Example sentences of "you and [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Now the State has already got a problem because in the next century , it will have insufficient people at work to pay for old age pensions we already know Mr Portillo is doing a pension review and is looking about only targeting it to the needy at the bottom well that means a lot of people like you and me will miss out on State pensions .
2 ‘ Never mind , you and me will manage on our own , right ? ’
3 My current owner , it said , is in need of succour and assistance ; why not give it to him , so you and me can go off somewhere and enjoy ourselves ?
4 He states in his letter to the Russians : ‘ On behalf of the Scottish fish processors may I say that we have appreciated the trading link that we have with you and we would hope that this will continue .
5 I 'll wake you and we 'll stop somewhere for breakfast .
6 I 'll have to handle this myself : ‘ You tell us who sent you and we 'll skip all this . ’
7 And they 'll check that out for you and we 'll see what 's happening but it 's just in case there 's any arthritis or anything like that that 's
8 In the meantime I 'll arrange for our dietician to see you and we 'll keep a note of this for our own records , but if you 're at all worried , do come and see either myself or Dr Grant at any time .
9 " I 'll go up with you and we 'll let the others follow . "
10 So I 'll introduce this poem to you and we 'll read it aloud .
11 I knew at once that I could just walk up to you and we could start talking , as if it was the most natural thing in the world .
12 ‘ What I thought is , I 'd like to meet you and we could have a chat and so on , ’ she intoned nervously .
13 We I agreed with Dick well we both agreed that Bill would be with you and we 'd sort out Jack .
14 " I had a sort of fantasy he 'd go to Mrs Africa 's and I 'd go there after him and so would you and we 'd meet . "
15 We 're not having a party we 're just gon na , they 're just coming round in the afternoon to play with you and we can have a drink and
16 If they start probing , I 'll just glance over at you and they 'll think … ’
17 They will give you and they 'll come out on Sunday there as well !
18 Now people will listen to you and they 'll have had , had their own personal goals but they feel not worthy of expressing it anyway because they think , well I 've had this idea , I 'm probably up the creek , and they never say anything .
19 Just say right I 'll cash , take cash and you and they will send you a cheque in the post more or less .
20 ‘ You own things only while you 're alive : someone else had them before you and they will pass to somebody else afterwards . ’
21 But now others think they have got you and they will find out this afternoon that they have caught you speaking the truth .
22 They may not like you , but they will respect you and they will work well for you .
23 I shall still be here ; you and I shall follow on later . ’
24 She paused , and her fingers lightly touched Millie 's cheek , as she said , ‘ My prayers will go with you and I shall remember you always . ’
25 I think what you and I ought to do is sit down we ought to list the pros and cons and problems of and look at them afresh and then maybe talk to Tom anyway .
26 And , Tim , you and I ought to have a we 're not actually going to have a formal session on self-study , but we have another we have a rather loosely structured session when we can bring up any other matters for erm basically that they 'll want to plan the video session rather carefully as well basically I think we want to follow in on yesterday 's meeting — we want to find out why we 're not selling more videos basically and use the whole of that session if necessary for exploring with the area managers why we 're not doing twice or three times as well as we are .
27 We 've got two sessions planned erm and I would like to Rob that you and I ought to meet and talk about how we 're going to handle that session in some detail and the videos .
28 I do n't expect he could use a slide rule either , and you and I might think that using a slide rule would be one of the marks of an educated man , but I think things move on .
29 You and I might have done the same if we had been there , though we would have had none of the technical skill and detailed knowledge of Fleming .
30 Then I 'd go down the town buy us all clothes then , you and I would go out for a private dinner Jean .
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