Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] you [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were right to break with him if you decided that you had made a mistake in accepting him , but oh , my dear , your uncle Orrin tells me that he dare not inform your father of the dreadful things Havvie is hinting about you for fear of what he might do to Havvie . |
| 2 | And remember , any document you sign abroad is as legally binding for you as if you signed it at home . |
| 3 | K. R. You might be in Park Lane and a fellow 's walking towards you with a suitcase . |
| 4 | Easy to get carried away if someone is bidding against you for a particular fish . |
| 5 | He remained silent , watching her , and her embarrassment grew until in the end she set her glass down with a bang and in desperation said , ‘ So are you going to tell me what 's been happening to you in the last five years ? ’ |
| 6 | For example , if someone gave as their hobbies on their CV only reading and chess , and they were applying to you for a job where they would be working with the public , might you not have doubts about that person ? |
| 7 | He has variously claimed that from farts he can tell not only what people have eaten or drunk , but also the sort of person they are , what they ought to eat , whether they are emotionally unstable or upset , whether they are keeping secrets , laughing at you behind your back or trying to ingratiate themselves with you , and even what they are thinking about at the precise moment they issue the fart ( this largely from the sound ) . |
| 8 | Have you found the art world to be completely accepting of you as a woman ? |
| 9 | You never say , I 'm depressed , and they 're never really listening for you to actually say how you really are . |
| 10 | ‘ Yesterday morning , at Shellerton House , Mr Tremayne Vickers and young Mr and Mrs Perkin Vickers all told me they 'd spent three or four hours looking for you on Monday night . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've been looking for you for ages , ’ he said . |
| 12 | We 've been looking for you for some months . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for days , now , ’ he said . |
| 14 | I 've been looking for you for years , but I only knew the name that she used to call you — Prince Charming . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for years — Prince Charming . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been beating the bushes looking for you for hours ! ’ |
| 17 | Not looking for you at all . |
| 18 | I came searching for you at the shop and one of your neighbours told me she 'd seen you come this way . ‘ |
| 19 | er there 's a new er thing started with Friends Provident by er following first call , I 'm now responsible for looking after you as a policy holder , that 's the first point |
| 20 | Then I 'd be looking after you for both products and what I want to do is have a look at all the standard bearings you take to see if there is potential for a supply . |
| 21 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |
| 22 | Is Nana and Del looking after you on Saturday ? |
| 23 | And I 've been looking after you since then . |
| 24 | He 's still living with you at ? |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm perfectly content to go on living with you under the original terms . |
| 26 | Your mother , who was living with you in Paris , immediately rushed to Italy when she heard the news . |
| 27 | It may be that your man is loving and living with you in what seems like a peaceful landscape when a volcano on the horizon suddenly erupts . |
| 28 | But you have a reception at the Saudi-Arabian ambassador 's at seven , a meeting with the US Under-Secretary of the Interior about the Little Big Inch Pipeline at eight ; Simon Scher is meeting with you at St-Cloud at nine , and you are due at the duchesse de Quinsac-Plessan 's reception at ten … ‘ |
| 29 | As you will not see the titles before the examination , it is better to take the skill of essay writing with you into the examination room , than memorised chunks of your old essays . |
| 30 | Bernard I must tell you , listening to you at the moment is Simon Wigg on one of our other lines erm just a word about Simon before I bring him in . |