Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] i [be] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if I were you I would just have a word with your insurance company and make sure that everything 's okay but you 're obviously , they must know that you 've got to leave your er fridge-freezer switched on , so you 've got to have your mains electrics on . |
| 2 | So if I were you , I 'd nip over to the Company Health Club for a couple of hours , tidy yourself up a bit , and see what they can do to lick your wounds . ’ |
| 3 | Someone paid them good money , a lot of money , to do that — this so-called ‘ friend ’ they mentioned — so if I were you I 'd be trying to work out who he is rather than getting on my soapbox . |
| 4 | So if I was you Richard I would n't leave it till last minute , I a bit sooner in case the buses are not running . |
| 5 | Sh I 'd speak to Tony anyway if I was you , just in case . |
| 6 | ‘ I would wait a little if I were you . ’ |
| 7 | I 'd go home if I were you . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd put that glass down very carefully if I were you . |
| 9 | Because I 've had it for four years now and I 'm you know a woman touched it the other day and she got really paranoid . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd walk now if I were you . |
| 11 | I think I should begin to get changed now if I were you . |
| 12 | Well if I were you I 'd get in touch with me if anything turned up . |
| 13 | Yes I mean er when I s er you know when I was on the Q E Two and was chatting with a fella and er he , they 'd been , he 'd obviously been cruising before and was on this cruise and er they were going on the er another Cunard ship a few months later , and it turned out that he was a hotelier who 'd bought a hotel in Swanage some years ago , I think he 'd had about seven bedrooms when he bought it and he gradually extended it , I forget how many he did tell me , and then he had a bit of a heart er attack and er his doctor told him to , you know , well if I were you I 'd just pack in your job which he did and that was about fifteen years ago he was I du n no if he was eighty or he was approaching eighty if he was n't and was in pretty good form , he was dancing , and er , you know , I mean there money 's no object . |
| 14 | well if I were you I would start sorting out if there 's anything good in there that you can make a few bob out of |
| 15 | Yeah erm tt well if I was you I 'd probably try and , and keep up to date with the stuff that 's happening now |
| 16 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 17 | Oh , I shall stay here if I were you . |
| 18 | Oh well if he wants to know why I 'm there and me are you off sick I shall just show him a I 've got proof that I 've been off sick . |
| 19 | Then if I were you I 'd sue my face for slander . ’ |
| 20 | I 'd go there if I were you . |
| 21 | my uncle 's gone oh fuck off like this and he started to put his fork in again and we goes , my dad goes well that look distinctly like a three inch mortar shell so I would n't put any more in there if , I would n't put your fucking fork 's in there again if I was you , they had to get the bomb squad out , they diffused it , they found about five fucking mortar bombs |
| 22 | I 'd should go too if I were you . |