Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | — for information and advice on government and EEC grants to help you develop your business , please contact our Grants Advisory Service via your local branch or Business Centre . |
| 2 | We have teamed up with Phonogram records to fly you and a guest to the States and put you up in a swanky hotel for a week 's luxury holiday . |
| 3 | ‘ We heard today that Kenamun has sacked you . |
| 4 | I shall now test the class on the multiplication tables to see if Miss Honey has taught you anything at all in that direction . ’ |
| 5 | Or to put it another way , let us see how badly Miss Honey has taught you the three-times table . ’ |
| 6 | I have ordered you about , Devlin has ordered you about and even Ana has dragged you here to please a man . ’ |
| 7 | I believe the Lady Amelia has told you everything we know . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ So Quex has got you , has he ? |
| 9 | In other words , señorita , Devlin Parnham has sent you . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know if Alexandra has told you , but we 've been hoping very much to feature your next collection in our spring bumper issue , ’ Felicity said . |
| 11 | ‘ Why would Captain MacLane want to kill you , Richie ? ’ he asked , straightforward eyes wide open . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , my brother Stair — I am sure that Matey has told you about Stair — invited me out tonight to the stag party of one of his friends ; I used to know him slightly . |
| 13 | Some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him , ‘ You must get out of here and go somewhere else , because Herod wants to kill you ’ ( Luke 13:31 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr Didier has told you , I am sure , that atropine 's been found in one of the dishes of entrée . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Well , your Lucy has got you winding her chain , darling , and she just wo n't take her feet off the ground and let go — am I right ? ’ |
| 16 | Mama , Millie has brought you a present ; they 're currant buns . |
| 17 | Henry is , or whether Mrs G. has presented you with a little Tasmanian , or likely to do so , a point upon which her mother is so exceedingly anxious that on finding it was not mentioned she sat down and cried with vexation . ’ |
| 18 | General Schellenberg wants to see you as soon as possible . |
| 19 | " David Fairfax came to see you the other day , " Matthew went on . |
| 20 | Evan loved to tell you that it began with a minor domestic row . |
| 21 | When opposing Counsel rises to cross-examine you he seems just as genial , but beware ! |
| 22 | Ewan had seen you leap on Hector , and struck out at you — I tried to hold back his blow ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But why did you let us all go on thinking that David had left you ? ’ |
| 24 | I did n't know about all this , about Therese trying to get you out of the company and … and everything . ’ |
| 25 | That comes automatically , together with iced water , before Peggy Sue begins interrogating you , and is replenished so often and so generously that you make a note to speak harshly to the next British rip-off artist who rushes you 80p for a niggardly Nescafe . |
| 26 | T'would have done you no harm , and been good for the |
| 27 | You 've Milvia 's left you and awful time cos she talked for so long , you 've got two and a half minutes . |
| 28 | But you were saying were n't you you described this world which lots of us now have lost and somebody leaving school starting a job and retiring from that job , so the que the question David 's asked you is more important is n't it because deferred pensions are probably gon na become more , not less common . |
| 29 | Morse seemed to think you 'd found something in the safe which Matthew regarded as a negotiable asset . ’ |
| 30 | " I hear that Miss Potts asked to see you about next year 's work , " said Miss Haines . |