Example sentences of "you for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be extra careful with new employees who have worked for you for eight weeks or less . |
| 2 | If your new employee falls sick and has worked for you for eight weeks or less , check whether they have any of these linking letters from the Department of Social Security : BF218 , BF220 , BM7 or BM8 ( or BF219 in Northern Ireland ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been chasing you for eight miles . |
| 4 | Just imagine what your reaction would be if you were given a brand new washing machine and told that it had to last you for seventy years or more . |
| 5 | He looked from one to the other , his bleak glance resting briefly on Sarella 's upturned face , and then he said , ‘ I tell you one thing , Peter ; when you 're down and out and she 's left you for richer pickings do n't come running to me for a hand-out , because it wo n't be forthcoming . |
| 6 | ‘ In the voting booth , ’ he said : ‘ If you will be my voice , I will speak for you for four years . ’ |
| 7 | one was because they er wanted you for four years for definite after that working in evaluation so basically you 're committing yourself for five years |
| 8 | He said , ’ Walker , I 've now known you for four years , and this is the first intelligent thing that you have done . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't seen you for five minutes alone today , ’ I complained . |
| 10 | Ca n't I leave you for five minutes ? |
| 11 | alright he 's met you for five minutes but he 's come here I said this gang of children , I said the poor bugger 's not going to know what hit him I said alright if it 's just for Sally 's three I said he 's gon na be , he 's not gon na be relaxed I said I know that for a fact I said I know what it was like when I used to go and visit your people when I was |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been miserable with you for five years , Dimitri . |
| 13 | Thank you for various letters , telling me you read these epistles , and asking questions . |
| 14 | You 've been cheating me , you stinking ass hole , letting me pay you for second-rate designs while you market the best ideas yourself . ’ |
| 15 | " I 've been waiting for you for six hours . |
| 16 | It 's quite possible , if you agree , that IMP will release you for six months to work for me . |
| 17 | . If I take the same example , waiver of premium , erm , and I 'm relating to knowledge that I will have got through the plan your future document , if I use Andrew again if I may , if I say to you , Andrew , erm , you explained earlier that erm , if you 're off work through ill-health , your employer will actually pay you for six months , and then it stops . |
| 18 | ‘ I can do without you for six weeks , Buzz . |
| 19 | Relax the leg by holding on to your ankle and pulling the leg behind you for 5 counts ( see previous exercise ) . |
| 20 | I loved you for thirteen days of my life , and did n't the rest of my life count for anything ? ’ |
| 21 | Now you suspected she 'd been lying to you for thirteen years . |
| 22 | about school er further education on , on the magazine and I felt that perhaps , bearing in mind what he 'd said earlier about I have n't had any contact with you for thirteen years , that might have been something that you could 've you know reinforced a bit well we 've now got financial advisers , the other thing or one of the other things we 're doing is , is this contact magazine which we 're sending out to policy holders and it , you know , it helps to bridge the gap as it were . |
| 23 | What plans have you for future expeditions ? |
| 24 | Thank you for two messages . |
| 25 | We do n't need you for two weeks . |
| 26 | I 'm going to ask each one of you for two suggestions . |
| 27 | You have to start from a pain of yours and conceive of there being something like this which hurts but which does not hurt you , and also that there could be something which is like you but not you for such pains to hurt . |
| 28 | I take off my hat to you for many things — not least for the way you have kept the economy going these ten years . |
| 29 | I do not relish the thought of leaving her here with him while I drive you for many miles and wait for you to linger by shop windows . ’ |
| 30 | As in all things , you have a team which has been with you for many years ? |