Example sentences of "you [vb base] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And as you insist on leaving at the end of the month , ’ he added blandly , ‘ I 'd like everything — but everything — bang up to date . ’ |
| 2 | Or , if you insist on hanging around the office , they will set you to work on the accounts of charities . |
| 3 | ‘ Which no doubt accounts for the ease you display in dealing with the public , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Was n't interested in sc Well I mean interest I suppose But I think what it was to start with I I missed the first term , you know after passing for the county , I missed the first term . |
| 5 | More simply , a crack on the head is what you get for acting in a perfectly natural manner . |
| 6 | If you feel like withdrawing from the hurly burly and being reclusive , then do so and take this opportunity to recharge your batteries , and your energy will return soon . |
| 7 | If your offer is acceptable then you proceed by applying for a mortgage and informing your appointed solicitor or conveyancing agent of the details of the purchase , so that he or she can then make formal overtures to the vendor 's solicitors . |
| 8 | You will probably be able to " negotiate " where you go by talking to the teacher or co-ordinator who is responsible for organising the Work Experience programme . |
| 9 | Often the task you end up doing as a result of management by inertia is not merely inappropriate for you but very time consuming . |
| 10 | ‘ That way you end by staring through a telescope poked up your own- ’ |
| 11 | Entering Biarritz by the coast road like this , you end by driving along the Avenue Édouard VII , which leads down into the centre of the town and sets the tone for a resort that was for a while Europe 's princeliest . |
| 12 | Yeah , right , then you 'll scrub that one out like that , cos you 've done that one , alright , then you pick another word and you look for it , right look for Grumpy G R U M P Y and you start by going across the top , alright ? |
| 13 | You will never catch a husband if you persist in looking like a dowd ! ’ |
| 14 | But if you persist in going for the burn , you can do as the Californians , and add to your kitbag a packet of small pieces of adhesive-backed plastic called Frownies . |
| 15 | I blame myself you see for going in the hospital . |
| 16 | Yeah but you see by going to the same supplier , we 've got a lot of the film we can use that er there 's been several days filming |
| 17 | Any time you spend on agitating about the system of teaching or lecturing is time altruistically spent , for it will benefit only your successors . |
| 18 | Identify the type of drive you have by looking at the cable . |
| 19 | Living with somebody depressive has made me depressed on frequent occasions and th th the feelings of helplessness that you have in dealing with the person 's depression . |