Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] you [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , most marriages would start off with as good a chance of success as failure , I suppose , if it were n't for outside influences , but there are too many women like you around , taking what you want with no thought for anyone else involved , and then hanging on once you 've got it — out of sheer habit or emotional laziness , it sometimes seems to me . ’ |
| 2 | his music thing has n't he ? , he likes music he likes to be on his own , ooh that nails sticking in if you trim your nails properly |
| 3 | This means one must avoid calling from another room , talking with your face in shadow , walking away before you have finished the sentence or calling something over your shoulder as you go out of the door . |
| 4 | Walking home and you work it out . |
| 5 | And of course with hoods on you ca n't hear the poor soul behind you squeaking indignantly as you work your way up their ankles . |
| 6 | So , as you can see , there is no need to be discouraged from growing plants for pressing even if you do only have a window box . |
| 7 | Of course , as Vietnam proved all too clearly , it 's pretty handy to have a war knocking about if you want peace songs to sound like anything other than pathetic , drippy platitudes . |
| 8 | Of course , as Vietnam proved all too clearly , it 's pretty handy to have a war knocking about if you want peace songs to sound like anything other than pathetic , drippy platitudes . |
| 9 | Yes it was yes , last sort of quarter of an hour they was pressing forward and you know , it always looks like you know , they 're going to nick it but , we held out . |
| 10 | Yeah , I mean i it 's keep on walking round till you get familiar with it . |
| 11 | ‘ Hard living on since you 've been gone , there 'll always be a place for you in my space time . ’ |
| 12 | Living together before you marry is no guarantee of future happiness . |
| 13 | You let everything go for weeks and weeks and obviously find just getting a meal tiring enough and you know I do n't want you to do anything that 's too much for you . |
| 14 | Also , as you take a wave try to avoid sheeting out since you lose valuable power . |
| 15 | Oh I 'm sorry there are children shouting out and you know that you do n't do that . |
| 16 | Practise writing even although you think you 're rotten at it . |
| 17 | So if you 're wandering around and you want to write somebody a quick note , you do n't have to open the rings and take out a piece of paper , you just write on here and tear it off . |
| 18 | You must ensure when seeking permission to go rabbiting anywhere that you get the consent from someone legally able to give it to you . |
| 19 | They will arrange fitting too if you do n't want to do the job yourself . |
| 20 | Check that this equipment is operating satisfactorily before you leave the ground . |
| 21 | From the start , go right and pick up two crates , now kill the guard and the policeman , get the third crate and travel down the lift , at the bottom go right and kill the policeman , keep going right until you fall off the edge of the platform . |
| 22 | going on that you 've missed . |
| 23 | So much is going on that you do n't know anything about — ’ |
| 24 | The person was older than me and he 's a bit higher up the rank than me and it 's all about it probably comes with experience he 's to stand for yourself really but it 's when you 're our age and a bit younger you do n't want to be seen to be rocking the boat if there 's something that 's going on that you do n't agree with but you 're asked to do something that you do n't want to do valid reasons you have n't got the time or it 's not really up to you to do it |
| 25 | Oh it 's terrific you know it 's a great building I like it I like what 's going on and you say will you come back again ? |
| 26 | I I hope so I think it was er er we bridged you know I mean maybe you know it 's often the way is n't it you know you think that 's something going on and you think it 's different to what it is when he realized we were all very level headed and that er . |
| 27 | ( It is for this reason that lying down when you feel faint is a good idea ) . |
| 28 | Perhaps you 're not a person to take criticism lying down and you have had some sharp exchanges with your friend . |
| 29 | So Joyce thinks he 's , he 's going in after you see |
| 30 | going in till you find |