Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my experience the most effective way to resist his attempts to snag you is to heave at him with as much side-strain as your tackle strength will allow . |
| 2 | But perhaps a pink Cadillac and James Dean to drive you away are the most desirable extras . |
| 3 | On the other hand if you 've important business or vital meetings to attend you will be in for a tough time . |
| 4 | How dare you make these offensive statements and then ask for money to support you . |
| 5 | Well anyway , whatever I I tried to get him to erm , cos I 've written again to the newspaper , I 've tried to get him to confess that , that the unions are the biggest because erm , even then I said to tell him well supposing that we could get , I said , erm you know the money to support you , I said just supposingly I said would be private vet , and he said what you dare say they would have to have there . |
| 6 | At the start you need very fine control over the board to enable you to manoeuvre into position whilst all the other competitors try to do exactly the same . |
| 7 | But I had to have an excuse to see you , so I 'm not complaining . |
| 8 | I 'm inclined to ring in half an hour to see you 've got there safely , but I suppose I 'd have your brother hopping out of bed . ’ |
| 9 | To get Emily Patrick to paint you , the first thing to do is to brush up on your telephone manner . |
| 10 | I 'm not changing my plans to accommodate you . |
| 11 | When you find you have only a few hours to spare you can choose the best swim for that particular period . |
| 12 | I am hoping that you will observe that I have fetched in enough buckets of coal this afternoon to spare you having to carry them in tomorrow . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've not even the money to see you properly married , Emily , ’ he said softly . |
| 14 | This therefore will be my last Sunday with you and so I take this opportunity to thank you again for all your kindnesses to me and for the way you made me welcome when I arrived 5 years ago ( does n't time fly ! ) . |
| 15 | May I take this opportunity to thank you for your continuing support of the Society . |
| 16 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 17 | ‘ May I take this opportunity to thank you all for the good work you are doing and assure you of my prayers . ’ |
| 18 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest which you have shown . |
| 19 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown . |
| 20 | May I take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in the School and to wish you a pleasant morning with us . |
| 21 | Give the customers plenty of opportunity to see you from all angles and let them feel the cloth if they want to . |
| 22 | I was happy to have the opportunity to see you again , Principessa Sabatini . ’ |
| 23 | I mean I , I was quite fascinated having lunch one day with a journ a Melbourne journalist erm and this was about six months after Murdoch had taken over the Melbourne Sun all this and we were chatting away and I actually threw in the stuff which were saying about how papers are there to make profits these days so that 's what drives them and that journalists journalists on newspapers such as Murdoch 's papers , write what they 're supposed to write and she and I got quite out of with one another and and the bottom liner was that she , she absolutely totally and utterly denied what we were saying and I said to her okay if you were given a story to write you know and it was opposite to how you would view it , what would you do and she said oh well I , I would have to write it and the issue with the Murdoch papers and it 's quite interesting because I mean I 'm sure you can with other newspapers but I , I 've just got a bit more is that Murdoch never ever writes a minute or a memo to his editor or staff saying this is what the line is ever . |
| 24 | Someone may grab your collar with both hands in order to head-butt you in the face , or may seize you by the hair to punch you . |
| 25 | By using the back heel placed on the centreline , pull the back of the board towards you thereby making it infinitely easier for the rig to pull you over the board . |
| 26 | Dear G. E. Rald , We should like to take this opportunity to inform you that on 12th March this year you were seen entering empty handed into the private premises of Ms P. C. Edwards of Convent St. , Folkestone and leaving shortly afterwards with your hands full . |
| 27 | Bishop continued , ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to inform you all that the judicial process requested by Miles Engado regarding the death of his daughter has now reached a conclusion . |
| 28 | I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the high standard achieved by your service engineer , Dick Churcher [ Healthcare Atherstone ] for his attitude and appearance whilst working at our depots . |
| 29 | Thank you for your invaluable help — what luck to find you . |
| 30 | Do n't allow noise to distract you from your work — or rob you of sound sleep . |