Example sentences of "you that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Nicky , I 've come to tell you that somebody does care . |
| 2 | The following extract is exactly as written : ‘ When I tell you that something you use every day could be put to better use — and that using it better could help you to win greater influence , more respect and higher status , promotion and a larger income … it could widen your circle of friends and possibly even secure you fame and power — you might well be curious to know what that ‘ something ’ is … |
| 3 | But pain is there for a reason ; it is a warning signal , telling you that something is wrong and , as such , should not be ignored . |
| 4 | I am telling you about this … to remind you that one can try to give an impression of anguish without aiming straight at the historic Garden of Gethsemane |
| 5 | Though they say ‘ a change is as good as a rest ’ I do agree with you that one needs both in order to end up feeling refreshed . |
| 6 | Today 's caddie will probably tell you that nothing much has changed since 1560 ! |
| 7 | ‘ I can almost read your thoughts — yes , you are transparent , my dear — has it occurred to you that what you see and hear , my bark , might be a façade ? |
| 8 | They tell you that what you are experiencing is real , ’ he says . |
| 9 | It is easy enough now for me to convince you that what you need is a PC running Windows and capable of running up-to-date software such as Timeworks 3 and Works for Windows ( which basically means a 386 , although an SX model will do ) . |
| 10 | I will pass in silence over my feelings for you , for they can mean little to you at present ( though I am in some doubt as to when ‘ at present ’ is ) , though I assure you that what briefly flowered between us one morning is a blossom that will not perish , however many mornings remain . |
| 11 | When used in conjunction with the function of Devil 's Advocate you can push the children to a point where they refuse to take orders ; they have to persuade you that what you are proposing is wrong . |
| 12 | This may be to acquaynt you that their is a pore yong women in oure Towne of Asston-underlyne infected with a filthy deceassed called the French poxe and shee saith shee was defiled by one Henry Heyworth a maryed man , but soe it is the report of that dessease occasioneth neighbours to deny hir harbour and shee is enforced to lye in the streetes and in great danger to bee starved , I do humbly intreate your worshipps to take it into your consideration and to grant your Order that the pore woman may be provyded for to prevent starveing , either upon the parrish charges , or upon the Costs of the said Heyworth whom she saith hath spoiled hir , whether yiur worshipps shall think fitt |
| 13 | The susceptibility of individuals to disease ; if animals are kept or treated in such a way that their immune system does not work very well , that in itself tells you that their welfare is less good than it might be . |
| 14 | The competition will tell you that their product is fresh , takes advantage of advances in program writing and has a long development life ahead of it . |
| 15 | Now , many people as they retrieved their fingers from the handshake were likely to tell you that their husband had just fathered an illegitimate child and ask your advice on how to proceed , or offer to give you the telephone number of their analyst/acupuncturist/homeopath/hypnotist who had been so helpful over their drink problem . |
| 16 | No one hesitated to tell you that their spouse was schizophrenic , they themselves alcoholic , homosexual or beastlily promiscuous ( no , they were all rather proud of that one ) or , of course , that they hated their mother . |
| 17 | Well when the Jehovah 's and the other religious cults come knocking at the door with their various pamphlet and trying to persuade you that their religion is better than others |
| 18 | Dona Teresa tells you that her husband Manoel came home from work sick , his knees shaking , his body weak and so tired he could barely swallow a few mouthfuls of dinner . |
| 19 | If you were to tell me that there are people , like the man upstairs to whom you now threaten to turn yourself in , who actually do have a strong sense of themselves , I would have to tell you that they are only impersonating people with a strong sense of themselves — to which you could correctly reply that since there is no way of proving whether I 'm right or not , this is a circular argument from which there is no escape . |
| 20 | A string of distinguished television current-affairs programmes are dismissed as being soft on criminals and terrorists ; TV programme-makers turn out to be pretentious , corrupt , cynical and generally ‘ nauseating … these saintly people , living off the fat of the land , try to kid you that they are guardians of the common weal ! ’ |
| 21 | For every complaint that you have there may be 20 dissatisfied people that have n't actually come up to the school to make their feelings known — they do n't even tell you that they are upset . |
| 22 | Improve your mood and counteract stress : Ask anyone who exercises regularly and they will tell you that they always feel exhilarated at the end of a session — even if they had begun by feeling that they were not in the mood for exercise and had almost forced themselves to continue . |
| 23 | In just the same way a lot of your friends may choose not to believe in God … or Jesus … or angels … or evil spirits , and they may even try to convince you that they are right ! |
| 24 | When someone is in great trouble and is very vulnerable , there is no point in them trying to persuade you that they are fine . ’ |
| 25 | These punishments include having ‘ the throat cut across , the tongue torn out by the root ’ and being ‘ buried in the sand of the sea at low water … ’ — this explains why you tend to find heads sticking out of the beach who refuse to tell you that they 're up to . |
| 26 | Anybody who has ever looked at sections of a rat 's brain and then at sections of a monkey 's brain will tell you that they look completely different . |
| 27 | You must believe me when I tell you that they 're out there on the plain somewhere and coming towards us . |
| 28 | And this is really important — you should never , ever assume that you know better than they , what they want — and never let anyone else persuade you that they know better than you , what you want . |
| 29 | You know , they like to tell you that they smoke . |
| 30 | Tell the others with you that they must bow and not speak unless he speaks to them first . ’ |