Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [conj] you [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's only me , ’ said Otley , ‘ I was worried , I thought you 'd fallen asleep and drowned yourself , been knocking but you never answered . ’
2 Zander are so easy to catch once the pack has been located that you hardly need worry about any other aspect .
3 Spence , the 29-year-old Kent player , said : ‘ Some of the pin positions were difficult but all the greens are sloping and you just have to accept them .
4 judge from their looks you know what they 're drinking and you just like go vaguely waving his empty glass
5 You go into various parts of the er south west , where their labour control and you look at the state of their buildings , and you think , my God , what on earth have the elected members been doing when you actually see the level of rates that they have set .
6 Suppose your boss asks you for suggestions about how a particular problem could be solved and you immediately respond with some ideas .
7 Parents and children both desperately need each other 's love and respect and it is important to let it be seen that you still accept and value one another , even in the midst of the turbulent years of the teens .
8 ( 4 ) You can be prosecuted if you dishonestly answer or , without reasonable excuse , fail to answer questions put to you .
9 They will usually have to charge for these , but you may be reimbursed if you subsequently register with the agency or fulfil a certain number of hours working for the agency .
10 It will not be appreciated if you just say : " These all bombed out " .
11 It 's ironic that a prostitute can get a hotel room by bribing someone but if you 're a respectable woman you are likely to be arrested if you even try to get through the front door .
12 Erm secondly erm if you do get engaged in a contest , the consequences of failure should be weighed before you actually get involved .
13 c ) Receipt of your order on behalf of the operator of your choice will be acknowledged if you so request but please enclose the appropriate postage ( from overseas enclose an International Reply Coupon , two or more for AIRMAIL replies ) .
14 This resistance can only be overcome as you gently persuade and cajole subordinates to expand their horizons .
15 Deprived of attention , the dog should then quieten down quite quickly , and ultimately behaviour of this kind can be overcome if you then return home without allowing the dog out of the vehicle on this occasion .
16 However thick the dust on your bookshelves may be you will either be reassured that you still remember a great deal of what you originally learnt from your training and former jobs , or you will be seized by momentary panic at how much you have forgotten .
17 This can not be achieved if you constantly chatter and move about .
18 ‘ I have many reasons for doing it , the principal among them quite simply being to ensure that you never get your hands on my sister .
19 It 's just that the costs involved in a lot of peasants being killed and you then begin to encroach on middle peasants .
20 There may be occasions when a payment you are expecting is delayed and you suddenly need funds to cover the resultant cash shortage .
21 It 's coming but you still need to have the accent over the top , you need to have the dot there , you need to have the two accidentals there , that 's yes that 's got what it needs dot there , the accent there , you need to have the two accidentals there do n't you .
22 In fact , I was shattered when you never replied to my letter . ’
23 He was so quick to forgive personal insults and injuries that it was said that you only had to injure him in order to have him as a friend for life .
24 ‘ I was wondering if you still wanted to go and see Len Seager ? ’
25 When I went out there with Sandra I was told that you normally get a better rate of exchange in the country when you change travellers cheques .
26 Course they got away with income tax out of that because they were n't , they were n't much erm to do with income tax that time , I mean my tax at that time of the year was about , at that time was about four pound a year when I was erm , when I was working and you only paid income tax once a year .
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