Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun] i [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've wanted you , ’ he said , his voice rasping against her skin , ‘ since the first moment I saw you . |
| 2 | I 've loved you from the very first moment I saw you . |
| 3 | ‘ I think I 've loved you from the first moment I saw you , ’ she said , and drew in her breath sharply as he crushed her against him . |
| 4 | ‘ You allowed me to deflect your questions far too easily , ’ he answered , ‘ Is it any wonder that from almost the first moment I saw you … ’ he paused ‘ … |
| 5 | There are little tricks , for example , if it 's a time clause , when you think to yourself oh God it 's one of those lists , you sit down and calm yourself , take a Valium or whatever it is and just apply yourselves to that , right , what the next point is so the first thing I want you to do is stop at this time clause , when you realize it 's a time clause I want you to go trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot to the main verb , alright ? |
| 6 | Big overlap on , especially on stuff like this about the dynamics erm do n't forget that sort of first sheet I gave you a long time ago about |
| 7 | Right but the first year I mean you wan na get the I 'm surprised |
| 8 | Dana 's words struck at my heart , as he had done , quite deliberately , when he had told me : ‘ The very first time I saw you , I knew you were gay . ’ |
| 9 | With a slow smile for her look of astonishment , he added , ‘ The first time I saw you , I wanted to make love to you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Did n't you guess , my beautiful idiot , that I 've been crazy about you from the first time I saw you standing outside your hotel bedroom in France ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The first time I saw you , I knew , ’ Vitor said , in a low driven voice . |
| 12 | The very first time I saw you around I only said hello and I said hi . |
| 13 | ‘ From that first time I met you . |
| 14 | I was aware of that the very first time I met you . ’ |
| 15 | Meg , I think the first time I met you was when you brought a party of visitors from the British Council here , is that right ? |
| 16 | It actually , that actually was n't the sentence I made , I ca n't count , it was actually the next sentence I wanted you to look at . |
| 17 | I am telling you that last night I wanted you . |
| 18 | ‘ Last night I wanted you to be jealous , ’ she told him bluntly . |
| 19 | Last month I showed you how to set up an application so that it could be launched from within Windows . |
| 20 | Last month I gave you some homework . |
| 21 | Last week I saw you in Suddenly Last Summer in which I thought you were incredible . |
| 22 | So erm where are we bank holiday Monday next week I think you probably probably got enough to play with Tuesday . |
| 23 | ‘ Rory , ’ Kenneth said , sitting forward and lowering his voice to conspiratorial levels , ‘ the last secret I remember you telling me was that it was you who set fire to that barn on the Urvill 's estate . ’ |
| 24 | The last thing I heard you say before I left the receiver to its own devices was something like ‘ Some of us here have been reading your books … ’ |
| 25 | Next thing I know you guys start acting tough . ’ |
| 26 | Next thing I know you 'll be telling me people do n't fart . |
| 27 | Last year I told you Alhambra er , was receiving the treatment . |
| 28 | Yeah I know that but next year I mean you got the tunnel coming out of the Ferry . |
| 29 | And erm we erm when you got to about the third class I think you you was allowed to participate int he woodwork and metal er class , you used to go across for half a day a week . |
| 30 | If you say no , the next time I see you I 'll put a bullet in your back . |