Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [noun sg] and you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in Pakistan , where the grounds are rough and hard , the ball soon loses its shine and you have to be able to perform with the old one . |
| 2 | I 'd hate it if Pickles changes her mind and you thought I 'd prejudiced her against you . ’ |
| 3 | See , she leans over this door and reads your palm and you pays her a bit of silver , sixpence say , or a shilling , and she pops it in this little drawer just beside her . |
| 4 | Yes , thallium you old berk , thallium , the heavy metal poison that makes your hair fall out and gives you diarrhoea and you die screaming . |
| 5 | This is demonstrated by such statements as : ‘ you pays your money and you takes your pick ’ . |
| 6 | IBM Corp 's quest for a new chief executive appears to be narrowing , but you pays your money and you takes your choice when it comes to drawing up a list of front-runners — US PC Week reckons that the company will go for a chairman from outside and suggests Paul Stern and Perot Systems Corp chairman Morton Meyerson as the front-runners , with an internal chief executive , putting its money on Ellen Hancock and Bernard Puckett , but the Reuter shortlist is quite different , and has Lawrence Bossidy , chairman of Allied-Signal Corp out front , saying he has visited Armonk at least three or four times , Paul Stern is in there again , and John Sculley is back in the picture , with one source quoted as saying ‘ The rumour is that Sculley is acting quite disinterested , but his travel plans include going to the East Coast quite a bit ; ’ Reuter 's other possible contender is Michael Armstrong , who left only last year . |
| 7 | When it comes to the state of mental health services , you ‘ pays your money and you takes your choice ’ . |
| 8 | These are these wonderful arguments where you pays your money and you takes your choice . |
| 9 | ‘ You pays your money and you takes your chance'-that was war . |
| 10 | And actually they 've got two miniature scores in the library , one of which said it was in E flat , and the other one said it was in C minor , so you pays your money and you takes your choice , erm |
| 11 | It 's too brilliant , you ca n't read it , but as advertising it 's fine because it attracts your attention and you say ‘ what is this ? ’ . |
| 12 | That way his problem remains his problem and you get on with your work . ’ |
| 13 | It hits his head and you do n't hear the noise it makes because you cry out at the same time , as though it 's you in the bed , you being attacked , you being killed . |