Example sentences of "[to-vb] you [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denis , great Atlanticist , a man with a vivid war experience , former defence secretary , it 's an unlikely position to find you in over this war , is n't it ? |
| 2 | ‘ When my name is cleared , ’ he said thoughtfully , ‘ I 'd like to set you up in better premises , supply you with as much leather as you need and get you an apprentice or two . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Goddess of poetry , healing and smithcraft , if she takes you that way ; and if not , enough saints of the name to see you out of any small predicament . |
| 4 | She had no time to dwell on the matter , however , because , ever a man with no time for prevarication , he replied , ‘ Not trying to trip you up at all , ’ then grated bluntly , ‘ More trying to discover just how many ‘ close ’ men friends you do have . ’ |
| 5 | So how far do you actually want God to forgive you up to three times and then no more you know it 's it 's that kind of er question that we 're asking and that we that I feel that is something we should be thinking about that how far should a Christian go in forgiving . |
| 6 | ‘ Richardson wants to drive you out of all your strips . |
| 7 | I said now you can shut that up right away , cos I said you know it 's not I said er now if you want us to try to help you out on this you just tell us what you did . |
| 8 | He struggled on and , with less than 50 per cent of his sight restored , took this year 's annual meeting of the NCC without betraying his difficulties except when he said when taking questions : ‘ I will ask my deputy to point you out for obvious reasons . ’ |
| 9 | There 's no way I intend to let you out of this bed until you 've promised that you 'll marry me . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And as I said , there 's no way I 'm going to let you out of this bed until I have your answer in the affirmative . ’ |
| 11 | Sorry to let you down like this , and miss the drinks and the lunch and the first bit of p.m . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought that bastard was going to run you through with that knife and take you away from me — ’ His voice broke and he dragged her closer , burying his face in her hair . |
| 13 | I 'm inviting you to consider how far a Christian should go in forgiving and to how far a Christian organisation like this school should go , in showing forgiveness er I just want to kick you off with one or two points on each of those . |
| 14 | In 1799 the shearmen of Wiltshire threatened those who were introducing dressing machinery : " if you follow this practice any longer … we will keep som people to watch you about with loaded Blunderbuss or Pistols And will certainly blow your Brains out it is no use to destroy the Factorys But put you Damn 'd Villions to death " . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's the most tremendous imposition , I know , and I have absolutely no right to call you up like this or anything , but I just — I just … ’ |
| 16 | But do n't expect the unassuming islander to back you up on that view . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've caused me and my friends a lot of trouble and we are going to pay you back in full . |
| 18 | I might have been able to pay you off within six months ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ She has some scheme in mind to marry you off to this man Quatt . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll have to ring you back on that ’ |
| 21 | To get you out of that . |
| 22 | ‘ Mr Woodbarf , nothing is going to get you out of this . ’ |
| 23 | You men are so conformist in love , so provincial in imagination ; that is why we have to flatter you , to prop you up with little lies . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd like to take you up on that offer . ’ |
| 25 | The first I knew of this was when , seeing his bollard shape through the wrought-iron railings , my old humiliator Holland turned to me and said , placing predictably his malicious emphasis , ‘ There 's your ‘ guardian ’ , Wharton , come to take you off for some wanky-wanky , as usual . ’ |
| 26 | I 'd like to take you back to one or two more aspects of your actual work on the railways . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm hardly likely to throw you out in this weather . ’ |