Example sentences of "you [verb] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 You pick who you want but you got ta justify it and er and then so so okay , for arguments sake you pick say , for arguments sake picks .
2 The great merit of Emor was that it could be adapted to suit the requirements of almost any activity you cared to name .
3 But it was n't , if you cared to put yourself in my position .
4 She did not believe that marriage , or pairing , or however you cared to define a sexual relationship , was the key to happiness and fulfilment ; you only had to look around you to see that this was not so .
5 ‘ Where are you goin' to sleep ? ’
6 You goin' to do it then ? ’
7 ‘ Ent you goin' to answer it then ? ’ said Tom .
8 ‘ Ent you goin' to open one then ? ’ asked Tom .
9 ‘ Ent you goin' to open the rest ? ’
10 ‘ Ai n't you goin' to read from the Bible ? ‘
11 You goin' to tell her I was bad ? ’
12 You goin' give no trouble to Miguelito .
13 You goin' to come in and talk to me after you 've eaten ? ’
14 ‘ Are you goin' to stay down there all day ? ’ grunted Tom .
15 Now what are you goin' to make out of that ? ’
16 If you can not fit the materials yourself , ask a friend or relation you trust to do it for you .
17 You could at the same time consider making an enduring power of attorney — to appoint someone you trust to manage your affairs if you become incapable of doing so .
18 Er if you 've got a competent p person that you trust preparing the estimate , they can check it themselves .
19 1 How many of them have you heard used in this way ? 2 Which , if any , are used in you area ? 3 Do you ever use any of them ? 4 Are there any other words people in your area use in this way ?
20 You tend to treat life as if it were a game of cricket , for one thing . ’
21 So I always sit up in bed for ages really wide awake , and I 'm reading and doing all sorts of thinking like things , and I 'd be talking to Ben , and he would say yeah , yeah , and he 's really vague as well , and I , I get really angry and then I think you can tell because then you tend to lean across and say , are you alright , are you alright , and I just find it makes it worse .
22 They give better support at the edges than a sprung base so they 're a practical choice if you tend to sit on the bed .
23 If , like me , you tend to sit on mountains of paper , and rely on your memory to root out a reference , then you will need to be strong and discipline yourself to filing items away as soon as you have finished with them , either in folders or binders or in cabinet or box file , depending on the amount of space you have available .
24 You wish to get up and go to bed later but you tend to wake up early and become tired too early in the evening .
25 I mean I kind of you know , you give a start and unfortunately if you 're in bed with somebody else you tend to wake them up , because my wife never does that , she 's just too good to be true .
26 Well you tend to cough do n't you ?
27 Hall is philosophical about the sacrifices which a musical career demands , and feels that she had a ‘ fairly normal childhood ’ , and only felt deprived in her late teenage years , when ‘ the social life has to go , and you tend to form passing acquaintances rather than real friendships . ’
28 Problem is when you 're demonstrating is you tend to do things wrong
29 I 've used a balloon in Africa but you tend to go where it wants !
30 Sometimes it is awkward because with all the excitement you tend to go to the lavatory a number of times before the race , which leads to difficulty later on .
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