Example sentences of "[subord] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Er Sadly , although I sent you a letter with suggestions for discussion I forgot to keep a copy of it for myself . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Well , you 're a bigger fool than I took you for . ’ |
| 7 | Then you 're a sillier bugger than I thought you were , Mike . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 're smaller than I thought you 'd be , ’ Berger told him . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | I 've only just got here , and I really have n't heard anything more than I told you . |
| 11 | ‘ Whatever happens , son , go on looking holy and do n't say a word more than I told you . |
| 12 | ( ‘ Whatever happens , son , do n't say a word more than I told you . |
| 13 | You had a death in the family which I could understand , so I lent you a book , which you have n't returned . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was your idea for me to do the swimming , so I thought you could do the same for me . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You 've been sleeping for hours , so I thought you might be about ready to get up . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she went on practically , ‘ these were left after I 'd taken my fill , so I thought you might as well have them . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | Once I realised you really were blind . |
| 23 | But remember , Isabel , if you dislike your present position , that once I offered you honourable marriage . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 25 | Once I knew you were still … untouched … only one explanation made sense : that the Countess had some hold over you . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If I believed you , ’ said Ludovico da Bologna , ‘ I would be the happiest man in Nicosia . |
| 27 | ‘ It would satisfy me , ’ replied Marc , ‘ if I believed you . ’ |
| 28 | Meursault : If I made you suck my cock , this would be political . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm sorry if I made you jump , son . ’ |
| 30 | I thought that if I made you realise how strongly I felt you might decide you feel the same . ’ |