Example sentences of "you [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Looking at the cassette and tape itself will tell you nothing about the film itself . |
2 | Such a statement tells you nothing about the meaning of the word — to discover the meaning you have to transmit code 538 to the semantic system . |
3 | If the concern is income inequality , this sort of approach is not very helpful as it tells you nothing about the numbers that have to ‘ share ’ each proportion of income . |
4 | we both felt you need to highlight erm can I ask you which of the areas you felt particular interest in ? |
5 | ( Stewart Island is roughly twice the size of the Isle of Wight , but has a population of less than 500 souls ) Much more exciting though , is to rent a Cessna from Invercargill 's Douthland Aero Club , get CFI Chris Thompson to come along as safety pilot , and to show you which of the beaches he recommends as landing grounds , since Southern Air a little jealous of other operators using their own airfield in competition to their service . |
6 | But can I tell you something off the record ? ’ |
7 | In order to supply a comprehensive background to our experience with a Computerised Personnel Information System ( CPIS ) it is important to tell you something of the Personnel and Data Processing functions at Parker . |
8 | I 've told you something of the plan — ‘ |
9 | We should be able to tell you something of the nature of the fastenings used but I doubt if we can say whether a body was involved . |
10 | Then , with a smile that set all the butterflies off again , ‘ It 's my intention to take you to where the food is really good , and also show you something of the city by night . ’ |
11 | If you ca n't , but would n't mind keeping the draft till you 're in Prague ( it 's good for six months ) , it may be less of a hassle cashing it there , especially as the bank in Brno may charge you something for the transaction . |
12 | Lie back , and I 'll give you something for the pain . |
13 | It does n't much matter what you wear during the day , but we 'll find you something for the evenings . ’ |
14 | To tell you something about the work of other college staff . |
15 | So I I hope I 've told you something about the history of the house . |
16 | Keeping your eye on court lists can also tell you something about the firms appearing and if a firm consistently acts for the plaintiff against health authorities you can be fairly sure that their specialism lies in medical negligence . |
17 | Before looking at some of the erm details of those practical programmes I would like to tell you something about the principles upon which his mind worked in approaching practical affairs . |
18 | It told you something about the standard of the England game when coverage of the Wales game continued until the end , even though we scored 3 more in that time . |
19 | There 's one other factor , at the bottom of that , er page , will tell you something about the allocation to units . |
20 | And if a company has n't filed accounts at all when it 's supposed to have done , that should tell you something about the organization of the company . |
21 | That will cost you something in the region of fifty pounds a week . ’ |
22 | I did n't give you one on the end but I bought |
23 | ‘ I made sure they gave you one without the prices . ’ |
24 | Because it sounds as if they 're having you one over the barrel . |
25 | I can get you one from the buffet car . ’ |
26 | They told you everything about the company , what their plans were , how much they earned and so you felt part of the team . |
27 | And that 's Unicyle Hockey for you What about the plumbers piping , the garden netting and safety pins ? |
28 | But actually it does n't tell you anything about the quality of the care which they 're purchasing and the evidence that we are getting increasingly from the community health council is the experience of people of the health service is that actually the quality of the care is getting worse and this is not due to the staff in the health ee the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the e the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the for an operation er , four years , it should to be said er , she 's been waiting despite the government 's claim that all operations are done within two years er for very severe varicose veins and surprisingly enough she got them because of course most varicose have been removed her , the north-east Thames region erm , and er she turned up on the Wednesday and the operation had been postponed twice previously er , she was er gone through all the er , various tests which took her four hours cos she had to find all the places herself , there was nobody to show her to X-ray and various other places erm she was prepared for the op and then was sent home because there was n't a bed available ! |
29 | ‘ IF anyone thinks the bald figures tell you anything about the quality or hard work of the consultant , then they are living in cloud cuckoo land ’ — Karl Fortes Mayer , 51 , a general surgeon at Walsall Manor Hospital in the West Midlands , commenting on publication of his patient waiting times . |
30 | I have n't asked you anything about the Guilds yet and this is obviously |