Example sentences of "you [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the working day they sit down to supper and the master sets the tasks for the morrow : Quoth Maister — Lads , work hard I pray , Cloth mun be peark 'd next market-day , And Tom mun go tomorn to t'spinners , And Will mun seek about for t'swingers ; And Jack tomorn , by time be rising , And go t'sizing mill for sizing , And get your web and warping done That ye may get it into loom . |
| 2 | ‘ Ye could fly ye on a kite . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I was told , ’ Rab said , Winnie 's stinging remark , and it had stung him , ‘ that ye could fly me on a kite . ’ |
| 4 | And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen forever . ’ |
| 5 | To look at her now ye would take her for fifty-two . |
| 6 | On his journey back to Paisley , Drummond did not neglect to stop at Boquhan and call upon Mrs. Mary Campbell , who in turn advised her cousin Lord Milton that Drummond ‘ said he wou 'd a road a hunder miles to serve our intrest & while he lives you may command him in any manner in his power ’ . |
| 7 | If , for any reason at all , you are unhappy with a plate in this collection , you may return it to us within 30 days for a full refund or replacement . |
| 8 | If anything within your Policy document does not meet with your full approval , you may return it within 15 days of receipt and your policy will be cancelled . |
| 9 | A night in a good hotel with many nationalities around you may bring you to your senses and perhaps you will not wish to return to the Hacienda de Nieve . ’ |
| 10 | For example , the Chairman of the Board of Guardians for St Giles in East London considered that widows must be held in part responsible for their own condition : ‘ After the lapse of a certain number of years , when a widow has had the opportunity of showing providence on her own account , I think you may separate her from her late husband , but not immediately after his death ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ You may accuse me of anything you like , ’ he answered stiffly , ‘ but not of complacency . |
| 12 | Try eating a small amount of a low-fat , high-carbohydrate food before each meal , otherwise you may stuff yourself in a futile attempt to be satiated then eat a rich pudding anyway , since all you really wanted was the carbohydrate . |
| 13 | You may treat them as your children since they were two years old but if they 're not a blood relative of yours they wo n't be inheriting anything anyway however close they may be . |
| 14 | You may pass her by unnoticed ; her appearance is not out of the ordinary . |
| 15 | You may watch it in my room on my |
| 16 | If more boards are available at the time of booking , you may hire one for your exclusive use while living afloat . |
| 17 | Also , you may want someone to be able to see base figures and a final result , but not the devious manipulations you have performed on the route twixt the two . |
| 18 | Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent for a time , so that you may devote yourselves to prayer . |
| 19 | The range of oriental rugs on offer in a dealer 's showroom or department store is overwhelming , and you may feel yourself to be at the mercy of the salesman . |
| 20 | You may feel it worth while to spend a year abroad . |
| 21 | You really are not so handsome as you promised to be ; and I have long wished , by conversation like this , to do away what mischief the flattering character I gave of you may expose you to . |
| 22 | You may view yourself as a ‘ straight talker ’ — someone who uses words sparingly and appropriately to convey significant messages . |
| 23 | If a module is offline , you may request it to be brought back online by generating a request to read it from LIFESPAN using one of the options in index 1.3.0 — Read or Enter Modules . |
| 24 | Enlighten our minds to receive your guidance so that you may lead us unto true wisdom . |
| 25 | Please make copies of this so that you may use them at your convenience in the future to return information to the Council . |
| 26 | You may see them during the summer when they rest in Britain . |
| 27 | ‘ If we do n't do well in the exam , if we do n't get anything here , ’ Sheila blurted out , as they said goodbye outside the front garden while Moran waited with the engine running to drive Maggie to the station , ‘ you may see us in London soon enough . ’ |
| 28 | Look , you may see it past the abbey . ’ |
| 29 | You may take it on his behalf . |
| 30 | You may take it in Mr Vila 's office , ’ said the maid . |