Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] you " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You are not going to have them say you are some kind of dickhead . ’ |
2 | What sort of build-up d' ya want to give me d' ya want people to have of you . |
3 | I wo n't let a one of them touch you again . ’ |
4 | ‘ Wot d' you mean ? ’ |
5 | There are such men in this city , and even to see them , never mind to touch them or have them kiss you , or see them just before dawn , or to have them as one of your dear friends , is one of the great pleasures of our life , and it is commoner than most people think . |
6 | For example , if I perceive you to be friendly , then I am likely to act in a friendly manner towards you . |
7 | ‘ Good afternoon , ladies and gentlemen , it is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the magic of television … ‘ |
8 | I find the girls , I introduce you , I get the evening on an upward parabola , and you just sit there glowering away like Hagen in Götterdämmerung , if you 'll excuse the cultural allusion . ’ |
9 | I introduce you to my friend — ’ |
10 | I commend you , by the way , for insisting on arriving early , for as the set time approaches they will tighten their surveillance at their ports of entry . |
11 | Middleton 's body was washed up sometime later on the south coast of England , the country he had fought for so valiantly , and I commend you to read Chaz Bowyer 's citation , which embraces the official citation for Middleton 's VC , in his book The Bomber VCs . |
12 | I do n't want anyone to suspect that I favour you over your sisters , which is something they already fear because of our business connection . ’ |
13 | I despise you , and I despise myself for needing you , but I do need . ’ |
14 | He passed on his concern in a letter to Prince , who , as the ever-nervous and expectant recipient , was clearly in a state of anguish about it : ‘ I regret you should have determined upon embarking any portion of your Property in V.D.L. because from the ignorance of the parties whose names you mention , I fear least they should turn out Sharks and it would be a source of deep mortification to me were you by these means to lose any portion of the advantages you have obtained by years of anxiety and deep mental study . ’ |
15 | Has something … someone upset you ? ’ |
16 | ‘ What do I say to your father if I mislay you ? ’ |
17 | ‘ And when he said , ‘ I declare you man and wife ’ , everyone threw their hats into the air ! ’ |
18 | I declare you are so much like your papa — whose soul God pardon — that it eases my sorrowing heart ! |
19 | ‘ I do n't mean just about me ; I mean you really do n't care whether you live or die . |
20 | I mean you are mostly white , mostly north-eastern , Yale , Harvard types . |
21 | ‘ I mean you ca n't have . |
22 | ‘ I mean you can follow me . ’ |
23 | ‘ I mean you take a mug of cocaine at night before you go to bed . ’ |
24 | I mean you 've got to keep the Home Fires Burning , Grin and Bear it , make him Feel Welcome — although see when he 's up at midnight frying eggs and he spatters grease all over my good ceramic hob I could brain him so I could — but I just tell myself he 's Not Home Forever and I bite my tongue . |
25 | I mean you get Sweet Fanny Adams done with them on the run up to Christmas anyway , E.l.S . |
26 | I mean you say ‘ I 'm only a housewife ’ , and then some man comes home and thinks you 've done fuck-all all day . |
27 | ‘ I mean you no harm . |
28 | I mean you really would n't yourself , not you yourself , I mean , if it was you , I mean … ’ |
29 | ‘ I mean you just repeat what I say , but slowed down . |
30 | I mean you look at yourself and you 've got a black face and a Cockney accent and you realize you do n't fit . |