Example sentences of "[to-vb] you [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then when I reached the Mess , you letter was waiting for me , and it made me happy and sad at once , and I just HAD to write you a note , though I ca n't post it tonight . |
| 2 | Do n't do anything yet , I shall get John to write you a long technical letter . |
| 3 | if you ask a subordinate to write you a report explain that you are expecting it by a specific date and always with a one page management summary |
| 4 | If , for example , a Russian artist is giving you one of his canvases , you would be wise to ask him to write you a certifying document first . |
| 5 | I was about to write you a note and stick it on your windscreen . |
| 6 | I was going to write you a note — ’ |
| 7 | Dearest all four of you , at last I have time to write you a proper letter , which I hope will reach you , via the ‘ diplomatic bag ’ before mummy 's birthday . |
| 8 | When Jerry and I were young if at the end of the month there was no money in the account the bank used to write you a filthy letter if you were two pounds overdrawn . |
| 9 | they just want to write you a prescription up and right there |
| 10 | We are delivered onto the twenty-second floor with an incessant warning pong-pong-pong sound which is supposed to inform you the door has opened . |
| 11 | You need to know either the landlord or the tenant and , more important , he needs to know you before he can be expected to grant you the right to work on his land . |
| 12 | ‘ He has gone to find you a room , ’ said the Feldwebel , sitting down in front of the fire and stretching his legs . |
| 13 | It would please me , Joan , when the time comes and my daughter 's marriage to Prince Richard is completed , to find you a suitable husband . |
| 14 | ‘ You could explain to your editor and ask her to find you a collaborator , a ghostwriter . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Aye , got better than that , William Davies , ’ Hari said , ‘ come on , I might be able to find you a bit of soup as well as some bread . ‘ |
| 16 | ‘ Let me see your jewels , I might be able to find you a buyer who will give you a good price . |
| 17 | ‘ Have to find you a change of clothes , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ Otherwise , I will use my influence to find you an apprenticeship at one of the better fashion establishments . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It is the agency 's responsibility to find you the type of work you have indicated that you are interested in . |
| 20 | Well , we deal with a wide range of different groups , and erm we 've got to produce a best advice list , and er we try to find you the best contract available in the market . |
| 21 | If he 's trying to find you the cheapest |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd have to know you a lot better before telling you such things . ’ |
| 23 | They use it to help prepare themselves for the interview — i.e. to get to know you a bit before you arrive and work out the questions they are going to ask you . |
| 24 | I want to know you the way no man has ever known a woman before . ’ |
| 25 | Other feminists , myself included , find the idea that men consider women biologically superior bizarre ( though all powerful people to some extent fear their subordinates ; this is a fear of the unleashed anger of those who have reason to bear you a grudge ) . |
| 26 | Unlike the demos you get on ZZAP ! 64 covertapes , PD demos tend to illustrate what the programmer or the host machine can do rather than try to sell you a game . |
| 27 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 28 | If you go to buy a secondhand car these days they invariably try to sell you a guarantee or a warranty on it . |
| 29 | I suggest you visit your local ‘ Deli ’ which should be able to sell you the type that come with edible snails ! |
| 30 | If I do n't persuade my father to sell you the club , you 'll manufacture enough fake information to make the police suspicious enough to close me down ? ’ |