Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] you [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the person walks through nothing you would suddenly see the person as he walked in the light . |
| 2 | In addition to her other problems , Kate Adie has achieved the status of someone you ca n't write about without attracting the wrath of the soft-left establishment ( aka your own Sean French and the Independent 's Reggie Nadelson ) . |
| 3 | And in the absence of someone you can legitimately blame ( it 's rarely possible to give the person firing you the sort of vitriolic tongue-lashing you 'd like to ) , you may hit out at your nearest and dearest . |
| 4 | Never easy keeping track of something you ca n't even see ! ’ |
| 5 | No it sounds like one you wo n't have heard of on that , the big old LP 's that me and Nicola , Nicola for a birthday , that erm , school love he used to be er , oh I du n no what was his name ? |
| 6 | I just seems like something you could just keep building and building forever . |
| 7 | You sit there and spend a million dollars on effects to try to make it sound like something you can already go out and buy . |
| 8 | Almost the first thing Mathers said was , ‘ You 're asking for something you ca n't get . ’ |
| 9 | You 'd passed judgement on my morals and decided to punish me for something you could only have had the vaguest idea about . |
| 10 | To Eric I say a heartfelt merci bien for everything you 're doing at Leeds , and for everything you may yet do to help improve my love life . |
| 11 | ‘ Why , Alice , ’ Harry said , staring at her curiously , ‘ you sound as if you 've fallen in love with someone you ca n't have . |
| 12 | When you are playing a game of Monopoly with someone you may not be able to predict his strategy or the roll of the dice but you can predict that he will stick to the rules of the game . |
| 13 | ‘ You could have , after all , been stranded with someone you 'd never set eyes on — someone who was n't the least bit hospitable . |
| 14 | Have you ever fallen in love with somebody you should n't have ? |
| 15 | Please take my advice and forget it before you get into something you ca n't control . ’ |
| 16 | With everything you could possibly desire to make your holiday memorable , the hotel even boasts a reading room , fishing and a range of activities such as Eastern cookery and flower arranging . |
| 17 | Cos you can not if you left this with anybody you 'd never see it again . |
| 18 | He does seem to suggest , that if you 're directly interested or if you have a direct interest in something you ca n't take an objective view , and I would say that actually , members have shown their ability to erm , to achieve something different from that , the way they wear different hats at different committees , Mr comes to mind where he will argue for the D S O's , at the D S O managing board , and for the client at Education Committee . |
| 19 | ‘ But it is very difficult to focus anger and revenge on someone you ca n't picture . |
| 20 | It was more like the noise dogs make sometimes — a see-sawing musical phrase , as if it was talking to someone you could n't see . |
| 21 | ‘ If you do not know where you are then you 're quite likely to wander on to something you can not cope with . ’ |
| 22 | If you 're confronted on the phone by someone you 'd rather not speak to , or asked to name a price or give information you 're not ready to give , then always ask if you can call back later . |