Example sentences of "[vb base] you to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The screw would shout ‘ Doses ’ and expect you to be waiting by the front door . |
| 2 | You expect your parents to be superhuman , and they expect you to be kids forever . |
| 3 | In all things I expect you to be a lady . |
| 4 | ‘ I expect you to be gone by the time I get back . ’ |
| 5 | I expect you to be . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I plan to be around over the next few weeks while we get this new image launched , and we expect you to be very visible . |
| 7 | And by the time I get back to the house I expect you to be gone . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I expect you to be sober , if you 're driving . ’ |
| 9 | Because , by the time we reach the house where the twins are staying , I expect you to be in a friendly , pleasant state of mind . |
| 10 | Not that I expect you to be so baby-besotted as the people round here — with good cause , of course , as Ewan has to be a paragon ! |
| 11 | Or he occasionally buys a er a shirt with a a fine stripe in it , but he says the continentals expect you to be wearing a white shirt . |
| 12 | I simply urge you to be reasonable and not go over the top . ’ |
| 13 | And it is , I put up on the screen there where the depots are so they know what they 're looking for , and I say , now what I want you to is tell me where the depots are . |
| 14 | So I really want you to be like a proper sort of little girl . |
| 15 | ‘ So I want you to be very brave while you listen to it . |
| 16 | ‘ I want you to be Governor of Bermuda . |
| 17 | ‘ I want you to be proud of me , Agnes . |
| 18 | When you book your ( Club 19–30 ) Holiday we want you to be so satisfied that you 'll book with us again next year . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've some wonderful news , ’ said Phil , ‘ and I want you to be the first to know . |
| 20 | We want you to be among the very first in Britain to benefit from these developments and to enjoy them ! |
| 21 | But I want you to be careful of one thing . |
| 22 | From gratitude comes the desire to please : ‘ I want you to be happy too . ’ |
| 23 | For extra effect you can say ‘ Are you sure you would not like to change your mind ’ or ‘ I want you to be sure that you can point to whichever line you like . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Whatever the uncertainties the last few weeks may have brought I want you to be certain of this — our work together will continue unchanged , ’ she told the 40 charities of which she is patron . |
| 25 | The guys would chat me up , y'know , like — [ imitating an African accent ] ‘ I want you to be my wife ’ — and I found it all really flattering . |
| 26 | Just remember , when I want you to be familiar , I 'll let you know . |
| 27 | I want you to be there . " |
| 28 | We want you to be efficient in your studies . |
| 29 | ‘ I want you to be nice to him . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps they want you to be King , too , without me , ’ I said quietly . |