Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [conj] you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh yes , and seeing whether you 'd yes , how you were coping with it and whether you got too involved or whether you did n't get involved enough or whether you actually were able to sort of get this balance between erm the sort of emotional support you give and the actual practical help which maybe they need in some sort of way , you know because I mean |
| 2 | Erm subterfuge and you know deceiving people , and pretending if you have n't got any nuclear arsenal when you have and and that kind of thing , you know , you will hear playing games like that are n't they , hiding up the truth . |
| 3 | Shopping in the supermarket , you 're going around and looking and you know you ca n't have it , you have to leave it . |
| 4 | You also need to become accustomed to thinking and using degrees , and deciding whether you need to turn left or right to change the heading . |
| 5 | I wonder what that did to you , especially the daily nagging and complaining until you got it right . ’ |
| 6 | You ca n't be accused of whingeing and complaining when you make the other person aware that you can see the positive in the situation too . |
| 7 | Now if you like you can sign all it says is erm it just it 's just telling you what it is and saying that you do n't mind them typing up the words form this . |
| 8 | If you could go to her , genuinely sorry for the hurt you had caused her and knowing that you had come to terms with your conflict about the difference in your ages , then maybe she might be willing to consider starting again . |
| 9 | Once you come to the end of the page — or some other sensible stopping point — and assuming that you have understood what you have been reading , write on your pad a heading and a list of the key words contained in the piece . |
| 10 | They will be sent to you during the dormant season , and assuming that you have bought some in this way , we will now turn our attention to our preparations to welcome them . |
| 11 | It 's worth also noting at this point that if you are a tenant and renting and you lose your job you are eligible for housing benefit , erm if you if you were er buying your house , although you do get some er er you get the interest I believe on your mortgage paid , there are lots of other things that do not get paid but the thing is that if you have a reduction in your income which might happen where one partner say lost a job , er you s you 're eligible for housing benefit but you get nothing as far as company paid mortgage is concerned . |
| 12 | You will need to telephone the ‘ various local offices ( local to the place where you are going to live , not where you are now ) and make sure that a telephone will be laid on , the gas meter will be read , the electricity meter will be read and that all the services will be connected and functioning when you arrive on the day . |
| 13 | And then they get bigger and they start thinking and watching and you realise you 're fouling them up yourself too and there 's not much you can do about that either . |
| 14 | There are few joys in life to compare with that of stepping on the scales and discovering that you weigh measurably less this week than you did last . |
| 15 | If your ability to speak and understand English is limited , there is also the challenge of adjusting to new ways of living and thinking when you feel you are too old for major changes . |
| 16 | It can probably best be described as the way you are feeling and thinking when you meet any situation . |
| 17 | Yes , it 's marketing , prospecting , approaching and planning that you earn two hundred and eighty pounds a sale for . |