Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] you [verb] [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life 's not as simple as you think it is . |
| 2 | Who developed the idea that childbirth is much less frightening if you know what is going on ? |
| 3 | ‘ Just keep going and there must still be an outside chance the penalty clause will never come into force , especially if on Mr Trumper 's return he proves half as good as you claim he is . ’ |
| 4 | Repeat these four rows knit and six rows slip several more times , until you have knitted a sizable piece of fabric , and are happy that you understand what is happening on the machine . |
| 5 | I have always said football is unpredictable unless you know what is going to happen . |
| 6 | It often happens , especially if you train only spasmodically , that you start off the season with a personal best time , get really excited because you think there is a lot more to come and then the rest of the summer turns out to be something of a damp squib . |
| 7 | Can I make a suggestion to you , that I think that if you go through these you will come to the conclusion that there are two ways for doing this and one is that for example the majority of the ones that Stella 's got where she feels she can make the decision it is only going to affect her you come in with it already done , redlined new where you think there is going to be some discussion , you go through , you put together in the same way as Simon has done reasoning around it . |
| 8 | Dr John Sykes , of Oxford , has won the national title ten times ; not too surprising when you consider he is a lexicographer ( a compiler of dictionaries ) . |
| 9 | There is an enormous market — call it middle-of-the-road if you like which is only catered for by Andrew . " |