Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [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 | Where she left you . ’ |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Er Sadly , although I sent you a letter with suggestions for discussion I forgot to keep a copy of it for myself . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | Well , you 're a bigger fool than I took you for . ’ |
| 10 | Then you 're a sillier bugger than I thought you were , Mike . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 're smaller than I thought you 'd be , ’ Berger told him . |
| 12 | Yeah called me in two days so they gave me today and tomorrow off as well , so it 's sort of gone longer than I expected you know ? |
| 13 | I 've only just got here , and I really have n't heard anything more than I told you . |
| 14 | ‘ Whatever happens , son , go on looking holy and do n't say a word more than I told you . |
| 15 | ( ‘ Whatever happens , son , do n't say a word more than I told you . |
| 16 | You had a death in the family which I could understand , so I lent you a book , which you have n't returned . |
| 17 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
| 18 | It was your idea for me to do the swimming , so I thought you could do the same for me . ’ |
| 19 | They told me at the hospital that you 've worked with him in the past , so I thought you might be able to help me with my general enquiries . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 've been sleeping for hours , so I thought you might be about ready to get up . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she went on practically , ‘ these were left after I 'd taken my fill , so I thought you might as well have them . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ So I watched you for a while , and when you saw me watching , and you looked nervous , as though you thought me a criminal , about to steal all the stock , it amused me to tease you , try and discover why Donal thought you special . |
| 23 | ‘ I checked with Betty this morning as to whether you 'd be in and she said you were making one of your special cakes , so I guessed you would ask the girls up to tea . |
| 24 | Cassock and surplice , a black cassock and white surplice once I told you that my grandmother was once living with us , she used to delight in washing my surplice and ironing it up except me when I was singing in the choir , I did n't take a , the treble solos , that was after the choir used to sister of ours at least oh twenty men , and as many lads and youths the as I say Johnny was in the choir there was er the two brothers and there was Dick was a incense boy and his father was a manager to go in the , he used to have a red cassock and surplice , but he used to Dick 's dad was the incense swinger and they used to go about swinging incense and that , I do n't suppose they do that at all now , but er your first job as a choirboy was to pump the organ it , have you ever been in the church ? |
| 25 | Once I realised you really were blind . |
| 26 | But remember , Isabel , if you dislike your present position , that once I offered you honourable marriage . |
| 27 | ‘ I did ask to sit next to you , ’ Erica remarked , as if reading my thoughts as I sat down , ‘ once I knew you 'd be here . ’ |
| 28 | Once I knew you were still … untouched … only one explanation made sense : that the Countess had some hold over you . ’ |
| 29 | er is not a possibility of having more open days so that general public can come in to see what 's happening and not only advertise in Harlow but advertise I live in Bishop 's Stortford now in the surrounding districts erm time gets although you said you get fifty per cent of people coming from outside of Harlow it does n't matter where the people come from as long as they come so more open days free erm to get people to come in and er particularly er outside people also I would suggest that the er chairman 's of the local district council 's who are not contributing be invited to the open day to see what er the playhouse is doing for the people who live in there er council area 's to see whether we can get some more supports er as a Stortford resident I 'd be quite happy to add a bit on my community charge to go to the playhouse . . |
| 30 | With a big orchestra after a certain time , if they are used to you and really play as they can , they will sometimes give you something more beautiful than you thought you could hear . |