Example sentences of "what you [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tuesday comes and I 'm all set to head down when diaster strikes ( stupid computers they never do what you tell them to ) and the trip is cancelled . |
| 2 | Other versions are that computers only do exactly what you tell them to , and that therefore computers are never creative . |
| 3 | He 's the biggest gossip in the Club so be careful what you tell him about me . |
| 4 | ‘ From what you tell me of the EC grants , he 's too damned honest , ’ Jessica laughed . |
| 5 | What you tell her for . |
| 6 | These have been judged from what you tell us in the holiday questionnaire and we have also used our own expertise . |
| 7 | May the way be kind and journey 's end what you hope it to be . |
| 8 | … And at times in retrospect you wish you had taken a certain stat , because it turns out that the whole thing has boiled up , completely beyond what you know it to be , but it 's become political and the authority is being attacked and the chiefs ca n't defend it and say , ‘ OK . |
| 9 | It 's what you judge them by , if you set performance . |
| 10 | I do n't know what you put it in somebody else 's pocket for , you 've got pockets of your own . |
| 11 | ‘ Is that what you mix it with to get crack ? ’ |
| 12 | Looked different from what I had imagined , but then places in real life often are different from what you imagine them to be . |
| 13 | What you shut them for ? |
| 14 | Oh is that what you use it for ? |
| 15 | Solicitor 's wrong , yeah I mean that 's what you pay 'em for really |
| 16 | I 'm through with you and Gran always telling me what you want , what you expect me to be … . ’ |
| 17 | The first reference merely says that ‘ It 's all about man before birth , during life and at death — very deep and it never does what you expect it to ! ’ |
| 18 | What you love them for ? |
| 19 | What you love them for ? |
| 20 | It depends on what you need it for and how much you are prepared to study . |
| 21 | She wanted him to be someone she could love and idealised the future in her head , but then found herself thinking about that most heartwrenching of adolescent discoveries ; people rarely are what you want them to be and betray you without malice , unaware of the pain they cause . |
| 22 | But even if we accept that there is a significant difference between the ‘ legal ’ and ‘ political ’ processes in the way in which decisions are reached , they would both still come firmly within the definition of power we adopted in part I , that is the ability to get others to do what you want them to , assuming this is different from what they would have done anyway , with the use or threat of sanctions if necessary . |
| 23 | The columns are always one square out , from what you want them to be . |
| 24 | " You know , Dad , I 'm not so sure that I 'm cut out for what you want me to be , " he said , and sipped his coffee with a pensive expression on his face . |
| 25 | That 's what you want me to be . |
| 26 | So my mother said , Oh well yes if that 's what you want me to be to be a servant . |
| 27 | If you are thinking about buying a microcomputer have you really worked out what you want it for , or if you really need it ? |
| 28 | Without taking careful note of who you are , why you asked and what you want it for . |
| 29 | There is always a struggle to get language to do what you want it to ; to say , no more and no less , what you want it to say . |
| 30 | A woman seeks the truth of her ancestry , and discovers truth can be what you want it to be ; in a hospital a neglected old man weaves fables in a lost language ; fantasy becomes reality when a young boy 's sense of wonder is awakened by the first man in space ; a man 's obsession with ‘ the dogs ’ has grim but farcical consequences ; a couple 's holiday in France is disturbed by the ghosts of war ; a chance encounter brings an unexpected delight to a birdwatcher . |