Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When we have so many spare rooms here it seemed eminently sensible , much better than allowing you to travel backwards and forwards . ’ |
| 2 | When I got home I said , ‘ They ought to know you better than think you would marry a prostitute . ‘ |
| 3 | ‘ We 've been close friends for donkey 's years and I know you better than to think you 'd try to queer my pitch . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I should have known better than to think you 'd back down . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Henry should know better than to keep you cooped up with his books . |
| 6 | So if do you have that information on your computer , I was think that if you did that consistently over a year . |
| 7 | You see , we 've got that board made and you just have n't played with your Lego much since have you ? |
| 8 | ‘ We 'd all but given you up , Father , ’ said Owen eagerly , holding his stirrup for him while Adam took the bridle . |
| 9 | She knew now it was something she could n't face , to be possessed of magic — magic that could explode without warning and all but kill you … ’ |
| 10 | ought to be said really , since Alan is not here and is erm is resigning , well perhaps that could come a little later on because I think both Joan and Alan er there should be some record other than this about the work they have put in for the Society er I mean the only idea I have , I do n't know how much of a a precedent this is , whether , whether anybody should be offered life membership of the the society or is that only for do you have to reach a certain age |
| 11 | As it is , he 's put off his fishing so as to entertain you — ’ |
| 12 | Write so that he can not twist your meaning so as to make you agree to opinions the opposite of those you hold . |
| 13 | It takes considerable practice to perfect and if done badly slows you down rather than speeding you up . |
| 14 | Good nothing wrong with that , nothing wrong at all , now I think rather than set you something new , it 's better to , try to get another bar . |
| 15 | Rather than commit you at this stage to the costs of detailed accounting , due diligence and contract drafting , which may subsequently prove to be abortive , MAS would intend performing a short key features review devised to highlight potential deal breaking points and other inevitably contentious issues ( such as possible earn-out terms ) which will need to be resolved with the vendors prior to proceeding . |
| 16 | But they will be designed to encourage you to be a long-term holder rather than to enable you to take a quick profit . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd die rather than marry you ! ’ |
| 18 | Equally well , rather than disappoint you , the assistant may say ( hat the item is not in stock at present but may be in next week — after several weeks of returning to ask about it , you may suddenly realize that the item never is coming in . |
| 19 | In those days , if you were ill in England , the doctor visited you , rather than expecting you to stagger to the surgery . |
| 20 | As Fred said with a grin , ‘ We 'll save money by putting you back on the staff rather than pay you free-lance rates ’ . |
| 21 | The last two examples , I 'm actually going to ask you to do tonight rather than keep you here this evening . |
| 22 | But rather than have you doing something else . |
| 23 | ‘ It was Bill who suggested Cy when it was clear that Ibn Fayoud would take his horses away from the yard rather than use you . ’ |
| 24 | That was great and started a whole year of being in America for me , which was seeing David as a major star and also for myself , experiencing life as it should be as a major star , with your cars and people looking after you and the record company being polite to you rather than treating you like shit and not working . |
| 25 | In some circumstances , of course , this perception is justified : if you are a boy in Tanzania selling peanuts in the street in order to survive , you may be perfectly correct in your perception that the policeman approaching you is going to blackmail you for not having a street seller 's license , rather than to assist you in making an honest living . |
| 26 | I 'd do anything rather than offend you , you know . |
| 27 | I have worked for you in all ways practically from the moment you were born and I 'd die rather than see you throw yourself away on the likes of her ; for she is scum , and I repeat it , scum . |
| 28 | But Rather than alarm you Oh |
| 29 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 30 | Rather than let you go to the contessa I thought it wise to let you waste an hour or two at the museum . ’ |