holiday on the strength of something you read in one of the Sunday supplements . |
| 7 | A death/loss of something you treasured |
| 8 | Explaining it in terms of something you do n't understand . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's terrible to be accused of something you have n't done . |
| 10 | Maybe if you get a bad deal in this world , it is because of something you did , or were , in a previous life . |
| 11 | Should you feel that you are stagnating in your abyss of boredom , use your mind by studying something which has always interested you instead of something you needed to know in order to keep your job . |
| 12 | it sounds like something you get on |
| 13 | ‘ It was like something you read in a horror story — only worse , ’ said delivery man Ron yesterday . |
| 14 | ‘ … and it was so exciting , like something you read about , you know , but you never dream it could happen to you . |
| 15 | It was all like something you read in a book . |
| 16 | Grieving for something you 've never had is so intangible . ’ |
| 17 | You go to prison for something you 've done wrong , that 's your punishment , but they do n't need to humiliate you in the way they do . |
| 18 | Erm , for something you want to do , and initiate yourself , it 's again in here , it 's a brain-storming sheet . |
| 19 | ‘ Five thousand pounds is a lot of money to pay for something you do not exactly know . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |
| 21 | ‘ It seems terrible now , David , to think that you 've taken the blame for so long for something you did n't do . |
| 22 | They are to help pay for something you need but can not afford at the time you need it . |
| 23 | Happily , at the time of going to print the craze is dying a death , as consumers realise that £500 is a lot to pay for something you carry about on one shoulder , and that as a social status symbol it is as impressive as a 1979 Cortina without wheels propped up on bricks . |
| 24 | It takes about five minutes to set it up before you retire to bed , and if you come back downstairs for something you have to cancel it and start all over again . |
| 25 | When another person indicates support for something you have said , build on that alliance by acknowledging their contribution : ‘ Bill 's made a very good point there ’ , and , if appropriate , back them up ( 'and what I think is also relevant' or ‘ I 'd like to add to what he said by … |
| 26 | Why do you come to me with a proposal for something you have resisted all along ? ’ |
| 27 | It 's bad enough to be in prison for something you have n't done , but to be in prison and to be an ex-policeman as well is er something else . |
| 28 | to smoke when it comes to stopping smoking there is an element there where people do n't have the choice to stop smoking , it 's portrayed as something you do if you have the willpower . |
| 29 | And now you pester me with idiot suggestions about something you know nothing whatsoever about . ’ |
| 30 | If you want to ask me something or tell me about something you put your hand up and wait for me to ask you . |