Example sentences of "you [to-vb] [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | er , I will try and push you to see if I 've got the right money , you know . |
| 2 | It is n't enough for you , and I hate you for it , and I want you to go before you decide to leave me , and I love you , and how am I expected to stand being cooped up with him . |
| 3 | I want you to go because you want to go . |
| 4 | But now suppose that you know I am behind the tree , you are expecting me to leap out , and I know you know all that : I can still ( maybe ) frighten you by leaping out , just by getting you to realize that I intend to frighten you . |
| 5 | But I want you to realize whether you know it or not . |
| 6 | Finally , I propose to call no person more than once to accept that the movers will have the opportunity of winding up at the end and I would please ask you to wait until you have been called . |
| 7 | The councillors all agree that your floral displays and hanging baskets are magnificent and want you to know that they appreciate your efforts . |
| 8 | Despite all the cock-ups , I want you to know that we do greatly appreciate your help . |
| 9 | He wants you to know that you 've got those and you 've got a fair idea of how much you 're leaving . |
| 10 | Darling darling , I feel that I am the luckiest man on earth and I want you to know that I know I am . |
| 11 | ‘ It may interest you to know that I 've just had Mr Standish on the phone . |
| 12 | ‘ In view of your opinion of me , it wo n't surprise you to know that I 've been out with a couple of the other men from the station over the past week , ’ Maria volunteered stormily , halting and then swinging round to face him again . |
| 13 | I only mentioned it because I want you to know that I realise the problems we 're facing — and that I 've got plans to put us back on our feet . |
| 14 | It might help you to know that I have been writing down my dreams on waking , an accepted practice , I believe , in some circles , and perhaps of more use in my case than in some as I am by profession a writer . |
| 15 | It probably would n't surprise you to know that I do , too . |
| 16 | Both Poutsma ( 1923 : 42 ) and Jesperson ( 1940 : 287 ) point out that have is often used with the to infinitive in conditional contexts with would : ( 178 ) I 'd have you to know that I do n't care a penny , madam , for your paltry money . |
| 17 | My dear Victor , I want you to know before you arrive home that an awful thing has happened . |
| 18 | I want you to know and I think that you do — that I love you more than I ever did before , but in a slightly different way . |
| 19 | With the billions of pounds worth of equipment — above and below the ground — not to mention gas and oil reserves which we own , it may surprise you to find that we consider our most valuable asset to be people … rather than plant . |
| 20 | I 'm asking you to accept that I 've got reasons , and not to ask me what they are . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ Angelica said , ‘ I want you to remember that you 've got friends here . |
| 22 | Unusually , you may think , I shall not be listing and suggesting varieties for you to grow because I think that can be a misleading business and is not really helpful . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's kind of you to help when you 've got your own practice to run . |
| 24 | ‘ Now , ’ he said at last , hefting a suitcase in each hand without apparent effort , ‘ can I leave you to unpack while I talk to Faye ? ’ |
| 25 | So what I 'd like you to do when you get some get a cardboard cutout . |
| 26 | So we 'll have a coffee break and then what I want you to do when you come back is I 'll give you an objective for the talk that you 're going to give based on that you 've just done and then I want you to select three themes and three sub-themes that will support the objective that you 'll then be able to use . |
| 27 | So what I 'd like you to do if you have n't got some paper there 's stacks of paper here and what I 'd like you to do is grab a piece of paper and write down what I 'm going to tell you . |
| 28 | And that means that from then on your life is n't your own , you do n't do what you want to do , you do what you believe God is telling you to do and you try to live by what the bible says and you pray about any important decision you make and then , when God has shown you what the right thing is to do , even when you 're going through very hard times , you know that you 're there because that 's where God wants you to be and that gives you faith to carry on . |
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