Example sentences of "[to-vb] or [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you are presenting to high-status people , who have the power to promote or demote you , you can feel justifiably vulnerable and exposed . |
| 2 | Or , during a fight , your opponent may try to strangle or crush you , rather than hit out with his or her hands and feet . |
| 3 | Well do you want to walk or do you want to go in the car ? |
| 4 | Well , do you want to walk or do you want to go in the car ? |
| 5 | These passions are disinterested , in the sense that they excite me to help or harm you as in yourself attractive or repulsive to me , irrespective of further advantage to myself ; they treat you not as means but as end , if only as a negative end . |
| 6 | The opponent sees the opening and moves forwards to sweep or punch you . |
| 7 | Most callers at your home will be genuine , but some might be out to steal or cheat you out of your money . |
| 8 | Sub-text : ‘ My relative status compared to yours entitles me to criticise or praise you . ’ |
| 9 | How much of Shakespeare do you have to do or do you have to do it all ? |
| 10 | If anyone older than you , even someone you know , tries to kiss or touch you in a way you do n't like or that confuses you , or which they say is supposed to be a secret , say NO in a very loud voice . |
| 11 | Do you wish to compete or do you not ? ’ he grated , turning to keep his eyes on his sister as she circled him expertly . |
| 12 | If you take it to make yourself numb , in order to forget or to help you sleep , you are only using it to mask the symptoms of a distressing situation which will still be there tomorrow . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't want to rape or kill you , ’ Bourgois told Miss Lamplugh . |
| 14 | Thus to love or hate you , it may not be enough that your actions in your own interests make all the difference between success and failure for my highest hopes ; but it may be enough , even if nothing you do has any bearing on my projects , that in being drawn to or shrinking from your viewpoint I feel myself in touch with a personality of which the total pattern attracts or repels my own . |
| 15 | Be prepared for a breakdown in communication and for certain individuals to misbehave or let you down around the 12th and the 26th . |
| 16 | Your right to use your ex-husband 's contributions to improve or provide you with a pension depends on your age and/or whether you remarry before the age of 60 . |
| 17 | So again can you see you have other people to consider if you 've partners , but that 's one of the difficulties of having a partner , but then again think , if you do n't have a partner , that 's worse cos you 've nobody to communicate with , nobody to shout at , nobody to organize or organize you , er nobody ready made to go out with , you 've got it all to do yourself because your number one requirement when you 're left on your own is to get the company and the activity , whereas if you , if you are er living with a person then at least a certain amount of that is ready to hand . |
| 18 | has anyone got any comment on that , do you think that it 's , a , a sensible thing to happen or do you think men ought to be infants ' teachers . |
| 19 | If people who promise to telephone or visit you fail to do so it is very annoying . |
| 20 | The second threat is the man or woman who grabs you , not to restrain or crush you , but to keep you still while they hit you . |