Example sentences of "[coord] [det] you [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even then , over most periods of five years or more you would have done much better with shares . |
| 2 | Alternatively , if you are owed £750 or more you may issue and serve a statutory demand on your debtor requesting payment of your debt within 21 days . |
| 3 | If you have been saving under the Homeloan scheme for two years or more you may qualify for an extra £600 loan and a cash bonus of £110 , provided you buy a house or flat below a certain price limit for each region . |
| 4 | In addition , if you subscribe for one year or more you can receive one of the books listed below — absolutely free . |
| 5 | Within the slim packaging lies a host of mini programs ( called Microapps ) , some of which are useful , some almost indispensable and some you can take or leave as the fancy takes you . |
| 6 | You wait for the other side to post their part back to you on your client 's purchase , thereby leaving you with the initiative to complete the exchange procedure on your client 's sale , and this you should do immediately . |
| 7 | And this you can purchase for two pounds ninety nine from here or lots of other shops . |
| 8 | Spend a day in the tropical forest of South America , turning over logs , looking beneath bark , sifting through the moist litter of leaves , followed by an evening shining a mercury lamp on a white screen , and one way and another you will collect hundreds of different kinds of small creatures . |
| 9 | And these you should remember are basically the terms I gave on the previous page . |
| 10 | one journalist , one famous Scottish journalist told me when I wo , when I , when I had ambitions to be a journalists , oh do n't go into journalism because you 're a women and all you 'll get to write about is fashion ! |
| 11 | And all you 'll get back is the £1.70 you paid on the first and second instalments . |
| 12 | A real mountain bastu is one of those experiences not to be missed , and all you could want after a hard day 's toil , a wonderful relaxant . |
| 13 | find out , he says , alright then , so he took her up the room , and all you could hear was |
| 14 | because for eighteen months I mean there was this sledgehammer and all you could hear was boom , boom |
| 15 | ‘ I 've paid all this money to come to Hawaii and all you can do is screw around . ’ |
| 16 | It is the lot of all parents of teenagers , I presume , and all you can do is say , ‘ I love you , but I hate what you are doing . ’ |
| 17 | And all you can do is — |
| 18 | The Vietnamese have finally got control of their own country after forty years of war ; defeated the Japs , the French , us , and the most powerful nation in the history of the planet in succession , with bicycles , guns and guts , been bombed back into the bronze age in the process and all you can do is spout some tired nonsense about little yellow men infiltrating the steaming jungles of the Nullarbor Plain and turning the Aussies into Commies ; I think a Highland League side winning the European Cup is marginally more likely . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 've practically exiled yourself from your family and your home and your friends , you think you 've failed your finals but you say you 've no intention of sitting your re-sits even if you have ; you 've no money and you have n't even been looking for a job ; you 're getting done for shop-lifting and you 're acting like such a fucking dick-head you seem determined to get shot of the last few pals you do have left … and all you can do is make smart-ass remarks . ’ |
| 20 | Unfortunately you now appear to be experiencing a rather peculiar phase in which nothing seems to go according to plan and all you can do is bide your time and wait for others to come to their senses . |
| 21 | I 'm letting you in on the latest fashion and all you can do is accuse me of lying . |
| 22 | Marlon : And all you can do is moan . |
| 23 | Here I am , yours for the asking ; talented , handsome , lovable and affectionate , and all you can do is gawk at a couple of brainless broads . " |
| 24 | I mean it 's only just to , just to do something otherwise you just sit here and you think it 's , you 're stuck here from morning till night and all you can do is keep going round , I mean I can keep working here |
| 25 | War 's been declared and all you can think about , all you can talk about is what you 're going to do if I do n't stop seeing Carrie . ’ |
| 26 | Right there in the room with the killer , and all you can think of is to show him a good place to slug you . ’ |
| 27 | We are all living in holes in the ground having all kinds of shit thrown at us and all you can talk about is one star being brighter than the others . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Because you 're sitting there , all beat up , in a real mess , ca n't even stand up , let alone walk , and all you can talk about is getting out of here . |
| 29 | I mean , I 've put my hand on The Bump lots of times already , and all you can say really when it jiggles about is , ‘ How nice ’ , and ‘ Is n't that interesting ’ and ‘ Wonder if it 's a boy or a girl ? ’ |
| 30 | I feel exposed , and all you can say is , do n't worry about it ? |