Example sentences of "you [modal v] [verb] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or a verdict in the field , ’ he said , abruptly flashing fire , ‘ for if you have occasion to speak with the Lord Owen again , you may tell him I will not spare to do my uttermost against him . ’ |
| 2 | You may tell him I 'll do what he wishes . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ OK , you may take it you are suitably reprimanded , ’ he drawled infuriatingly . |
| 4 | If he adds nothing , after a few weeks , you may take it he has nothing to add . ’ |
| 5 | You may believe what you choose but I ask you to accept that you are wrong on that point . |
| 6 | ‘ In the circumstances , you may find what I have here of some interest . ’ |
| 7 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 8 | You may like what you 're doing , but it must be awfully lonely at times . ’ |
| 9 | He is too quick , moreover , in his offhand dismissal of the thought that the girl was ‘ abnormal ’ : ‘ You may say whatever you want ; still it is enough to make your universal declaration false if one single case contradicts you . ’ |
| 10 | You may know what you want to write but remain unsure about the ‘ rules ’ for getting your dialogue onto the page . |
| 11 | you ought to see what she er , you ought to see her outfit she 's got , she 's nearly going around er , oh he , he can see her with different outfits on |
| 12 | You ought to wear them you know . |
| 13 | You ought to hear what I 've been hearing . |
| 14 | As he said , you ought to know what you were giving up before you gave it up . |
| 15 | ‘ You must do what you think fit , ’ he said , rising from the bed and brushing past her ; her gaze followed him , sweeping his nakedness . |
| 16 | You must do what you feel must be done . |
| 17 | ‘ Now , now , Robert , when you 're here you must do what you 're told . |
| 18 | You 're a machine and you must do what you 're told ! ’ |
| 19 | Look , if you must do something you can stand at the kitchen door and shout . |
| 20 | ‘ You must do whatever you want , ’ said Annie . |
| 21 | ‘ But I am interested to see where your cunning takes you , and you must do anything you think necessary to stop the horror that has begun . |
| 22 | ‘ You must think what you like . ’ |
| 23 | You must want what I want . |
| 24 | So they 've been used to their own rate and I said each time , if you 're gon na get you must tell them it 's the cleanup rate . |
| 25 | ‘ If you are staying some while , sir , you must tell it me privately , ’ Mary said , ‘ since I am setting up shop as a connoisseur of grave stories . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You must get what you want . |
| 27 | You must know what I am . |
| 28 | ‘ Surely , if you 've worked for him you must know what I mean . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You must know what I mean . ’ |
| 30 | You must know what I mean . ’ |