Example sentences of "i [vb infin] you [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Here , let me shield you from the wind . ’
2 Stair thrust an arm around him , laid his head on Neil 's shoulder , and said , ‘ Let me treat you to a good ‘ un at Rachel 's , Neil , ’ which completed the destruction of any desire Neil might have had to treat himself .
3 Let let me introduce you to a nurse , a nurse called Nicola .
4 Let me introduce you to the world of press releases .
5 Let me introduce you to the class .
6 Might I congratulate you on the birth of Henry , or Harry as I notice he is to be called from the announcement in the papers .
7 But might I trouble you for a cup of hot water ? ’
8 He went and bought a pack of cigarettes from the machine behind him , searched his pockets , then asked : ‘ Could I trouble you for a light , Miss ? ’
9 ‘ Could I trouble you for a receipt ? ’
10 And for the benefit of those readers who are persuaded by his arguments ( and those who are not , too ) , may I refer you to a letter from Simon Kyte appealing for financial and professional help for the Humanitarian Appeal for Victims of the Yugoslav Civil War .
11 ‘ May I refer you to an unimpeachable authority : Mr John Camden Hotten , author of a biography of Dickens , and also , he paused impressively , a life of Thackeray , refers to it in 1870 as Bleak House .
12 Can I interest you in an aerial photograph of your house ? ’
13 ‘ Can I see you for a minute ? ’
14 What time shall I see you in the morning ? ’
15 Allowing her to change the subject , he offered , ‘ Shall I meet you in the foyer after breakfast , say nine-thirty ?
16 Shall I take you to the nurse ? ’ he asks me .
17 Right , can I take you to the recommendation on page six .
18 Right , can I take you to the recommendation on page nine that the programme be circulated to all members of the committee .
19 Can I take you to the recommendation on page five of the report then .
20 Right , can I take you to the amended recommendation on page forty nine .
21 Tomorrow morning may I invite you to a complimentary breakfast of tinned yam , tinned pineapple , tinned paw-paw , Belgian coffee , German rolls , Swiss sugar and English butter processed and packed in Kenya ?
22 ‘ Hey lads , ’ he would shout as he pushed his head through the door , ‘ Did I tell you about the cover from ‘ What Difference … ’ ?
23 Shall I tell you about the very first little baby ?
24 ‘ That would be nice , but sha n't I tell you about the Fire Country of Fael-Inis now ? ’
25 Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ?
26 Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ?
27 Did I tell you about the cocktail that Sal told me called erm
28 And could I leave you with a poem ?
29 ‘ Shall I leave you in the care of the good professor ? ’
30 Can I press you to a candied starfish ? ’
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