Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was yet another of the advantages of belonging to the working class , like always knowing someone who would send her son round to unblock the sink , lay a carpet , get the cat down from the tree , lend you a van for the evening or sell you trainers and tracksuits cheap . |
| 2 | ‘ Do not deal with people who come knocking on your door asking if they can do work or sell you goods or services , unless you are sure what you are getting into , ’ says a Gwynedd Trading Standards leaflet . |
| 3 | Yeah but they said we ca n't charge you for it he said we sell a new tube or sell you a new tyre he said we can charge you but we ca n't charge you labour . |
| 4 | Or scanned you at a maiden aunt 's , |
| 5 | But be prepared for Mother wanting to get rid of you , put you out or hide you , in some way . |
| 6 | If I persist in pressing it , I am not sure whether I anger or please you . ’ |
| 7 | she 'll play beside you or she 'll come and help you or hinder you or whatever . |
| 8 | ‘ Has n't anybody been looking after you or bringing you food ? ’ |
| 9 | However , it can be used if you can ‘ read ’ your card and work out the maximum number of tucks or loops you will be collecting . |
| 10 | If there remains an insistent voice that keeps telling you there is something ‘ wrong ’ with sleeping twelve hours a day , or reminding you of how much there is to do , turning into a vegetable may not be an effective technique , and something more explosive or cathartic may be required . |
| 11 | I 'm afraid I have had little time to entertain you or introduce you to Hochhauser . |
| 12 | Whatever you can do or think you can , begin it . |
| 13 | Whatever you can do or think you can , begin it . |
| 14 | I have done nothing — absolutely nothing ! — to compromise your professional integrity , or to lose you the respect of your colleagues . |
| 15 | Reading Alison and Freya 's stories may worry you , puzzle you , or make you wonder whether your feelings about your body , or constant dieting or guilt over food , makes you obsessive , or verging on an eating disorder . |
| 16 | Also , do n't think that it will put you into a trance or make you say or do stupid things . |
| 17 | Now tell my why I should not have you killed or make you into slaves . ’ |
| 18 | Your dad 's always tried never to tell you lies , or stories that would scare you or make you superstitious , but — ’ |
| 19 | So assertive is just being clear in what you want being prepared to keep going until you 've got something along those lines rather than letting people dismiss you or make you feel as though they 've dismissed you and your point not being considered i.e. your point not being heard or going away feeling that your point you did n't have a fair crack because you did n't give your point properly . |
| 20 | ‘ Except that I will not detain you in prison or expel you from Scotland , on one condition . |
| 21 | Nor can he always rely on the help of those who in any other industry or service you might expect to be on his side . |
| 22 | Familiarity with the case , product or service you are discussing may make you blinkered . |
| 23 | But to be of any real use giveaways must be both useful or decorative and relevant to the product or service you are promoting . |
| 24 | It can be a product or service you 've bought in , not necessarily a product or service that you are actually producing or generating yourselves . |
| 25 | Whether you see SWIFTAIR stickers or SWIFTPACKS you can register or insure your SWIFTAIR items to most countries ( see the International prices and services leaflet ) and a certificate of posting is available , free of charge , on request . |
| 26 | Try to remember anything for which others have praised or criticized you . |
| 27 | Suddenly a part of you you 've taken for granted all your life gives out , or plays you up . |
| 28 | Ferns seem either to like you or hate you . |
| 29 | You know as well as I do that we can too easily by intonation or facial expression or ( the prose equivalent of those signals ) by the precise positioning of a single word in the surrounding thicket of language make the simple statement ‘ I love you ’ mean ‘ I own you , despise you , exploit , deceive or hate you ’ just as the equally plain ‘ I hate you ’ can be picked up as ‘ I fear , envy , respect , despise , own , exploit , deceive or love you , love , love you . ’ |
| 30 | So do n't hesitate to ask them about anything that may be worrying or puzzling you . |