Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you were n't already so bruised and battered I 'd turn you over my knee and make sure you had nothing to laugh about . ’ |
| 2 | When we got married I promised I 'd give you everything you want and so I will . |
| 3 | But just because I promised I 'd make you a rich widow , do n't think you 're going to get rid of me yet . |
| 4 | ‘ I asked for it , ’ Flavia said , ‘ the teasing and all , after the way I pretended I could get you a taxi . ’ |
| 5 | Well , let me tell you , ’ she flung at him acidly , ‘ you 're a bygone species , you 're on your way out , and if you do n't turn that wheel and head us back the way we came I 'll see you in gaol for this faster than you can say pieces of eight . ’ |
| 6 | Afterwards the Personnel Officer who interviewed you will give you some feedback . |
| 7 | If they liked you they believed they could teach you to do anything and by God ! you 'd do , it as well as anyone . |
| 8 | Marc was saying , ‘ When I gave you that place on your twenty-first birthday , Peter , I foolishly imagined it would help you settle down as you seemed to have no idea what you wanted to do with your life . |
| 9 | Well there 's a physical limit to how much we could produce in a an eight hour shift and all the slate makers were adamant that the figures he reckoned they could produce and what they reckoned they could produce you know they were totally different . |
| 10 | He reckoned it would make you more … susceptible . ’ |
| 11 | Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are |
| 12 | My life is here , and I have no intention of sharing it with you , not if you offered me an Empire , let alone a castle in Scotland and the fortune of a man whom I despised and who I warned you would treat you badly . |
| 13 | I ca n't remember what I did , I went I 'll show you what I did I went |
| 14 | I felt I should warn you . ’ |
| 15 | I felt I must congratulate you on your recent issue featuring a wonderful picture of doggie megamum Poppy and her beautiful litter of puppies . |
| 16 | So perhaps I felt I must tell you all this , now , before I know you better , so that I can tell it you without too much confusion . |
| 17 | The Queen knew I would accompany you here . |
| 18 | I knew I would call you up |
| 19 | You knew I 'd recognize you straight away . ’ |
| 20 | You took my youth , my innocence — everything I had ! — and then you flung me aside when you knew I could give you nothing … and you left me nothing ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I thought at first the food was a trap , but after you left the pink mixture I knew I could trust you . ’ |
| 22 | But I knew I could trust you , and that at least you would believe me . |
| 23 | ‘ I knew I could trust you , sir . |
| 24 | I just knew I could trust you . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought I might cook you something … ’ |
| 26 | thought I might ask you while I 'm here about |
| 27 | ‘ I thought I might get you to play for your own sake , because you enjoy the game . ’ |
| 28 | I have managed to breed my Port Hoplo catfish and I thought I would drop you a line explaining how I succeeded so that other readers might have a try . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought I would show you some more of my Roma . |
| 30 | well , just thought I would keep you informed of news on the Scottish scene |