Example sentences of "you [vb infin] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Damn you , how did you broadcast that through my shields — ’ |
| 2 | It does n't have to sound confrontational ; contrast ‘ I do n't understand what you 're talking about ’ ( sub-text : ‘ you are inept at talking ’ ) with ‘ I 'm sorry I 'm so dim [ mock disclosure — and quite appropriate in my opinion , given the indirect nature of conversation ] , but could you explain that to me again in plain English ? ’ ( sub-text : ‘ I 'm not understanding you , so can you say it differently ? ’ ) |
| 3 | Did you think that up yourself … |
| 4 | Do you think that at a time like this I am afraid of words ? … if he dies tonight there will always be a gulf at my side , a gulf into which I must never fall ’ ( p. 87 ) . |
| 5 | Do n't you think that at eight at eighty four you 'd be like to be chasing the girls with your wig on . |
| 6 | Geoffrey , discussions about the Common Market , for example , tend to be carried out using rational arguments based on economics and legal principles , but do n't you think that at the deepest level international relations depend on national characteristics ? |
| 7 | So , do you think that by making divorce possible so early on , that a lot of marriages that could be saved , will in fact er founder ? |
| 8 | Gay , do you think that in time we shall forget our old selves , and the things we used to do ? ’ |
| 9 | But do you think that in the fifties already this sort of trend was something |
| 10 | Do you think that in all schools the head always looked at all the reports ? |
| 11 | I turned him down — and do you know that to this day Jean-Paul has no idea why ? ’ |
| 12 | Did you know that as a member of Convocation you may borrow books from the Clifford Whitworth University Library and have access to the Library 's collections ? |
| 13 | For instance , did you know that on average they have increased spending on books and equipment by ninety percent and that sixty percent of schools employ at least one more teacher and many employ more classroom support staff and that morale among teachers is widely reported to be higher , even where before those teachers opposed grant maintained status . |
| 14 | Did you know that in London — because they had them there first , of course , some years ago — in London , the — well , beatniks really , are n't they ? |
| 15 | Do n't you know that in your life too there are mountains and there are valleys ? |
| 16 | ‘ Did you know that in New York a significant number of burglaries are now perpetrated by women ? ’ |
| 17 | Did you know that in the Soviet cities every citizen has been provided with a gas mask ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Do you know that in the mythology of Earth the concept of freedom only came into existence after male and female ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil . |
| 19 | Do you know that in the last twelve months er we 've produced or the office has produced , twelve hundred twelve hundred reports to committees at an average cost of six hundred pounds each and that 's just in officer time in writing them , nothing to do with the paper they were printed on , the cost of printing , the cost of distribution , the cost of our time to discuss them and our attendance allowance . |
| 20 | D' you know that in Northern Ireland we have people who , who , who lived up history like that . |
| 21 | I just wanted to let you know that in February , wo n't be hiding behind an OHP , erm I 'll be taking up a post with the European Commission , working with Aids services throughout Europe . |
| 22 | Do n't you know that by now the Press will have dug up everything they can about your past ? ’ |
| 23 | Erm so do you feel that in the years that you 've worked here are women just as important in the factory and make up a large part of the workforce now as they , as they 've ever done ? |
| 24 | Can you give that to your Gran , let me see you . |
| 25 | By reading off the plotted points can you see that for each point the x value is equal to the y value . |
| 26 | Do you see that as the difference between the way that Americans view philanthropy in the arts as opposed to the way the English view it ? |
| 27 | Can , can you see that as er as an amount that er that would be needed ? |
| 28 | Did you see that about Simon Weston |
| 29 | Yes that 's quite something is n't it , did you see that in the gate of the college , a security man ? |
| 30 | another one he had during his work and he says straight away look I was put to work splitting wood , do you see that in the , paragraph on the right hand side , the next day I was told to report to the dairy barns to help milk cows , then he worked in the garden , he also took care of the bees , harvested honey for the family , then in nineteen fifty three I was transferred to the cheese making farm , now here 's a spiritual brother thinking he 's going into the battle to do all sorts of spiritual things , and yet these were his assignments , there 's a lesson here for you and I . |