Example sentences of "[prep] your [noun sg] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They want to know what ‘ Cool As F— ’ means when they 're just things that have come off the top of your head and you 've stuck on a T-shirt . ’ |
| 2 | You you actually contribute six percent of your salary and you know that 's that 's the sort of basic contribution . |
| 3 | It 's going to be one of the most important days of your life and you want it to be perfect . |
| 4 | You … you assured me she was n't a part of your life and I did … |
| 5 | We hope you are proud of your university and we hope to keep your friendship as we plan its future . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd telephoned you purely because I had a need to hear the sound of your voice and what do I get for giving in to such weakness ? |
| 7 | ‘ Final details are still to be agreed , but I took along the usual samples of your work and it looks as though she 'll want to incorporate feature tiles and maybe also a patterned frieze . ’ |
| 8 | Well I , I took the liberty of the Lord Lieutenant 's appointed me to something called the Sussex Rural Options Land Bank and I brought you a copy of the leaflet , having notice of your question and I did ask the officer who deals with this in the Sussex Rural Community Council if he could give me the latest score on housing I thought that the news was bad from what he had said , but having said that , I mean every effort is being made to deal with the issues you raise in this council which is now chaired by Peter . |
| 9 | We know that you are sad to see so many disputes between different parts of your family and we cry to you for unity and harmony between brothers and sisters . |
| 10 | If you are attacked by a member of your family and you do n't want to press charges , the courts can still help you . |
| 11 | Colleagues , can I now take , er , a moment of your time and it gives me very great pleasure to call upon the President to deliver his address to congress . |
| 12 | When there were no letters the person on the shore disappeared below your horizon and you thought you were alone . |
| 13 | If something goes disastrously wrong with your hair and you need a new look NOW , why not wear a wig ? |
| 14 | They also play havoc with your skin and it tends to get a bit sweaty under all the make-up I have to wear . |
| 15 | She made some tea , she told me afterwards and stayed and stayed and stayed and he lived at Prindon and his mother was very very deaf and my mother got worried because he was going away the next day and she said to him , Len do n't you think you ought to spend the evening with your mother and he said , yes , I 'll go now and he ran off and he ran back again and he said , you do n't mind if I write to Ivy do you ? |
| 16 | Now , you were out driving with your brother and you drove into some kind of storm . |
| 17 | How it 's here and there and the other the other sort of hear you hear with your ear and it 's got an ear inside it . |
| 18 | Now , gently with your hand and I mean gently , |
| 19 | ‘ Your Myra sounds very capable ; she said you were ahead with your designing and you have a good stock . |
| 20 | A pedometer is a small gadget that clips onto your belt and you adjust it to the length of your own stride to measure the distance covered . |
| 21 | Do you re remember when I into your house and you told my dad ? |
| 22 | ‘ If someone broke into your house and you caught him , you 'd beat him over the head , would n't you ? ’ |
| 23 | The other side of that is that I was listening to Medicine Now on Radio Four , and they 've got a device where they you actually have er an earpiece put into your ear and it clicks continuously . |
| 24 | You actually have a sense of style , there are three different sections to that description and you have , and there is actually some repetition involved erm , by by starting each , by by this reference to the sight , the smell , the touch , and you have to , and and that 's the kind of sty stylistic element that you have to incorporate into your version and I put a note at the bottom too , that there are times when you ca n't totally update this kind of work . |
| 25 | He 's dropped like a ripe plum into your hand and you fail to recognize the possibilities . |
| 26 | Yeah , its within your budget and you 've done well , I went over budget , but then I expected I would , because for one thing I was buying for more . |
| 27 | And it gets in your hair and it gets in your clothes , she must have been listening to the television . |
| 28 | You 're i you get in your bed and you do n't know what 's gon na happen next time . |
| 29 | Now even if you put that in your calculator and you get it wrong , and you get fifty or something . |
| 30 | There are a lot of people here in your position and we 've got to try and please everybody , which is n't an easy job in this place I can tell you . ’ |