Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] [conj] you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that you zig-zag from one side to the other , twisting your centre-line as you move . |
| 2 | If you 're keeping your spouse because you have the assets and he or she does n't , there 's no good leaving nothing to the spouse , unless that spouse is rich in his or her own right Rich in comparative terms , then there may be good reasons not to live him or her anything because you 'd rather leave it to the children . |
| 3 | If your experiment involves other people ( e.g. if you are comparing different readers ' responses ) , you need to consider ethical issues which arise , including ( a ) getting their permission to use the results ; ( b ) showing them the results and explaining them ; ( c ) not using their names when you report the experiment ( even if they have given permission for this , there is unlikely to be any point ) ; ( d ) the ethical problem that sometimes an experiment is best conducted if the test subjects do n't know what it is for ; that is , if there is a " secret agenda " . |
| 4 | Susan : ‘ Well , Vera , I was down in the Bank this morning paying my ESB and you know what happened — an old gentleman came in with flowers for a member of the staff — it was lovely to see ’ . |
| 5 | You 'll be told how well you managed the interview and together you 'll discuss ways of improving your self-presentation when you start attending real interviews for real jobs . |
| 6 | Timetables , transportation , advertising , publicity , staffing and administration of the exhibition , travel and accommodation of yourself and staff and perhaps the client , as well as printing and production of suitable literature are just a few of the many items comprising your work when you recommend an exhibition be undertaken . |
| 7 | Why pretend you 're holding someone hostage when you 've really carried him off ? ’ |
| 8 | You deliberately delayed conducting his music until you thought the moment ripe . |
| 9 | It would be nice to think that this is allowed , that children are allowed to play out their fears and their feelings erm but I do believe it 's when they 're young that we need to start building up this self esteem and , you know , giving them permission if you like to talk quite comfortably about emotions . |
| 10 | In the meantime — until you have made your bones , that is — you will needs have to confine yourself to asking my assistance when you wish to retroscend , got that ? |
| 11 | That 's what he 's doing in the kitchen washing the , cos Paul says if you 're back late I 'll be having my dinner before you come , I says okay . |
| 12 | Cos it 's having its dinner if you got a case you |
| 13 | ‘ But he 's having his effect and you know it . |
| 14 | Connect it up to your hi-fi and you can plug in your guitar preamp without running the risk of blowing your speakers while you play along to your tape , CD , record player — or all three simultaneously if you like ! |
| 15 | Your licking your lips and you have n't got a chip have you ? |
| 16 | Just le lea you 're leading them home so let them pick a bit of grass and then you go on into the yard and I 'll give them the breakfast , they have their breakfast and while they 're eating their breakfast you 're doing your horse and you get finished and then you go and have yours . |
| 17 | There was a lot to be said for knowing your place if you wanted help from Bloomsbury House . |
| 18 | ‘ You use the ejector when there is no alternative ; when you reckon there is no way of controlling your aircraft and you know you are going to crash . ’ |
| 19 | And quite clearly managing your affairs as you have done in the past within this context , becomes more difficult . |
| 20 | erm I 've always believed that consistency is an overrated virtue so I 'm not gon na criticise the Conservatives for changing their minds but you have to ask yourself why is this recorded on the agenda today when the sub-committee , planning sub- committee has already met and discussed these matters and things have moved on a little further Well we we really have to look at how the resolution in this paragraph came about in the first place . |
| 21 | I suppose the most recent lesson is that if you merge with a company you do n't have the same opportunities for changing its culture as you do if it 's a take-over . |
| 22 | if you 've got one line making you money and you 've got a hundred lines , a hundred lines is gon na make you a hundred times more , do , do you see what I mean ? |
| 23 | And if we 're offering you your passage home , you and the children , and help in finding your feet once you get there , and a good convent school for the girls , so that they can go straight on with the nuns and wo n't really notice any difference , well , all that 's to be regarded as a loan , which we 're very glad to offer you for an extended period , in the hopes of getting you back among caring people . " |
| 24 | David your the worst for not diverting your telephone when you go out |
| 25 | Signposting is important in many aspects of essay-writing : in showing your reader where you have got to , how your paragraphs connect together and which words are your own and which are quoted . |
| 26 | Still , if you do n't mind suspending your disbelief as you walk into the cinema , Deceived is a cut above recent thrillers like Shattered and A Kiss Before Dying , though hardly up to the standard of Fatal Attraction or Jagged Edge . |
| 27 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 28 | And it will be obvious to the person receiving your letter that you 've given it priority treatment , to ensure a speedy arrival . |
| 29 | Keep your paper tidy ( for example , by deleting all notes at the end ) , but do n't use correcting fluid to remove errors ( it is a sure way of telling your examiner that you want to focus on appearance at the expense of content ) . |
| 30 | Use the ‘ Broken Record ’ technique as described on p. 52 , repeating your request when you get objections . |