Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [prep] you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been listening to you ringing the bell . " |
| 2 | ‘ We are writing to you to ask for your support in our battle for men , ’ ‘ For too long now , we have had to endure an overly-sensitive onslaught from the feminists . |
| 3 | Buckingham Palace , 12th December 1987 My dear Miss Jones , We are writing to you to express our sincere gratitude for the way in which you recently risked your life by diving in front of the runaway horse of one of our Lifeguards to save one of our Royal corgis . |
| 4 | I am writing to you to ask if it is possible to obtain drawings , designs and or working instructions for making what is known as a Steamer Chair . |
| 5 | Now I am writing to you to ask for your help , and I ca n't blame you if you do n't come . |
| 6 | I am writing to you regarding a letter in your February/March issue from David Sedgwick . |
| 7 | Further to our meeting earlier this week , I am writing to you to outline how KPMG Peat Marwick ( ‘ KPMG ’ ) may assist you with your plans to establish a significant presence in Europe in [ ] services . |
| 8 | As promised , I am writing to you to explain why your Board and its financial advisors Purchase and Szell consider the Anglo-Welsh takeover bid to be wholly unacceptable and why we strongly recommend you to reject it . |
| 9 | I am writing to you to offer you an appointment in the grade of Curator Grade G on a casual ( ie temporary and non-pensionable ) basis to work in the , a department of the National Library of Scotland . |
| 10 | It is with great dismay that I am writing to you following the presentation of the Editing for Industry awards in Torquay . |
| 11 | I am writing to you to pass on some information regarding Clown Loaches . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've a rather special wine I 've been saving for you to sample , Naylor , ’ Guthrie addressed his nephew as they began to tuck into a starter of scampi in flaky pastry . |
| 13 | The guy relays how he 's been fantasising about you while with his new girlfriend , so you invite him over to do the wild thing . |
| 14 | We 're depending on you to co-operate , surely you see that ? ’ |
| 15 | and you got your points in , I mean you asked whether it was worthwhile , you did that very well actually er and you were good on reminding the prospect why you were actually asking for recommendations , probably a little bit weak after that point although you did , you , you picked up again , there were , there were points we 're looking for you did pick up referrals mentioned earlier . |
| 16 | But whether they 're going to you know get him |
| 17 | We 're waiting for you to sit down properly then we 'll start giving you things like milk . |
| 18 | Ah well that 's what we 're all waiting for , we 're waiting for you to drop it ! |
| 19 | We 're waiting for you to start . |
| 20 | They 're calling for you to give some sort of speech . ’ |
| 21 | but the bi-law itself , I mean there , there , there , there 's nothing wrong , there 'll be nothing wrong in your saying with the erm , what is article ten , erm , if erm but with this connection which you say exists between what they 're calling for you to provide , erm and erm er what , oh sorry start again , you 're saying the claims unlawful because they 're seeking by er the central fund bi-law to recover sums that have been paused by their breaches of the |
| 22 | You 're expected to remember a whole process that you 're asking to you know explain how to fill in the form or use another system . |
| 23 | In yourself you 've got to be very clear about where you 're going and what you 're doing before you start to do it , in a sense for it to happen . |
| 24 | They 're coming to you asking for help |
| 25 | Wh whe where we go in Yorkshire that Stu Stuart usually gets them out of the Cameron the the pub one , where we go and stay and or they 're dealing with you know what he 's like with his deal , he knows if it 's there it 's usually good fun so , you know . |
| 26 | But we 're relying on you to put it on there . |
| 27 | Turn your back they 're talking to you say they 've been nasty and then they come back and talk to you . |
| 28 | Erm it , again if you 'd only do things like jogging it will build up , if you 've got the right conditions , your heart y y your heart and lung ability , but in order to have this stamina that we 're talking about you 've got to have power . |
| 29 | Yeah I get I mean I get the impression if you 're thinking about you know , the thefts from the people , I mean a lot of the time is the guy who 's visiting the prostitute , does n't report to us if his wallet 's been stolen , for the simple fact he was visiting a prostitute . |
| 30 | And you think well of course it would would n't it you know you 're trying to you get to the stage you can believe me you get to the stage quite quickly where you ca n't understand why other people do n't see it . |