Example sentences of "i [vb past] you " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I asked ye where 's Gallagher ? ’ |
2 | You remember , how once in my self-unconfidence , I asked you to take care of me until my age settled into true understanding of love ? |
3 | If I asked you to give your usual willing hand , would … ? ’ |
4 | ‘ Did n't you understand what I asked you to do ? ’ |
5 | I asked you to stay downstairs with the guests . |
6 | That was the first thing that struck me when I asked you to dance . |
7 | Your Grace will therefore be so good as to allow me to ask you most humbly for my discharge … seeing that when I asked you for permission to travel to Vienna three years ago you graciously declared that I had nothing to hope for in Salzburg and would do better to seek my fortune elsewhere . |
8 | If he/she fails to comply promptly , say , ‘ If you do not do as I asked you immediately you will have to sit on the chair in the hall . ’ |
9 | ‘ That 's not what I asked you . ’ |
10 | ‘ I asked you — ’ He heard his voice hardening and stopped . |
11 | ‘ Look , I know that one should n't mix business with pleasure , but if I asked you again , would you come out with me ? ’ |
12 | ‘ The book I asked you to read , Karim . ’ |
13 | Cast your mind back to Day 1 and your first attempt at the elementary exercises I asked you to perform . |
14 | ‘ I asked you what you were doing at Sister Island , ’ Deacon Billingsley said threateningly . |
15 | ‘ I asked you a question , dear heart . |
16 | The reason I asked you just now what you planned to do was that Laura , my sister — you remember her , do n't you ? |
17 | I asked you if you did . ’ |
18 | This was the reason I asked you to return to the house of your childhood : because the places we have loved — or hated — as children remain in the mind as almost a structuring force . |
19 | A few months ago I asked you to write to the magazine with your queries about Silver machines , and suggestions for the subjects you 'd like me to write about . |
20 | ‘ For instance , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ if I asked you to multiply fourteen by nineteen … |
21 | Matilda said , ‘ I am very sorry I asked you those questions , Miss Honey . |
22 | If I asked you now would n't you have to say ‘ no ’ ? |
23 | ‘ And I asked you if you remembered Emor . ’ |
24 | That 's why I asked you to join us as soon as was possible . |
25 | A What about those things I asked you to bring ? |
26 | A What about those things I asked you to bring ? |
27 | I asked you , Captain , what unit this Sharpe belonged to . ’ |
28 | From the outset , I wanted to help you out against Novotný , and immediately in January I asked you : Are his people threatening you ? |
29 | ‘ I asked you what happened to your Maestro , ’ he said . |
30 | I 'm also thrilled by the terrific response to my December letter , when I asked you to pinpoint the key issues that you believe should be tackled by the Government in order to put Britain back on the right tracks for 1992 : not surprisingly , childcare comes high on your list , as it does in the questionnaire . |