Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [indef pn] [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there 's no signpost or anything to warn you that you 've got there . ’ |
| 2 | Well just be in one , er sort of the side or something do you know what I mean ? |
| 3 | It 's so hard to express how being jilted by a lover or something makes you feel without sounding … you write best when you have a certain objectivity … when your writing is both the passenger and the driver . ’ |
| 4 | You commit perjury or something do you ? |
| 5 | And that should inform your thinking when somebody rings you up and says , ‘ My editor tells me that this happened . |
| 6 | You wear the flag and everybody slags you off for being a Nazi . |
| 7 | ’ Oh it 's most interesting , I mean you take a wrong turning and everybody follows you . |
| 8 | To an extent you 're your own master … you can decide what you want to do and when you want to do it … it 's not like being at work when somebody rings you up and you 've got to go down and see them or you 've got to do this and that within half an hour . |
| 9 | One minute , you 're holding forth from a pulpit and everyone thinks you 're one hell of a guy . |
| 10 | I 've got a friend who recently dyed her hair purple because everyone knows you are n't going to get a decent — not to mention interesting — job with a ‘ punky ’ hairstyle , pierced nose and scruffy clothes , and she wants to stay in college . |
| 11 | You know the situations where you 're in a I do n't know a meeting in some presentation and somebody wants you to give a vote of thanks have you ever had that , I had that Birmingham University one time . |
| 12 | It 's just that , nowadays in life , you make a mistake and someone bangs you on the head for it . |
| 13 | patches and you do n't know why , maybe you 've been in the garden or something irritates you , you 'll find that camomile will c soothe and calm that down . |
| 14 | An absolute certainty that no-one wishes you harm . |
| 15 | And if you was n't in your box and anything happened you would n't get nothing . |
| 16 | Have you got some brandy or something to brace you up ? ’ |
| 17 | Probably made rabbit pie or something did you ? |
| 18 | Tour thick skin needs to be in good working order when someone tells you they could get a jumper cheaper than yours at the ‘ Cheap Jack ’ shop in town . |
| 19 | That 's supposed to be a trick when someone attacks you , if they attack you from behind you 're supposed to walk backwards . |
| 20 | Would n't you agree it 's just about time that somebody helped you to restore some kind of order into your life ? " |
| 21 | A useful test is to imagine that you are at a party and someone asks you what you are writing about : your answer will have to be short , coherent and sufficiently interesting to hold the attention of a listener who does not have to listen to you . |