Example sentences of "[verb] you [verb] [be] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm every time you 've got those words there in what I want you to do is pause into the time clause |
| 2 | There are little tricks , for example , if it 's a time clause , when you think to yourself oh God it 's one of those lists , you sit down and calm yourself , take a Valium or whatever it is and just apply yourselves to that , right , what the next point is so the first thing I want you to do is stop at this time clause , when you realize it 's a time clause I want you to go trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot to the main verb , alright ? |
| 3 | What I want you to do is look at them and assess — in your considered opinion — whether they can be made to work or not . |
| 4 | I want , what I want you to do is get into groups of four in a minute , according to these instructions . |
| 5 | I would recommend you do is look in this book , there 's a coup a couple of copies of which is , I mean er , is in the library , right . |