Example sentences of "[pron] [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 | Note also those facts vital for your purpose as well as anything which leads you to further research — names of other publications , for example . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | You 've got four plus numbers , you got two minus numbers which leaves you with two plus numbers . |
| 6 | That kind of approach is , however , very much second best in comparison to a negotiated deal which provides you with genuine job security . |
| 7 | That kind of approach is , however , very much second best in comparison to a negotiated deal which provides you with genuine job security . |
| 8 | Remember that you are always in control , and if there is anything which makes you at all anxious , all you have to do is open your eyes and it is all over . |
| 9 | But nothing prepares you for four and a half hours climbing up crumbling ice . |
| 10 | ‘ No , ’ said Aline , suddenly serious , ‘ it is only that the step from perfectly ordinary things into the miraculous seems to me so small , almost accidental , that I wonder why it astonishes you at all , or why you trouble to reason about it . |
| 11 | It assaults you with raw power , deafens you with engine and wind noise , roasts you in the stark cockpit . |
| 12 | He said , ‘ If it reassures you at all , I 'm not Drugs Squad and I 'm not Special Branch . |
| 13 | I see nothing wrong in competition at an early age because it prepares you for later life when everyone has to face it . |
| 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 | I think on balance I mi I my advice is that we do nothing , just wait and see if whether he contacts you at all . |
| 16 | It takes you across lonely beaches and over wild cliff-tops . |
| 17 | Like , if he takes you to some crap trattoria , he 's only expecting half an hour of the missionary position . |
| 18 | it prevents the group from becoming bored and frustrated ; 2. it trains you to identify essentials and to avoid waffle ; 3. it gives you practice in handling intellectual exchanges ; 4. it increases your sensitivity to the feelings of others ; 5. it helps you to " think on your feet " and gain self-confidence ; 6. it assists you with later revision and exam techniques ; and 7. it makes for better learning and it 's more fun . |
| 19 | ‘ I said , if he harms you in any way I shall explode and blow his head off , ’ said the Thing . |
| 20 | Once you have become used to the exercise you will find that it helps you on many an occasion when you feel tension mounting within you . |
| 21 | The thing is June if it puts you to some inconvenience then do n't it ? |
| 22 | Because it reminds you of all you 've lost ? |
| 23 | So it brings you on level terms . ’ |
| 24 | So it brings you on level terms . ’ |
| 25 | Even when he saw it being done he still would n't have known what was going on but unless you try it yourself , you do n't know what physical effect , or mental effect , it has on you and how speedy and intolerant it makes you of other people . |
| 26 | If that 's what turns you on that 's fine by me , but please leave me out of them . |
| 27 | ‘ What enchants you in particular ? ’ he wanted to know as he downed some of his coffee . |
| 28 | What attracts you to some slaloms and not others ? |
| 29 | What brings you to these shores ? ’ |
| 30 | What brings you to this part of town ? |