Example sentences of "[vb base] you [modal v] [adv] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought the idea of a fixed IQ rating was out of date now , that the latest reports from educationists say you ca n't measure it exactly . ’ |
| 3 | Most people say say you ca n't do it you ca n't do that can you go on . |
| 4 | So now can you see how politically , there is a kind of political subtext to this section erm as I say you can only follow it so far down a road then you come to a dead end but I think it 's there and you ca n't really ignore it , the political subtext . |
| 5 | Shame you could n't have it for your birthday . |
| 6 | No , when you do make directories , you just put you would n't save it into |
| 7 | Knowing what to do in a life-threatening emergency is like buying fire insurance — you hope you 'll never need it , and you probably never will . |
| 8 | well I know what 's on there , it wo n't be the same , its not , it wo n't be the same songs or items , will it ? , they do n't repeat their repertoire their , there not different items I mean if we did and it was a repeat you could always wipe it out , put something on top , could n't you ? |
| 9 | But I mean , you know as it stands I mean you would n't want it and they would n't want it . |
| 10 | You know if this was my business , I would have budgeted for this amount of advertising to be ab I mean you ca n't sit it by getting at home er you ca n't get it by sitting at home . |
| 11 | I mean you ca n't compare it can you ? |
| 12 | I mean you ca n't have it both ways |
| 13 | You mean you ca n't see it to put round the corner here like this ? |
| 14 | Well I mean you ca n't get it with fat , can you ? |
| 15 | I mean you could n't alter it , I mean you could , but the time it 'll take you to get it right . |
| 16 | and er it 's that warm , it 's got to be really cold , I mean you could n't wear it in here on a Sunday night |
| 17 | I mean you ca n't , it 's not , I mean you could n't have it in like |
| 18 | but , but I mean you can only make it worse by like you say , you 're wasting your own time and money |
| 19 | I know you wo n't let it go until you 're satisfied . ’ |
| 20 | Once it 's down in black and white , you know you ca n't forget it so you can put it out of your mind until the next day . |
| 21 | Shopping in the supermarket , you 're going around and looking and you know you ca n't have it , you have to leave it . |
| 22 | I know you ca n't have it |
| 23 | ‘ I know you ca n't help it , Grunt , ’ she had said , amicably enough for her , ‘ but for Christ 's sake stop fouling your own nest . ’ |
| 24 | You know you can just flash it ? |
| 25 | ‘ You burn your mouth — you know you can not manage it without burning your mouth . ’ |
| 26 | Well plainly erm whatever the er Yorkshire people may think and I was born in Nottinghamshire , erm that it is you know you can not say it is absolutely unique . |
| 27 | You know you could really lug it do it . |
| 28 | You should really seek professional help ; yet I suppose you could not afford it . |
| 29 | Guess you could n't make it before . ’ |
| 30 | Okay read that one then , as you say As you claim you ca n't read it . |