Example sentences of "you [adv] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make a list of what you secretly think makes you ‘ better than ’ other people , or ‘ special ’ in any way . |
| 2 | You obviously have to work it out in some way , but you seem able to arrive at the answer almost instantly . |
| 3 | I ca n't harm them — the way you once harmed my family when you only meant to harm me ! |
| 4 | We had a brilliant time and it 's a pity you only get to do it once : Maybe we 'll split up and reform under a different name — so we can have a crack at it next year . |
| 5 | All the commissions , and you only get paid I say only you get paid commission on the first year . |
| 6 | His knowledge of classical music was very comprehensive — you only had to sing him a snatch of any symphony or concerto and he would be able to identify it immediately , but this is n't sufficient to get you up there in front of a hundred or more qualified musicians and be able to lead them into the opening bars of Beethoven 's 5th , or even the Warsaw Concerto . |
| 7 | He was so quick to forgive personal insults and injuries that it was said that you only had to injure him in order to have him as a friend for life . |
| 8 | Not if you only had to do it once . |
| 9 | I was better at maths and science and practical things — you only had to show him a lathe in the metal workshop for him to pretend he had a fainting fit but when he wanted to beat me , he beat me . |
| 10 | You only need mention it and it 's there . |
| 11 | The obvious advantage of this is that you only need to lug it around if you 're going to use it , so there 's another saving on weight . |
| 12 | MP24 is an Elancyl gel with microparticles which prolong the effect for 24 hours , so that you only need to massage it in lightly . |
| 13 | The settings you make will be accessed by all your Windows applications — so you only need to make them once unless you alter your system configuration . |
| 14 | You only need to drop me in town , and I can make my own way from there ! ’ |
| 15 | There will be a little left in the last bit of pipe , but you only want to remove it if you are working on this length of pipe . |
| 16 | ‘ You only pretended to believe me ! ’ she accused him furiously . |
| 17 | Someone comes up to you and you only have to say you 're not interested in drugs ; sooner or later they 'll leave you alone because they 're too busy trying to find a £5 deal to bang up with in the evening . |
| 18 | With Ark , explains Mr Round , you only have to hold it once . |
| 19 | You only have to tell him something or show him something once . |
| 20 | You only have to tell him something or show him something once . |
| 21 | You only have to phone me . ’ |
| 22 | No cos you , you only have to have it on volume three to get the same amount of noise out instead of volume two . |
| 23 | Because you only have to identify them by a name not not a |
| 24 | You only have to rebind 'em . |
| 25 | ‘ You only have to want it and want it enough . ’ |
| 26 | An upward blow to the nose , driving it towards the forehead could seriously injure your attacker when you only intended to give him a bloody nose . |
| 27 | Well would you perhaps like to give them a , a ring to , to say what I spoke about today then I 'll give them a ring , say if you could ring them tomorrow then I 'll ring them er er tomorrow evening a as well and then perhaps I can , you know , they , you 've given them the ground work to actually er for me to ring as well and then I can discuss with him and arrange an appointment to go and see him is that okay ? |
| 28 | The affection I feel for you personally has led me , if anything , to understate it . |
| 29 | My talk , if you so wish to interpret it , is a reaction to the somewhat sterile presentation of the language which I so often see in textbooks and curriculum documents . |
| 30 | ‘ And you better start calling me Mum , ’ said Gloria . |