Example sentences of "[indef pn] you [vb mod] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 I said nothing you can to change it because of the way the system works .
2 ‘ Do you ever get the feeling you 'll never know everything you ought to know ? ’
3 Do everything you can to avoid mishaps by being adequately prepared but ask yourself again — does it really matter ?
4 You have an opportunity through experience for knowing better than anyone else what is at stake and how much effort it takes , and what a loss it is if you do n't do everything you can to make your partner contented .
5 If time off is needed for counselling or treatment , you should do everything you can to grant it .
6 ‘ Before we begin , do everything you can to trace the daughter .
7 So we , the answer is we do n't really know but it seems common sense to apply barrier precautions and to do everything you can to modify the type of surgery so that the chances of having an injury with a sharp instrument are reduced , and people have made some constructive proposals along these lines .
8 ‘ You 've done everything you could to find her .
9 ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ Kitty said in a carefully careless tone , ‘ There is something you ought to know before that busybody Condon gets on to you about it . ’
10 ‘ I can just see him looking down that long nose of his and saying in that sanctimonious voice : ‘ there 's something you ought to know , Mr O'Shea … ’
11 ‘ There 's something you ought to know and it could n't wait . ’
12 ‘ There 's something you ought to know . ’
13 There 's something you ought to understand if you do n't already .
14 Something you used to spend a lot of time at but have n't done for some time .
15 Is that the one you used to go about with ?
16 Er that was the name of the manufacturer an you used to buy them on cards , they were all sizes and the big one you used to put onto the tips of your your er soles just in on the tips , to save the front of the shoe .
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