Example sentences of "you [vb base] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hall is philosophical about the sacrifices which a musical career demands , and feels that she had a ‘ fairly normal childhood ’ , and only felt deprived in her late teenage years , when ‘ the social life has to go , and you tend to form passing acquaintances rather than real friendships . ’ |
| 2 | You tend to repeat some symbols in your work . |
| 3 | You tend to see individual intervention . |
| 4 | • As you get older , you tend to need less sleep . |
| 5 | If you quite enjoy a writer 's work , if you turn the page approvingly yet do n't mind being interrupted , then you tend to like that author unthinkingly . |
| 6 | It 's when you you tend to say first thing you say is ca n't do that then you think , Oh well we get the we have to do it just playing silly game we get these funny numbers . |
| 7 | It 's also helpful if you tend to have low expectations of yourself and of making demands on others . |
| 8 | And you tend to have less deadwood on a diagonal spreadsheet . |
| 9 | The last couple of months it 's been dragging : you feel ‘ I wish I could talk to somebody ’ … not knowing anybody else you tend to get this feeling that unless you go out and talk to someone you 'll go stark raving mad … |
| 10 | The last couple of months it 's been dragging : you feel ‘ I wish I could talk to somebody ’ … not knowing anybody else you tend to get this feeling that unless you go out and talk to someone you 'll go stark raving mad . |
| 11 | The effort you make to think positively is the same as the effort you make to force weak leg muscles to ride a bike : it makes you stronger in the end . |
| 12 | ‘ You mean you intend to continue this search ? ’ |
| 13 | From time to time , it is also useful to submit to the client a new idea or a variation in the way you intend to handle some part of his publicity campaign . |
| 14 | So if you intend to keep this fish you should be thinking about where you are going to put a rather large tank in the long term . |
| 15 | If you intend to buy ready-assembled trellis panels , adjust the spacing to suit the size of the panels without cutting |
| 16 | If you intend to stay that way I suggest you stop talking and do as you 're told , ’ he added succinctly . |
| 17 | ‘ And if you intend to come this way regularly wear more sensible shoes , ’ he added curtly . |
| 18 | Where you intend to grow early vegetables cover the soil with cloches to warm it before sowing and planting begins . |
| 19 | ( 2 ) Pose the key questions or ideas which you perceive to underpin this topic of study . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ When you score three goals away from home you expect to take three points . |
| 21 | And you should allow at least eight weeks for this , especially if you want to attend Prime Minister 's Question Time ( Tuesday and Thursday between 3.15 and 3.30pm ) . |
| 22 | ‘ You want to take that brute for a walk ? ’ |
| 23 | The company has then got to say : ‘ If you want to take three months ’ holiday , good luck to you provided the contracted hours are worked . ’ |
| 24 | Erm I mean I should think you want to take some shorts in case it 's warm do you . |
| 25 | While moving may be the right solution , especially if you want to realise some capital to boost your retirement income , there are plenty of ways of adapting a house to make it more convenient and labour-saving . |
| 26 | If you want to sell any item , have it valued by at least two reliable dealers . |
| 27 | If you have a lot of pipe to bend or if you want to bend stainless steel or 28mm copper pipe ( both too tough to bend by hand ) , the best answer is to hire a bending machine . |
| 28 | Think how often , say in a meeting or discussion , you have a point of view that you want to persuade other people to agree with or adopt . |
| 29 | In other words , if you want to explain social phenomena , you got to look for the explanations in society . |
| 30 | so if you doing that , doing that keep you up in the air , right , keep doing that you 'll go that way , when the helicopter 's you want to do that way , so obviously |