Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] you [adv] " in BNC.

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1 To commit yourself when everyone has let you down .
2 ‘ If someone has done you wrong , do not repay him with a wrong .
3 It makes things awkward for everyone if you both act like someone has superglued you together .
4 I though I 'd seen you somewhere before . ’
5 I knew I 'd seen you before and I could n't think where . ’
6 ‘ Nor have you wanted them from me , You 'd never have stayed around so long if I 'd pushed you about . ’
7 Because you thought I 'd stood you up ? ’
8 If I 'd met you earlier the fact that I 'm married would have made it impossible for me to take off and fly with you like this .
9 ‘ I thought I 'd lost you there , ’ Bryce said , sitting on one of the stair treads .
10 Right now there were quite there were a few people who gave me their books There were a few people who who gave me their books but I mean Erm this was the first homework I 'd given you actually that er that I 'd you know given so I would like to see an improvement in this performance please .
11 I 'd telephoned you purely because I had a need to hear the sound of your voice and what do I get for giving in to such weakness ?
12 ‘ If only I 'd 'elped you more you might still be 'ere . ’
13 Even though I 'd told you there was no point in your harbouring hopes , I somehow had n't expected you to up and leave .
14 I thought I 'd told you earlier .
15 ‘ I 'd begun to think that I 'd scared you away .
16 Should I have turned you over my knee and spanked the daylights out of you ? ’
17 ‘ How many times do I have to tell you not to dawdle ?
18 ‘ My dear child , how many times can I have told you never to split a pair !
19 and all she can think of to say is ( and here he mimicked a heavy filmstar accent which actually was nothing like the actress in the film at all , because the woman in the film is an ordinary , decent , hardworking woman ) , ‘ Oh dahlink , I 'ave missed you so much , ’ and then the first thing she does after waiting for him to come home for seven fucking years is to leave the fucking gas on while she 's making his coffee , and then of course she 's so tense that she just ca n't wait for a fag , she lights up , there you go ; bang .
20 I had lost you once before because of my stupidity but now here was something else that completely undermined me — a tiny baby , a hold over you that I could never compete with .
21 By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’
22 Sorry I had to desert you yesterday . ’
23 When we met again at the funeral , I knew that I had to see you again soon .
24 But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’
25 ‘ You would then be able to assure yourself that all your worst forebodings were correct , that I had brought you here to cheat you out of your share in some shady manner . ’
26 ‘ I 'm only sorry I had to bring you out in it . ’
27 I had to get you away from him and have you close to me .
28 Ta sorry I had to drag you out here on this weather .
29 If only I had told you straight away the appointment was a hoax … ’
30 And as I had told you before on the previous er chat we had , how my father took over er when when I was two years old we moved up .
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