Example sentences of "[prep] you to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " How kind of you to be interested , " he added sarcastically . |
| 2 | ‘ Right now , I 'm going to fill the big bowl with nice hot water and you are going to have a scrub and I want every bit of you to be clean , mind , including your hair . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And it 's good of you to be concerned . |
| 4 | I got instructions off you to be able do you know I could n't do that timer for love nor money . |
| 5 | Oh right , so it 's not s , it 's not enough for you to be convinced . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's only natural for you to be ignorant about such matters . |
| 7 | There will be a tendency for you to be accident-prone , so whatever you do , slow down , and take your time . |
| 8 | It just remains for you to be happy too . |
| 9 | Do n't you know that all I want is for you to be happy ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ All I want is for you to be happy , Peachcake . |
| 11 | Do n't feel bad if that happens because the most important thing is for you to BE SAFE . |
| 12 | You do n't let yourself into someone else 's flat to use the telephone unless you are quite certain that he wo n't be coming back while you 're there , and that means that you know he is far enough away for you to be safe . |
| 13 | This first kite has to work if you are to be satisfied , so our first tip is for you to be conservative , and select one of the tried and tested shapes that give least trouble . |
| 14 | It 's wrong for you to be alone at a time like this . ’ |
| 15 | But of course , you are n't out to trap me into matrimony , so it is easier for you to be frank . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , 't is all right for you to be superior … ’ |
| 17 | Or is it an opportunity for you to be assertive — to go back to the shop , and request that they cash up and return your fiver ? |
| 18 | It is important for you to be comfortable as any tension will be perceived by your partner . |
| 19 | Now try to imagine turning into that aisle , all those bodily reactions start to go off , and yet there is nothing there — no lion , nothing for you to be terrified about and yet your heart is beating faster , you 're sweating , feeling faint , breathing rapidly , and so on . |
| 20 | ‘ There 's really no need for you to be concerned . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And there 's no need for you to be frightened of anything . |
| 22 | ‘ Would n't it have been simpler for you to be independent back home ? ’ |
| 23 | I hope that you are beginning to see why it 's important for you to be able to explain what you believe and why you believe it . |
| 24 | In other words , was the quality plan sufficiently well completed for you to be able to utilize it ? |
| 25 | Well it seems to me that there was obviously enough information in that plan for you to be able to understand very very clearly what , what was wanted and what was going to be done . |
| 26 | It was n't difficult ; I lost you for a moment when you covered your hair , but I know you too well for you to be able to hide from me . ’ |
| 27 | One of the conventions of research — which we discuss in more detail below , in Chapter 5 — is that you must enable your reader to find again what you have read ( and in any case , it is useful for you to be able to find again what you have read ) . |
| 28 | It 's what I expect for you to be able to work , really hard , get your homework done , work hard in your exams , I expect you to go to college . |
| 29 | Okay , so what we 're looking at over these two days and what in order for you to be able to say yes we 've achieved the objectives er by tomorrow is how to use that time that we have to prepare to the most er efficient and effective so that e the preparation you know when you 've prepared it that yes when I stand up to speak I 'm gon na be able to put these points over effectively and make the presentation memorable . |
| 30 | In order to restore more time for you to be able to talk to your friends and socialise , an idea has been put forward that Q.T. notes could be prepared in advance of Q.T. day . |