Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] [verb] [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurry up or I 'll start jerking you up and down and then your hair really will come out and we 'll have enough of it to stuff a sofa ! |
| 2 | " It is a good thing you addressed me so politely , or I should have eaten you . |
| 3 | ‘ That did n't change my feelings , ’ he denied softly , ‘ although I might have known you 'd get the wrong end of the stick . |
| 4 | Although I might have known you 'd arrive just as drinks were being ordered ! |
| 5 | but I 'm afraid it may be quite a time before there 's room for you , although I 'd love to have you . ’ |
| 6 | You do n't think that I would have left you alone , down here , if I had n't known that you were all well and happy , do you ? |
| 7 | ‘ You 're so good at reading my mind that I would have thought you 'd know . ’ |
| 8 | That 's the overall and rather special context of this year in , in the year of the youth but every year is an important from the point of view of commodores and clubs and the amount of work that ac goes on on the ground through supporting causes and the effort to recruit membership and it 's in that rather mundane day to day part of R Y A membership that I would like to congratulate you first I think all of you have worked extremely hard and the reports reflect the success achieved and I would particularly highlight the increase in membership , now that obviously has n't been easy and this does require a huge effort of , a consistent effort and it 's not something you can just apply every now and again . |
| 9 | ‘ I must confess , ’ Mrs Carson smiled , ‘ that I would like to keep you with us . |
| 10 | ‘ No , the only thing I regret is that I may have rushed you into something you 're already beginning to repent . |
| 11 | I 'm not a very orthodox kind of counsellor or psychiatrist but if there 's anything within my power that I can do to help you , then I 'll do it . |
| 12 | I am not sure whether , as a hostage , you should be allowed near to these people who — although you claim them as relatives — have no cause that I can see to regard you as a friend . |
| 13 | However , I believe that I could manage to call you father if it is appropriate to the circumstances . ’ |
| 14 | You do not suppose that I could continue to employ you in a house where I have the welfare and character of two innocent children in my charge ? |
| 15 | Not that I 'd wish to encourage you , but if she had children she would n't be so generous to you . |
| 16 | ‘ Your colouring is so unusual that I 'd have thought you 'd have got quite used to answering that question by now ! ’ |
| 17 | Now , I 've got some questions that I 'd like to ask you . |
| 18 | These are questions that I 'd like to ask you from what you 've told me so far , erm , I 'd like to ask you Mr about erm , from your point of view , from your erm experience with the electrical |
| 19 | Now I think that is a basic injustice that I 'd like to hear you two address . |
| 20 | Unfortunately I 'm going to be busy for most of today lecturing to a group of Japanese businessmen , so I 'll have to leave you in the hands of my assistant . |
| 21 | It should have been Princess Voluptua , but her car 's broken down , so I 'll have to put you on or they 'll get rowdy . ’ |
| 22 | As it turned out , you were n't so vulnerable , but the confusion then was real because it was all fairly new to you , so I could have had you then . ’ |
| 23 | Everything is flowing remarkably smoothly at present , so I can afford to give you my undivided attention for the next couple of weeks . |
| 24 | ‘ You just said that so I 'd stop teasing you about Tom Russell . ’ |
| 25 | Keep it up and I 'll consider promoting you to Lance-corporal unpaid . ’ |
| 26 | And I 'll have to teach you precisely how to sign them up . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , I 'm sorry but the sergeant 's out there and I 'll have to report you . ’ |
| 28 | We 've all been a bit worried about you and I would love to see you . |
| 29 | I 've been giving some thought to the next edition of our magazine Rural Wales / Cymru Wledig , and I would like to persuade you to contribute the next Comment Column ( see page 2 of the magazine ) . |
| 30 | And I would like to ask you , er er and the rest of the committee of who , whatever we can do , and that the officers should advise us what we can do , to make a further submission . |