Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [subord] you [verb] " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | He 's been happily dying here since you phoned me . ’ |
| 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 | Yeah , I mean i it 's keep on walking round till you get familiar with it . |
| 10 | ‘ Hard living on since you 've been gone , there 'll always be a place for you in my space time . ’ |
| 11 | Living together before you marry is no guarantee of future happiness . |
| 12 | Do n't indulge in the verbosity of the amateur , or try to hang on to an inappropriate bit of writing just because you wrote it . |
| 13 | Also , as you take a wave try to avoid sheeting out since you lose valuable power . |
| 14 | Practise writing even although you think you 're rotten at it . |
| 15 | They will arrange fitting too if you do n't want to do the job yourself . |
| 16 | Check that this equipment is operating satisfactorily before you leave the ground . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | know what was going on until you got it sorted out . |
| 19 | Yeah , I thought something was going on cos you left the sound |
| 20 | Or … maybe there 's a crusade going on as you said . |
| 21 | I was lying down when you came in this evening . |
| 22 | ( It is for this reason that lying down when you feel faint is a good idea ) . |
| 23 | So Joyce thinks he 's , he 's going in after you see |
| 24 | going in till you find |
| 25 | So was there a drama club going in when you came here ? |
| 26 | He 's Mr Nice Guy , you see , he talks about going in when you have something nice and positive to promote and you think he does n't actually read The Sun . |
| 27 | There 's no way we 're going in until you tell me what 's wrong . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't want you going just because you think that it will please us — Hans and me . |
| 29 | I think you 're the woman I 'm looking for , and I 'm not going away until you give me what I want . |
| 30 | Well now you 've got ta generate it you got ta have electric going outside so you do n't you got ta put these in ai n't you ? |