Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adv] you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm I think the consensus is that you would n't — that either space is infinite , or at the very least it it 's finite it has no edge , so if you went in one direction for long enough you would come back in the other direction . |
| 2 | If you sit for long enough you can feel the energy swirling around the rim . |
| 3 | If you sat on that bend for long enough you 'd be sure to see something . |
| 4 | But despite the fact we 've had that law for so long you 'll find that not many people know about it . |
| 5 | ‘ But I 'm sure that after being monopolised by me for so long you 'll be anxious to return to your boyfriend . ’ |
| 6 | Just think of how long you can stay without any protection before you 'd burn ( for example half an hour ) , multiply that by the SPF rating on the cream ( for example SPF 4 ) and that gives your sunbathing time ( in this case , two hours ) . |
| 7 | However if you say erm oh well you know erm boys will be boys that 's natural , tha that sounds as if you 're kind of making excuses for them and condoning them , so I think you 've got to be very careful about how you use the word natural and clearly it raises the whole question of how far you can , you can push erm cultural ideals against natural constraints an and what really is the issue . |
| 8 | And at the end of the village there lived an old woman who was very very wise and said if you want to live for ever then you must speak to the person who 's the oldest person I know . |
| 9 | You may want to go back to your original data and indicate what you want a certain sound to be ow that you have checked it , and from now on you would use correct and consistent symbolisation . |
| 10 | ‘ From now on you 'll check every bullet before it goes into your drum . ’ |
| 11 | From now on you 'll see him taking a part . |
| 12 | ‘ From now on you will have to find a shoemaker skilled enough to make the sort of shoes you like and you might find that difficult . |
| 13 | From now on you will listen with increased appreciation to the speeches of others . |
| 14 | " I trust from now on you will employ your work force sparingly . |
| 15 | But , of course , such a male could never reproduce and natural selection is ultimately a question of reproductive success , not of fitness , and in fact from now on you will find me avoiding the term fitness and instead talking about reproductive success , and you 'll find that all the best literature , like Trivers ' book , does the same thing . |
| 16 | If you do not only frown on smoking but hire only non-smokers from now on you can , he maintains , save $5000 a year per smoker in the long run . |
| 17 | He 's he 's not come yet so erm Perhaps while while we 're waiting for the others I 'll just say a few words about the building , because erm from out here you can see er quite clearly that the central portion of the building is the oldest erm from if you look at the state of the stonework . |
| 18 | If you ca n't cope in here then you can go and find a job in some cotton-wool private school for rich brats . |
| 19 | From then on you will receive a statement twice a year — in May and November — detailing how your investment has performed . |
| 20 | From then on you will be exclusively in my territory . ’ |
| 21 | Oh yes they made it Miss has just died erm then coming down there was the Post Office with old Pa and the , then the Miss , they used to keep the Post Office , then there was er well there was a gents outfitters and then there was a beautiful shop I always used to think , it was called , another , but it was confectioners , but it was all most delightful old oldy-worldy sort of shop and my mother often used to go in there then you 'd |
| 22 | He also offers the latest advice on how soon you should start training again . |
| 23 | And then they will he will send you a written report on how best you should invest your money . |
| 24 | A gradual , continuously varying effect , indeed , on how long you can expect to live . |
| 25 | It is a gradual , continuously varying effect on how far you can walk , and how fast . |
| 26 | There is a serious question as to how reasonably you should fund the deficit and it is all very well to criticise this suggestion as to how the a gap should filled without making any sensible suggestions of your own and Mr Brown , nice Mr Brown so far |
| 27 | I hastily dress , but there is limit to how fast you can put on two or three layers of clothes . |
| 28 | It is important , too , to set clear limits to how long you can continue caring if the health of the elderly person is likely to deteriorate seriously . |
| 29 | Altitude , too , makes a big difference to how quickly you can burn . |
| 30 | And sometimes it 's quite difficult I think to get away from middle persons because that is it 's part of the structure of the c the country you 're dealing with and so to cut down on exploitation from the mi but as to how far you can actually impose your , your culture as well . |