Example sentences of "you [vb base] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you mean that crummy flat of yours , no . ’ |
| 2 | Jessica said : ‘ If you mean that old guff about the Orangemen . |
| 3 | You suggest that large firms must consider ‘ federation ’ by devolving responsibility to autonomous business units , or even consider break-ups . |
| 4 | ‘ Surely you realise that married couples like to sleep together — so at least one of the chalets should be equipped with a double bed . ’ |
| 5 | COUNSEL : Now if you will refer to page 61 of your excellent report , you will see that you say that considerable forces were deployed . |
| 6 | ‘ If you say that capital punishment is a deterrent , how do you explain that 87 per cent of all murderers convicted over the last 10 years thought there still was capital punishment ? ’ |
| 7 | You let that poor bugger be . |
| 8 | This successful experience makes it more likely that you will use public reprimands again in similar circumstances in the future and , naturally , you conclude that public reprimands work ! |
| 9 | Deny them this participation of freedom , and you break that sole bond which originally made , and must still preserve , the unity of the empire . |
| 10 | As you recall that successful scene , whenever something comes up that you enjoyed jot it down on the sheet entitled ‘ I would like more of this ! ’ |
| 11 | 28 You accept that conservation work is often very dirty . |
| 12 | ‘ When you consider that Austrian lifts handled 480 million passengers last year and that 2.5 million native Austrians are skiers — excluding tourists — the accident figures are very small . |
| 13 | Actually when you consider that particular kind of situation , what type of person would , in a crucial decision , knowing he was charged with the responsibility for the direction of his family , say ‘ I consider my plan to be the most effective , but we 'll do it your way to keep peace ’ ? |
| 14 | Luigi Pittagora rejoined , ‘ You remember that great man , Carlo Cafiero , a Neapolitan ? |
| 15 | ‘ And you remember that rotten fence we kept on breaking pieces off the top of . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The real boss , when you remember that commercial radio is about money , ’ he emphasised . |
| 17 | Here you remember that Common Law would not recognize the assignment ; Equity in effect would , by compelling the assignor to lend the use of his name to the assignee for the purpose of suing the debtor , or , in the last resort , allowing the assignee to sue directly against the debtor , but requiring him , as a rule , to make the assignor a defendant . |
| 18 | At last he says , ‘ You know that right kidney of his ? ’ |
| 19 | You know that new players always make out that their new club is the one for them etc etc . |
| 20 | You know that prim frown , that tilt of the head , |
| 21 | If you know that small children are likely to handle the figures , avoid the pins and stuck on sequins and use scraps of tinsel for wreath or halo . |
| 22 | ‘ You know that old badger up by Crendle Wood ? ’ |
| 23 | You know that American guy Antonio we met yesterday ? |
| 24 | You know that bass bit at the beginning of Van Halen 's Running With The Devil ? |
| 25 | ‘ Look , ’ I said , to put him out of his misery , ‘ you know that big skylight Sunil had put in the bathroom when the house was done up . ’ |
| 26 | Many of you know that free range chickens are a very important part of Crediton . |
| 27 | Look , you know that queer book you lent me , about a girls ’ college in France ? ’ |
| 28 | Maybe I was n't fully asleep — you know that half-waking state where you try to control the direction of your dream ? |
| 29 | You know that sexual thing we started doing , so very perfunctorily , out in Wellport , that sexual thing with ourself ? |
| 30 | If you indicate that split type working is in force , each copy taken is stored on a different media type . |