Example sentences of "[conj] i [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | But I swear to you , nor Farquhar nor I blinded you . |
| 5 | Er Sadly , although I sent you a letter with suggestions for discussion I forgot to keep a copy of it for myself . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Except that I heard you threaten to . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ By God , Sally-Anne , your mother said that I spoiled you rotten , and I think that she 's right . |
| 11 | my pain is that I knew you |
| 12 | ‘ Why have I always felt that I knew you before ? ’ |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ In those Go-away times that I knew you had I should have guessed you needed help . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I saw you , it means nothing that I saw you … |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | At least be flattered that I chose you to tell the truth to . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | And I just liked reading it so much that I thought you 'd like to read it too . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | I hope you do n't mind my telling you , it 's only that I thought you ought to know . ’ |
| 24 | Its just that I thought you would n't come here any more … not after last night . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | And you look so topping in that dress that I thought you might be a sport . |
| 27 | No excuses , as I 've said , and the only explanation I can offer is that I thought you loved Jones . |
| 28 | ‘ I confess that I thought you 'd taken the boat . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're so slim that I thought you might be one of those women who are on a perpetual diet , and I dislike intensely dining with someone who eats like a sparrow . ’ |
| 30 | But in saying that I 'll go ahead , I 'll go ahead with what Robert said although it seems as if erm between us we picked up on a lot of things , there was some objections that Martin threw at you that I thought you handled particularly well . |