Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] you " in BNC.

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1 A few weeks ago we were fortunate enough to meet in a public house where I bought you half a dozen pints and we engaged in a long and fascinating conversation .
2 Oh customers or I thought you said gostermers
3 Where she left you . ’
4 In the houses — never a window opened — in the cars , in the gruesome , echoing hypermarkets set in the middle of nowhere ( where they wished you a ‘ nice day ’ at 10 pm ) .
5 That would drive him to madness , to the place they most wanted him , the place in which it would be even more difficult to find the Key ; an institution , a hospital where they filled you up with all sorts of disgusting drugs and deliberately kept you as stupid as the rest .
6 Well we had to keep somebody on watch in case there was any damage , say the ship was up the river and a chain broke or they hit you , so you had to put your navigation lights up and to put navigation lights up we had hurricane lamps , we had a red and a white one , they should have been six foot apart , they never were they was about three foot .
7 I 'd have turned it down without asking except I thought you might be interested — ah — because … ’ he shrugged , unable to find a tactful way of saying that this was the best offer she would get all year .
8 But I swear to you , nor Farquhar nor I blinded you .
9 Er Sadly , although I sent you a letter with suggestions for discussion I forgot to keep a copy of it for myself .
10 ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week .
11 ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week .
12 Of course , ’ he added with a twisted smile , ‘ it was n't until your last day in the office that I realised you were under the impression that it was I who 'd had the affair with Elise . ’
13 ‘ Except that I heard you threaten to . ’
14 ‘ By God , Sally-Anne , your mother said that I spoiled you rotten , and I think that she 's right .
15 my pain is that I knew you
16 ‘ Why have I always felt that I knew you before ? ’
17 And to think , ’ I say , brushing mud from a faraway marsh off my boots , ‘ that I knew you when your idea of power-dressing was a tool-belt round your hips . ’
18 ‘ In those Go-away times that I knew you had I should have guessed you needed help . ’
19 ‘ I saw you , it means nothing that I saw you
20 ‘ My father 's old housekeeper — he and she grew old together — has a daughter who needs to make money ; , she lives in Nile Street , and if you were to say that I sent you , she might well be glad to put you up till it is time for you to go to Oxford . ’
21 Of course , over the years we 've campaigned , as I was telling someone only yesterday in another club that I go to at the church , that I said you know we , the Co-op Womens ' Guild , were helping to put water into Africa before any of this Band-aid and Live-aid was thought about .
22 Yep and and he does n't seem to be able to concentrate and I said , but Neil you can drive , when you go out with me you drive beautifully yes but yours is an automatic car , I said , it 's not that I said you 've got road sense you know what you 're doing , I said your good .
23 At least be flattered that I chose you to tell the truth to . ’
24 ‘ The main reason that I am contacting you is that I thought you might be interested to know that John ( stage name Joan Rawson ) was awarded the Eric Rowley Trophy for the artist who has done the most for charity over the last 12 months .
25 And I just liked reading it so much that I thought you 'd like to read it too .
26 ‘ It 's just that I thought you should n't be able to turn people out of places they 've lived in for years , it does n't make sense .
27 I hope you do n't mind my telling you , it 's only that I thought you ought to know . ’
28 Its just that I thought you would n't come here any more … not after last night . ’
29 Except that I thought you 'd understand — and perhaps I did think that you had a right to know why I feel the way I do about … about anything permanent . ’
30 And you look so topping in that dress that I thought you might be a sport .
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