Example sentences of "[noun] i owe [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Either you have not shown these plans elsewhere , in which case I owe you an apology … or you have touted them round , and the fools ca n't see what 's in front of them . ’
2 Then the guy round the corner , y'know , the one who 'd laid the gear on me , came round last month and started getting heavy about the money I owed him .
3 and that is the other two pound I owe you , leaving me three .
4 Alan I owe you this from a year back . ’
5 ‘ Naturally , I demand your written undertaking that the eighteen months ’ hard labour I have agreed to do here cancels out , fully and forever , the three and a half thousand pounds I owe you . ’
6 Having got that near to international cricket I owed it to myself to try again . ’
7 How nice to hear from you Mr Finlay , and here 's the sick squid I owe you .
8 Threepence I owe you .
9 It is not just the duty I owe my mother — but even more , my Father .
10 And why do I feel so uncomfortable in talking about such a natural , beautiful thing to my own parents , to the lovers I owe my existence to ?
11 It had been tough going , but Proby was grateful enough to knock a century off the £500 I owe him .
12 ‘ IN A WAY I OWE MY EXISTENCE to Rugby League .
13 I was ignoring the debt I owed her .
14 I was laughing , which was the debt I owed him .
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