Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] you [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now hear this : I will take provisions only if you take me to Elaine and provide both of us with the things I ask for . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Only if you want me to . |
| 3 | Only if you want it to . |
| 4 | It 's something for us to discuss , that 's what I 'm saying , so , so if you commit yourself to something and balls up , erm , the general manager does n't get a copy of it , and nobody else does , just you and me . |
| 5 | So if you want it to beco to be a third you 've still got to make it an E and call it a double flat . |
| 6 | And speak your own language , please : we 'll even teach it to you in our schools to prove how understanding we are , just so long as you do our dirty work for less wages than our own kind are prepared to accept : just so long as you keep yourselves to yourselves , and do n't let your children marry ours , because what we 're all terrified of , so terrified the word 's gone out of the vocabulary . |
| 7 | Rather than you selling it to the boss and then all the trouble . |
| 8 | You have to care for them , which means starting from where they are in life , not where you want them to be , and taking their lives and lack of belief seriously . |
| 9 | ‘ Not unless you want them to , ’ said Sister . |
| 10 | There was another roar of laughter when the old lady , her voice changing , said , ‘ All right , I will behave , not because you tell me to but because our dear Henry here will die of shock in a moment . ’ |
| 11 | Looking at your list , decide whether your life is just as you want it to be . |
| 12 | ‘ Look , Scott , we do n't want to be here any more than you want us to be here , ’ Gregson told him . |
| 13 | I 've come home before you wanted me to , have n't I ? |
| 14 | " Your father thought one of the others would have blown the gaff to me — presumably they thought he had — the net result , as always when you leave it to George , being that nobody told me a thing . |
| 15 | There were references in the last two meetings and two quiffs from Liz and Peter erm , which I can dig out if you want me to . |
| 16 | I like you very much , Shelley , but I will come only as far as you ask me to . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It was n't because you believed me to be unavailable , to keep me at bay , by any chance ? ’ |
| 18 | They got hung-up about status even though you explained it to them . |
| 19 | It is startling when things and people suddenly appear without being heard , particularly when you believe yourself to be alone in a room . |
| 20 | But then if you prefer it to writing they 'll postal strike you you know you hope . |
| 21 | I promised myself I would n't come near you again unless you wanted me to , that the ball would always be in your court , and that if you chose to kick me out of your life for good , then I 'd respect that wish , even if it 'd half kill me to do so . |
| 22 | You might be able to do the odd one but I do n't think that you 've got the time , I mean bear in mind you 've gone from four to three to two there 's two of you now supervising all of us if you tell me you 've got spare time then great , and you want to do one or two equally great , however unless you tell me to the contrary |