Example sentences of "you [verb] he [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exactly how he achieved this I can not explain except to say that he had a kind of eloquence that made you think he was speaking to you personally and the gift of a born story-teller . |
| 2 | What do you think he was saying to the photographer ? |
| 3 | ‘ Did you know he was going to be here ? ’ |
| 4 | You say I ca n't go , and Father — well , look at him ; can you see him being taken to the Queen 's presence ? ’ |
| 5 | You know he is known to everybody — ‘ As a rogue . ’ |
| 6 | Anyway , so erm he said , but you know he was saying to them that er , it 's not just at the bottom end , he said , in our village in Wales we 've got the Sun have now positioned two reporters who have lived in the village the these the they sit in a car outside his house day and night |
| 7 | ‘ You said he was coming to tea . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And that chap — Giles Thingy — do you imagine he 's going to be taken in ? |