Example sentences of "[subord] someone [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where someone compliments you ( ‘ Well done . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If someone tells you something hard which you do n't know , you have to think what is it . |
| 3 | If someone tells you not to think of a white bear , what happens ? |
| 4 | ‘ If that editor were here tonight , I would love to issue a challenge to him : if someone tells you that the Royal Bank increases any customer 's charge without prior notice , he 's wrong . |
| 5 | Check it ; if someone tells you that the Royal Bank , because of the experiences of the recession , is no longer interested in lending to viable businesses — large or small — he 's wrong . |
| 6 | Check it ; and if someone tells you that the Royal Bank is now only interested in improving its bottom line , and no longer cares about people at all , he 's wrong . |
| 7 | What if someone made you come ? |
| 8 | If someone realizes you do not hear well , perhaps they are wondering if they will be understood and perhaps they feel unsure what to do . |
| 9 | I mean , if someone says you 're beautiful or smart , you want to believe that they are a good judge of character , do n't you ? |
| 10 | If someone asked you , who is that man ? you said , oh , she was wounded in the war , you know . |
| 11 | ‘ I wonder how you 'd describe me if someone asked you , ’ she said . |
| 12 | I mean , if someone asked you now if you wanted a cup of tea , you would instantly visualise just that and say ‘ yes please ’ . |
| 13 | If someone asked you in French you might have to think about what tasse du thé means before you visualised a cup of tea and said ‘ Oui , s'il vous plait ’ . |
| 14 | If someone told you that a major ensemble of some twenty bronzes has recently been permanently installed in a public park hard by Wall St and that its subject is an allegory of greed , would you believe it ? |
| 15 | what the valency is to make up this formula you could do the same if it was if someone told you it was an some unknown So if it 's an unknown compound and I drip Let's say it was unknown compound and I dripped hydrochloric acid on and I got carbon dioxide given off yeah |
| 16 | It does n't sound like much , but if someone told you those were your odds of winning the lottery , you 'd buy a ticket , would n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | I thought if someone brought you to your senses , before it was too late , you 'd have a chance , instead of throwing yourself into any trouble that came along . |
| 18 | No you ca n't throw it you have to like jump on it like that and you go weee and it , and if , and if someone gets you on the hips you have to throw it to everybody . |
| 19 | If someone upsets you , the most sensible thing to do is drop your stick , take off your gloves and go for him . |
| 20 | Fax quality can be tuned — if someone sends you a grotty fax you can apply the ‘ fax vacuum ’ to suck up all the specks and marks . |
| 21 | There is no need to worry if someone asks you to ‘ pull down the elephant 's trunk ’ — why ? |
| 22 | If someone asks you for a tale , tell them you 're learning the story of the Dwarf and the Firewood . |
| 23 | Untie it , bring it here and if someone asks you why you 're doing that , tell them that the master needs it and we 'll send it back at once . |
| 24 | Well if someone asks you what we , what you do |
| 25 | Wraith Grant , who spent £26,000 to win £18,000 before losing his tour status in 1991 , summed it up : ‘ If someone said you could be a millionaire in two years ' time , what would you do ? |
| 26 | If someone pulls you out the river when you 're half drowning , you just lie on the bank coughing and spluttering , and no one expects you to say anything . |
| 27 | ‘ I very rarely go out at weekends but if someone sees you in a pub once they assume you must be a real nightclubber . |
| 28 | ‘ Well … say if someone serves you fairly often in a shop , you recognize them when you 're in the shop , but if you meet them somewhere quite different , like at the races , you ca n't remember who they are . ’ |
| 29 | Trouble is , if someone gave you icing all the time and no cake , that just sucks . |
| 30 | If someone gave you minus four , it would turn that into sixteen . |