Example sentences of "i [vb past] you " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | If I asked you to give your usual willing hand , would … ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Did n't you understand what I asked you to do ? ’ |
| 4 | I asked you to stay downstairs with the guests . |
| 5 | That was the first thing that struck me when I asked you to dance . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ That 's not what I asked you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I asked you — ’ He heard his voice hardening and stopped . |
| 10 | ‘ Look , I know that one should n't mix business with pleasure , but if I asked you again , would you come out with me ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The book I asked you to read , Karim . ’ |
| 12 | Cast your mind back to Day 1 and your first attempt at the elementary exercises I asked you to perform . |
| 13 | ‘ I asked you what you were doing at Sister Island , ’ Deacon Billingsley said threateningly . |
| 14 | ‘ I asked you a question , dear heart . |
| 15 | The reason I asked you just now what you planned to do was that Laura , my sister — you remember her , do n't you ? |
| 16 | I asked you if you did . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ For instance , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ if I asked you to multiply fourteen by nineteen … |
| 20 | Matilda said , ‘ I am very sorry I asked you those questions , Miss Honey . |
| 21 | If I asked you now would n't you have to say ‘ no ’ ? |
| 22 | ‘ And I asked you if you remembered Emor . ’ |
| 23 | That 's why I asked you to join us as soon as was possible . |
| 24 | A What about those things I asked you to bring ? |
| 25 | A What about those things I asked you to bring ? |
| 26 | I asked you , Captain , what unit this Sharpe belonged to . ’ |
| 27 | From the outset , I wanted to help you out against Novotný , and immediately in January I asked you : Are his people threatening you ? |
| 28 | ‘ I asked you what happened to your Maestro , ’ he said . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ When I asked you earlier where I fitted into the assignment you said that I 'd find out soon enough . |