Example sentences of "[vb -s] you [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are good at expressing yourself , which stands you in good stead if you want to ask someone to do you a favour . |
| 2 | ‘ Ay , it 's where an ignorance of good book-keeping stands you in good stead . ’ |
| 3 | The man who persistently questions you about after-sales service . |
| 4 | This allows you to Clear and Set fonts to any range . |
| 5 | If , on the other hand , you take in too few calories ( that is , your diet supplies you with insufficient fuel to meet your energy requirements ) you will draw on stored fuel . |
| 6 | The horror of bachelorhood which condemns you to arid thought for ever , and the horror of marriage , which condemns you to lies and hypocrisy for ever . |
| 7 | It assaults you with raw power , deafens you with engine and wind noise , roasts you in the stark cockpit . |
| 8 | Rather , one public health official wrote : ‘ The fly seeks filth wherever it may be found , setting out from its foul breeding place , it feasts at your privy , and greets you with unwashed lips and unwiped feet in your parlour and at your dining table . ’ |
| 9 | This also protects you against other sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhoea and herpes , and vaginal infections like thrush . |
| 10 | This attitude protects you from negative suggestions and strengthens your defence mechanism in a socially acceptable way . |
| 11 | Some nurses are very enthusiastic about the bank as a route of re-entry , as it enables you to sample different wards and departments and introduces you to new people . |
| 12 | Leave Quebec and continue to Montreal where a brief city tour introduces you to Old Montreal and the French Quarter . |
| 13 | ‘ What enchants you in particular ? ’ he wanted to know as he downed some of his coffee . |
| 14 | The reason why it 's quite a good thing to do is because it gets you into descriptive language okay and thinking about how you describe things , adjectives are describing words . |
| 15 | The walk from Boscastle to Tintagel ( 3 miles away ) takes you through spectacular coastal scenery . |
| 16 | Sheer walls thirty feet high enclose you , the way upstream being a clamber up the smooth lip of a nine-foot dry waterfall that takes you into Upper Ease Gill Kirk . |
| 17 | It takes you across lonely beaches and over wild cliff-tops . |
| 18 | Even if your interest only takes you on regular tours of the local antique or junk shops , it will give you some stimulation . |
| 19 | Today 's tour takes you to New and Old Delhi . |
| 20 | Welsh folklore has a richness all of its own and exploring some of the areas with strange tales takes you to unbeatable walking country amid fantastic scenery . |
| 21 | A cable car takes you from nearby Ehrwald to the Zugspitzkamm station at 9,203 feet which has been partly blasted out of the rock . |
| 22 | I get clues as to how a particular family organises its life , whether the room is a room for the whole family or a , a room that 's perhaps excludes children or a room that 's for best , that kind of which not only tells you something about that particular family but , when you 've seen enough homes , tells you about general patterns that are going on in social life . |
| 23 | Although a breach of contract claim is based upon common law rights , remember that the Consolidation Act entitles you to minimum pay during your statutory notice period . |
| 24 | Any or all of these factors may encourage you to seek to negotiate a settlement which entitles you to speedy payment of a lump sum and perhaps other benefits , even if the value of the total package is less than the amount that you might theoretically win if you sued and all went well . |
| 25 | the fleet skipper plans routes to suit the weather , briefs you on safe harbours and anchorages , and deals with port authorities . |
| 26 | However , once the coil tap has been activated , the switch moves you between tapped bridge and both bridge and neck together . |
| 27 | But it 's more the feel of the house that reminds you of foreign countries . |
| 28 | It is important for you to understand what the physiotherapist does , so that you can follow any instructions the physiotherapist gives you for remedial work at home , and can appreciate the patient 's progress . |
| 29 | Informs you of unfit players and those recently injured . |
| 30 | The first thing that strikes you about Arabian Fight is the stunning graphics . |