Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] you [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the child obeys within ( say ) ten seconds , follow the behaviour with clear and predictable consequences ; do likewise if he/she disobeys by refusing or ignoring you over that time period . |
| 2 | The proprietors are happy to provide dinner with prior notice or to direct you to any of the many pubs and restaurants within a three-mile radius . |
| 3 | So you do n't think you 're going to have any problems in your career by having sort of the men getting the juicier jobs or dominating you in any sense ? |
| 4 | If your employer has the right , for example , to insist that you undertake certain other tasks or to move you to another department , your job will be at risk if you dig in your heels and disobey . |
| 5 | Do n't allow noise to distract you from your work — or rob you of sound sleep . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's as if the skin that separates you from those horrible things in the newspaper has been ripped away , ’ says Alexandra Campbell , who six years ago was the victim of an attack in her own home . |
| 7 | It 's your thinking that got you into this place ! ’ |
| 8 | PS Do let me know if there 's anything in the script that worries you at all — my home number is 01 228 9066 . |
| 9 | Yes , did you find that hindered you at all ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Er and I can think of erm nothing better than to leave you with this slide er which I think sums up where we 're coming from today and what we 'd like you to take away from today . |
| 12 | Rather than commit you at this stage to the costs of detailed accounting , due diligence and contract drafting , which may subsequently prove to be abortive , MAS would intend performing a short key features review devised to highlight potential deal breaking points and other inevitably contentious issues ( such as possible earn-out terms ) which will need to be resolved with the vendors prior to proceeding . |
| 13 | ACTIVITY 3 5–10 mins Note down the points that strike you about this delivery system , the good as well as the bad . |
| 14 | ‘ And the sleep fragrance releases smells of roses , the tropics and things that remind you of sleepy lazy days . ’ |
| 15 | But it 's more the feel of the house that reminds you of foreign countries . |
| 16 | Club cruises start at a remarkably low price from Corfu or Rhodes with itineraries that take you to some of the most idyllic of the Greek islands . |
| 17 | This criticism depends on a view about what competence with a concept is , a view about what it is to know the meaning of a word , about what it is to know the rules for the application of that word , rules that take you from one instance to the next . |
| 18 | Create beautiful results at the touch of a button : the New Home Memory Craft 8000 CE ( right ) is a computerised sewing machine that enables you to both sew and embroider |
| 19 | The first thing that strikes you about Arabian Fight is the stunning graphics . |
| 20 | The first thing that strikes you about this program is Top Level 's evident desire to make it as friendly as possible . |
| 21 | Even though they are no substitute for practical experience they can at least familiarise you with current terminology and introduce you to contemporary nursing philosophies . |
| 22 | As my deliberate intention in these lectures is to remind you of theology and introduce you to theological terms , however , let me do so now . |
| 23 | Cosmos will accept individual bookings on a ‘ guaranteed share ’ basis — we charge the basic price and introduce you to another single traveller . |
| 24 | ‘ I came to say goodbye and to thank you for all you 've done . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Not even a bona fide payment in thanks for your co-operation and to compensate you for any upheaval ? ’ |
| 26 | In the context of nurses and health visitors returning to work it might be more useful to look at the ways in which regrading affects your application and appointment , and to provide you with general advice on what to expect from employers in due course . |
| 27 | Your parents nag you and bribe you ( they call it loving you ) and bash you into some sort of shape that suits them . |
| 28 | And what they do , I 'm going to try and show you on this doll in a minute , the hips are abducted which means they 're brought right up against the chest and then they 're pulled round and they 're rotated in the socket and you feel and listen for a click |
| 29 | But it 's well , ’ he said seriously , ‘ that you should have a token about you that will get you in to me or the prince at need , and stand you in good stead if ever you should fall foul unawares of any of his officers or mine . |
| 30 | " I 've been meaning to pop in and see you for some time , " Mrs. Hargreaves went on . |