Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] you [art] " in BNC.
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61 | Now if I give you an example of a bit of behaviour where erm a situation and , and er give you an idea of how introverts and extroverts would behave in that area , that may help you to work out which you think you are . |
62 | If I give you an example . |
63 | It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time . |
64 | Would you mind if I bought you a coffee or something ? ’ |
65 | Yeah well I did n't wan na have to sit here waiting for you , cos I know you every time you say oh so and so |
66 | Yeah , cos I made you a sandwich and you sat in the garden chair . |
67 | just cos I saved you a green there love . |
68 | People say they become imperceptive ; they spend hours looking for the car keys that were on the table in front of them all the time ; they become preoccupied and inattentive to what other people are saying to them ( ‘ But I told you the Smiths were coming over yesterday . |
69 | ‘ Wild geese , mon vieux , is what you presume me to chase , ’ said the gentleman to Bramble , ‘ but I assure you the stable door is bolted . ’ |
70 | ‘ It may not seem so now , but I promise you a miscarriage is one of nature 's mercies . ’ |
71 | " But I call you a whore ! " |
72 | I was utterly baffled , but I gave you the benefit of every doubt , which by this time added up to a couple of thousand . |
73 | It wo n't obstruct no light though because I told you the sun is more er , without the back it joins down the car |
74 | I want to have you about the house because I brought you a little souvenir from New York , only it may take a while to get it out of my suitcase . |
75 | I must stop now , because it 's nearly teatime , but I 'll write again very soon , and please write to me , because I miss you every minute . |
76 | And because I owe you a meal from a couple of nights back . ’ |
77 | Come here till I show you a real fighting man ! ’ |
78 | ‘ Wait till I get you a cup of cocoa , Mark , ’ said Mrs Mallory . |
79 | ‘ Read that while I get you a drink , ’ he said , handing her a piece of paper which she recognized as PA copy . |
80 | He 's holding James and Richard 's reins while I bring you a bit nearer . |
81 | ‘ Make yourself at home while I fix you a coffee , ’ Alex said , ‘ then what would you like to do ? |
82 | company insurance , right , now before I ask you the company that we 're hiring the mini bus off , I 'd like a , er a copy of the |
83 | ‘ But , until we do , you can make yourself useful by binding up this hole in my arm before I give you the pleasure of bleeding to death . ’ |
84 | But before I give you the assignment sheet , erm , how are you getting on ? |
85 | When I tell you the reason I 'm going you 'll wish you 'd let me go . |
86 | And your function is designed as , when I give you a number , you give me the nearest integer , which is just above it . |
87 | come up when I give you a call right ? |
88 | Five minutes ago you were ranting about how you hate your work and yet , when I offer you a perfectly equitable way out of your situation , you hesitate . ’ |
89 | When I called you a pompous , self-opinionated bully I meant every word ! |
90 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |