Example sentences of "you [modal v] [adv] [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A vertical restraint may take one of two forms : one is unilateral imposition of substantive conditions for supply , for example a manufacturer saying ‘ you may not take my product X unless you also take my product Y ’ . |
| 2 | You must always take my advice . |
| 3 | You should n't hold my upbringing against me . |
| 4 | ‘ As you are not free to go yourself I merely wondered whether you might not feel my absence . ’ |
| 5 | I asked her to phone because I thought you might just recognise my voice and as we did n't part on the best of terms … ’ |
| 6 | But you 'll not have Martha for a wife , not while there 's breath left in my body you wo n't , and you 'll not split my fortune , neither , not if you want to live to see your grandchildren . " |
| 7 | He was the one that got me pregnant and he says that I ca n't come home at all now and I phoned the hospital , yes , and they said that come in and if I go in then you 're going to arrest me and then you 'll just call my dad like you always have done every time I 've run away from home and then every time you lot have took me back home and then I end up getting pregnant . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'll never take my appendix out , I can tell you that . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If you 'd just answer my question , I would n't have to search all your rooms . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You 've poisoned my life , you bastard , you 'd probably poison my drink . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ My dear Handel , ’ he said , ‘ if you want to pay back what you owe him , you could always join my company , Clarrikers . |
| 12 | ‘ But you need not expect my goodwill if you choose to consort with the enemy . ’ |
| 13 | And you ca n't answer my question , can you ? |
| 14 | ‘ I meant what I said , and you ca n't change my mind by caveman tactics . ’ |
| 15 | Mind you you ca n't blame my mam really you know poor thing , she wanted a rest did n't she . |
| 16 | ‘ Now just you see here , ’ said I. ‘ You ca n't saw my head off , and you know it . ’ |
| 17 | " Well if you do n't let me play , " I said , " you ca n't have my airfield ! " |
| 18 | Oh no you ca n't have my chair . |
| 19 | I said well this is , but yo you ca n't take my word for it because |
| 20 | We do n't like each other , but you ca n't fault my sense of hospitality . |
| 21 | You ca n't use my daughter to take advantage of me . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Just in case you ca n't read my handwriting , ’ he said , adding softly , ‘ I missed you yesterday , did you see Celia ? ’ |
| 23 | Lady , you 're lucky you ca n't read my mind . ’ |
| 24 | go on and says you would n't mind my telly |
| 25 | The offeror can not say ‘ if you do nothing you will thereby accept my offer ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps you 'll share the joke , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ and perhaps you will also answer my question ? |
| 27 | ( Does that mean that you will also service my car without charge , apart from the cost of the parts ? ) |
| 28 | At length Raynor said , very softly , ‘ Before we go farther , you must give me your promise that whatever happens inside here , whatever is said , you will not leave my side . |
| 29 | You will still write my book , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 30 | However , because I knew her at close quarters only during her maiden years and have not seen her once since she went to the West Country to become ‘ Mrs Benn ’ , you will perhaps excuse my impropriety in referring to her as I knew her , and in my mind have continued to call her throughout these years . |