Example sentences of "you [verb] [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd gain if you avoided putting that down as a score draw , especially of course if it did n't turn out to be a score draw . |
| 2 | I do n't know why you bother doing that ! |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know why you bother doing all this by hand . |
| 4 | Did you enjoy doing those ? |
| 5 | ‘ Tell me , do you enjoy making such a fool of yourself ? ’ |
| 6 | Oh , to protect market share , which means that you think if you stopped advertising less people would buy it , therefore your ads are making people buy it — thank you and good night . |
| 7 | If you are one of these people , I suggest that you stop reading this and move on to the next chapter . |
| 8 | Alison , just see , that if you stop worrying all will be well . ’ |
| 9 | Unless you count nailing another of your lies . ’ |
| 10 | If you rate the difficulty or effort needed to achieve those objectives , it will help you to avoid choosing all the most difficult ones in the first week . |
| 11 | Do you think that there was a changeover from being practical , I mean can you remember seeing that transition from the very practical shade to the , to , to the light fitting becoming something decorative ? |
| 12 | Do you remember seeing any of the first world war soldiers about while you were working , on your travels coming home on leave or anything like that ? |
| 13 | Can you remember seeing these self-same components somewhere before ? |
| 14 | ‘ Do you remember passing this statuette ? ’ |
| 15 | that was the trouble you had with that table top , do you remember doing that polishing ? |
| 16 | Do you remember doing that ? |
| 17 | Do you remember doing this ? |
| 18 | Do you remember making all the usual excuses about being overweight ? |
| 19 | D' you remember growing some bush ones though ? |
| 20 | These fish in the 1lb to 2lb class can be a hundred or more strong in a shoal , and if you begin catching this size of barbel it is likely they will remain in the swim , feeding off and on , for as long as you have bait to keep them interested . |
| 21 | It is better , though , for you to restrain your natural impatience to make a start , and take time instead to read the book of instructions before you begin pressing any of the buttons . |
| 22 | What I am advising is that you consider acquiring some well-proven software ( I can recommend PC-Tools or the Norton Utilities , for instance ) for the occasions when a little home diagnosis is required , and learn how to use it . |
| 23 | ‘ Would you mind pointing that the other way ? ’ |
| 24 | But I do n't know who it was , erm just some guy come in and said to us do you mind sticking that up for us , no not at all . |
| 25 | we can go and say would you mind bringing that in . |
| 26 | Would you mind answering some questions ? |
| 27 | Erm , do you mind answering some questions about your furniture ? |
| 28 | ‘ Would you mind signing this please ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Do you mind turning that damn thing off ? |
| 30 | ‘ Would you mind polishing some of these smeary glasses ? ’ |