Example sentences of "you things " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't complain I do n't tell you things . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't bloody know why we all tell you things . |
| 3 | His mother had never mentioned it until now but he had heard from Mr Natchet , the postman , it was a place where they taught you things you did n't want to know . |
| 4 | Maybe he was looking at a book that told you things like that . |
| 5 | People were always telling you things . |
| 6 | ‘ You liked her because she was always giving you things , ’ Ruth accused her sister . |
| 7 | You also need to be prepared to listen to the other person in return and allow them to tell you things . |
| 8 | But what happens then is that people stop telling you things . |
| 9 | FIVE — never let ignorance hold you back and do n't pay consultants to teach you things you ought to find out for yourself . |
| 10 | Trish never asked questions ; she was only interested in telling you things . |
| 11 | Being a good listener is not only useful because you will hear what others miss , but you will find that people will tell you things that they shield from others . |
| 12 | If people give you things , they should give freely , extracting nothing in return . |
| 13 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 14 | Well sometimes when I was asking you things like erm say if I asked you how many quarters to make a whole one ? |
| 15 | And you must never , never ask strangers to give you things . ’ |
| 16 | Then , showing me erm his promises in the bible , when things are , are hard then that 's when you look to God and his word more , and that 's when he 's able to show you things from the bible because you 're in a state of wanting to know . |
| 17 | I wanted to show you things . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , you know that I ca n't tell you things like that . |
| 19 | ‘ You seem sharp enough to me , ’ Lucy said , thinking how hard it was to find a way of guiding someone into telling you things that they 'll assume you already know . |
| 20 | Rosie said : ‘ Ask him , he 's always asking you things . ’ |
| 21 | Why do they send you things and not me anyway ? |
| 22 | And they , they will give you things like this and say , find the inverse function . |
| 23 | The people that your toddler feels most confident in showing generosity towards are you , her parents , so encourage this trait by asking her to give you things : for example , ask her to give a toy , drawing or her teddy to Daddy . |
| 24 | " I am simply making conversation while I decide whether to risk my job by telling you things that I certainly ought not to tell you . " |
| 25 | And you think your poor Aunt Becky should maybe ruin her back twisting around to hand you things every two minutes ? ’ |
| 26 | She paused , then changed the subject by looking at him expectantly as she said , ‘ Have n't you things to show me about the running of this office ? ’ |
| 27 | People let their guard slip when they 're travelling ; they 'll tell you things they would n't say to a neighbour they 've known for years . |
| 28 | I mean someone who would just sit down and tell you things , as if they had just happened on the way home . |
| 29 | Now it 's naughty with a capital N. So you do n't do it , or you do n't do it in the normal way , which is relying on somebody inside a company to tell you things . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't see why you ca n't have a private line , though it defeats the object of getting people to send you things you need in a hurry . ’ |