Example sentences of "[adj] that [pron] [modal v] [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was so horribly sensible that it could drive you , as Maggie knew it was now driving Phoebe , into complete tantrums and screaming , because Rachel would not share that part of the argument . |
| 2 | Somewhere in the back of my mind I think maybe I was afraid that they would find you although I had heard from you by that time and knew you could not possibly be there at the bottom of Loch Craig . |
| 3 | Sometimes you dare n't say yes , I like the way I look , because you 're afraid that somebody will judge you harshly : Why are you happy with the way you look , you 've got short mousey brown hair ? or whatever . |
| 4 | And at the end of that fifty thousand years , if that 's what it is , the populations are sufficiently different that I 'd think you 'd want to put them into a different species if — I mean how are you to know , but I mean it 's a reasonable judgement . |
| 5 | I was fearful that I might find you down another alley . ’ |
| 6 | Well , what else is so serious that it 'll stop you from marrying ? ’ |
| 7 | In certain cases , we may advance the total cost of the car , but it is more likely that we will want you to make a contribution . |
| 8 | You 're so used to cold that it might upset you . ’ |
| 9 | We would be very pleased to meet you and feel sure that we can offer you an interesting and worthwhile programme . |
| 10 | I 'm not sure that I should tell you , but seeing that you are a policeman … |
| 11 | ‘ I was n't sure that I 'd find you in , ’ he drawled for openers — and suddenly Fabia did n't like his tone . |
| 12 | I am sure that it would help you . |
| 13 | he served with the Irish Guards before he volunteered for the Commandos , and you can be sure that he will have you playing that tune as often as possible , as long as you do n't play it around this H.Q , I do n't mind . ’ |
| 14 | I am confident that we can provide you with the high level of service you require . |
| 15 | If you are the guard you have to wear a blindfold because you are armed with a laser torch which is so powerful that it would blind you if you could see it . |
| 16 | ‘ He went with this girl Katya who is so beautiful that it would hurt you to touch her … ’ |
| 17 | It 's unlikely that they will trap you and use your bad reply . |
| 18 | It 's unlikely that they will allow you to use an arch to carry the load : the abutments are n't likely to be strong enough to resist the thrust . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh yes , it did , ’ said Lili , ‘ though , mind you , I think it highly unlikely that anyone would tell you on your wedding day that you looked the most frightful frump — not , ’ she added hastily , ‘ that you did . |
| 20 | They are listed in their professional register , and while it 's unlikely that anyone will look you up , it 's possible . |
| 21 | Now clearly it makes no sense you might be up to producing the Toyota Corollas in a three hundred acre plant , erm , near Derby right but we ca n't employ the same techniques in production er when we 're making agricultural why not well essentially we 're using land , we 're using land intensively alright and there comes a point when , erm you reach dis-economies of scale and start er accruing dis-economies of scale in agricultural production and that scale of plant is very , very small but after about well it depends what type of production er what type of product you 're making but , you know , there are n't many farms over five thousand hectares , now five thousand hectares is a huge farm , it 's massive alright but it still only produces a fraction of , say U K output cos there 's several million hectares of erm but the reason why you do n't see these very large farms is that you just do n't reap the economies of scale alright , because essentially we need land erm and you 're farm gets so big that it would take you half the day to drive your combine harvester over to the , the other side of th your farm just to erm , to harvest the , the wheat right . |
| 22 | If you think it should be on my conscience that I take advantage of her ignorance , then it is only fair that I should tell you she has , in the past , been unfaithful to me . ’ |
| 23 | I was furious that he should leave you destitute upon the world . |
| 24 | Princesse Mat says she is certain that they will have you . |
| 25 | I was aware that I could trust you in a crisis . |