Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [verb] your " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ More interesting than sharing your schemes and plans with the board of Chester 's , I expect . ’ |
| 2 | There are few experiences more exciting than starting your own business . |
| 3 | Mr Blackadder tolled me this buk is ful of jokes that are abowt as funny as getting your bottom caut in a bacon slicer . |
| 4 | Exchanging information is not as risky as sticking your neck out by suggesting an idea , so people tend to prolong information-swopping and postpone idea-having . |
| 5 | Not so foolish as to put your head in a noose . |
| 6 | It 's quite normal — more serious than having your tooth pulled out , but not much more . |
| 7 | Be honest when assessing your own abilities . |
| 8 | Would that it were as easy as sticking your hand up to vote for it Because I have to say that I see no evidence since that motion approving the management initiative was passed of Labour and Liberal members doing any more than paying lip service . |
| 9 | With your eurocheques and eurocheque card , you will find that paying at restaurants , hotels and shops in Europe and the Mediterranean is as easy as using your cheque book in the UK . |
| 10 | Easy as wink your eye . |
| 11 | It may not be as easy as surrendering your body to the doctor and simply taking the medicine , nor can you expect an over-night cure . |
| 12 | ( left ) Dressing up or down this versatile outfit can be as simple as changing your shoes — comfy espadrilles for daytime , sophisticated heels for evenings . |
| 13 | ‘ My lord and all my lords here present , I will not be so suspicious as to mistrust your truths , ’ she said , her voice charged with emotion . |
| 14 | But consuming rhino horn will do you about as much good as chewing your finger nails ; however , trying to tell that to the people who consume rhino horn is like trying to tell Ian Botham to lose weight . |
| 15 | If you have information to sell , be so good as to state your price , that I may be left in privacy . |
| 16 | Perhaps you will be so good as to tell your guards to accompany me to the foot of the hill ? " |
| 17 | your employer has broken your contract ; and 2. that action was so fundamental as to justify your ending the contract ( or that it was ‘ the last straw ’ ) ; and that |
| 18 | There 's nothing quite so depressing as watching your tan fade along with the memories of that wonderful holiday . |
| 19 | There is more to being green than recycling your newspapers and using unleaded petrol . |
| 20 | You erm stay with T one , three , four please just so that we er understand the point you 're making and I would ask you if you 'd be so kind as to keep your voice well up . |
| 21 | By shopping around and comparing prices it is often possible to save quite a bit of money , but even so , dry mixes always work out more expensive than mixing your own , although they do also cut out the preliminary stages of the mixing process . |
| 22 | In any case , most games were taboo whilst wearing your Sunday clothes . |
| 23 | " I 'd rather see you dead than turn your coat like her next door . " |