Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [subord] you [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reducing The Risk , a leaflet sponsored by British Telecom and published by the Trust , emphasises that if you feel frightened , you should listen to your instincts and speak calmly , gently and slowly . |
| 2 | I did n't have a Valium injection and I did n't have laughing gas ( who needs that when you 've got an entertaining toothbrush ? ) , and I did n't cry or faint or bite the hygienist or do any of the things normally associated with one of my trips to the dentist . |
| 3 | A standard story , repeated by travellers and natives alike , holds that if you travel 50 miles in Britain you will encounter a different sign language that can not be understood in the region you have just left . |
| 4 | As a book reviewer of some 25 years experience I am not , and never will be , of the school that thinks that because you have been given a free book , you should give a good review . |
| 5 | Crilly says that if you listen well , you can hear the Irish in her right enough . |
| 6 | The card you get from the man says that if you get into arrears you have to pay extra interest , but it does n't say how much . |
| 7 | The Proverbs of the Old Testament return over and over again to the theme that men should beware women ; the Jewish Talmud says that if you teach the Laws to a woman , you teach her lasciviousness ; the Hindu sage Manu teaches that if women go unrestrained , the result is anarchy ; and the oft-quoted Church Fathers and medieval theologians appear to respond to the idea of the Female with fear and disgust . |
| 8 | The Concise Oxford Dictionary ( which I 'm sure you read every night before going to sleep ) says that if you respect someone you will avoid : |
| 9 | It also says that if you respect someone you will ‘ treat them with consideration ’ and ‘ esteem them ’ ( think of them as valuable ) . |
| 10 | Reality says that if you set up a store and you 're undercapitalised , you 're going to go bust . |
| 11 | Section 15 of the 1968 Theft Act says that if you issue a cheque when you know you have no money in your bank you are committing a criminal offence . |
| 12 | He says that if you hold the sheep properly , it wo n't struggle . |
| 13 | yeah , yes verbally yes if we 're writing we 'd actually be six but it was it was the span of conception was n't it the capacity of the brain The span of conception says that if you deliver your presentation in groups of three in three themes and three subthemes then the audience is able to hold on to that and the way in which we set up the delivery or the way in which we delivered the structured thought pattern was through method |
| 14 | Today , there is an attitude which says that if you do n't want an active sex life , there must be something wrong with you . |
| 15 | ‘ Lil says that if you do n't want the ticket , she 'll pass it on to someone else in the division . |
| 16 | Mother Francis says that if you have a questioning mind you get to know all the answers . ’ |
| 17 | She says that when you 've nearly lost a child you realise that cost is irrelevant : Locks must be fitted to save lives . |
| 18 | ‘ Being called at an inconvenient time by an insensitive caller who assumes that since you 've answered the phone it must be convenient to talk ’ . |
| 19 | The Dept. of Health warns that if you have not had a vaccination , you should either have the polio vaccination yourself or avoid changing nappies when your baby is vaccinated . |
| 20 | Mr Scannell warns that if you own French property you must plan ahead for inheritance — under French law your children will have first crack at the property . |
| 21 | In Yule 's book , a reporter comments that if you interview Puttnam on a day when he is depressed , you will hear all about it . |
| 22 | I was talking to Desmond about it and he reckons that once you 've got your line you can muck about and |
| 23 | I might add that Filmer 's notion of dominion as originally granted to Adam included both ownership of property and authority over men and here Filmer was trading on erm erm the feudal tradition of erm property erm erm erm dominion erm entails that if you have property rights in a certain tract of territory you also have political authority over the people inhabiting that or that territory you know , think of a straightforward standard lord of the manor and his service you know , he has property rights in the territory , he also has authority over erm the individuals who live off that territory . |
| 24 | The contract ensures that if you decide to cash in after five years in April 1997 , you will not get less than the unit price on offer in April 1996 . |
| 25 | It seems that if you 've done an arts degree , apart from social science , then really you 're in line for jobs that science students go for as well , whereas arts students ca n't go for science degree jobs so you 've got more scope to apply for . |
| 26 | Which means that so you have to make |
| 27 | This means that whether you accept the structuralist account or not is likely to depend on your view of what constitutes an acceptable theory . |
| 28 | This curious misuse of language means that if you book a spot at anything less than the top rate , some time in advance , the station can re-sell it , at a higher rate , to anyone who wants it , at any time before the cancellation date . |
| 29 | A losing attitude means that if you try something and find it does n't work , you beat yourself up , give yourself a hard time and do n't try again . |
| 30 | This means that if you sell after today , you are still entitled to receive the forthcoming dividend of 6.15p per share paid on February 15 . |