Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] you on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I met you on the road to Hay last night , I almost thought you had put a spell on my horse ! |
| 2 | Might I congratulate you on the birth of Henry , or Harry as I notice he is to be called from the announcement in the papers . |
| 3 | ‘ I got you on the bed and just lost my head completely . |
| 4 | there for three pairs which was just as well I stopped you on the last one . |
| 5 | ‘ You heard it could be murder ? — yes , I told you on the phone . |
| 6 | Sally-Anne was by now in full flow , and when she paused for breath Dr Neil said , as drily as he could , ‘ I will only say to you what I told you on the day when you arrived here : it is useless to take the world 's burdens on your shoulders . |
| 7 | But I told you on the phone did n't I , it rained and |
| 8 | No you ca n't throw it you have to like jump on it like that and you go weee and it , and if , and if someone gets you on the hips you have to throw it to everybody . |
| 9 | I kept waiting in dread for someone to tap you on the shoulder and say , ‘ By the way , you know Damian is chairman of Flint Investments International ! ’ ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Just a moment , ’ she said , ‘ till I find you on the computer . ’ |
| 11 | I congratulate you on the unambiguity of your situation . |
| 12 | Sir , — I congratulate you on the information you have been good enough to send me of your intention to publish a journal for Bishop 's Castle , and I beg leave to offer for your insertion a few remarks on what I think ought to interest your readers — the present position of the question of the extension of the line to your town . |
| 13 | Remember — I saw you on the ice . |
| 14 | I shall tell you , instead , of the time Gerda and I saw you on the stage in Vienna . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I saw you on the television . ’ |
| 16 | I can not trace any acknowledgment from you of the memorandum I sent you on the twelfth of this month , regarding your talents and the scope for them in this office . |
| 17 | It 's just that , nowadays in life , you make a mistake and someone bangs you on the head for it . |
| 18 | If I call you on the phone I 'll ring twice , put down the receiver , do the same thing again . |
| 19 | But I left you on the couch . |
| 20 | Consider , for example , the following extracts from recorded conversations , where the responses to an utterance indicate that for participants the utterance carried the implications ( or something like them ) indicated in brackets : ( 25 ) A : I could eat the whole of that cake [ implication : " I compliment you on the cake " ] B : Oh thanks ( 26 ) A : Do you have coffee to go ? [ implication : " Sell me coffee to go if you can " ] B : Cream and sugar ? ( ( starts to pour ) ) ( 27 ) B : Hi John A : How 're you doing ? |
| 21 | For ‘ I wish you on the top of Brocken ’ is a common curse … ‘ |
| 22 | Shall I accompany you on the violin ? |
| 23 | If somebody bonks you on the |
| 24 | ‘ Mr Fernie , Detective-Constable Edwards who interviewed you on the morning after Mrs Connon was killed , said in his very comprehensive report that you had noticed the police arrive the previous night . |
| 25 | I mean let me not allege that you 're one of the worst , but you say ‘ Dear Motorists , erm may we congratulate you on the acquisition of your new vehicle . |
| 26 | Hallo sir , you 're calling about your daughter , Jennifer , erm I 'm sorry , I do n't really have any more information to add to what we told you on the twentieth . |
| 27 | Mr Beckenham , however , would not have me disturb you on the matter . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It makes you think , when you hear people call you Chariie as they sling you on the slab . ’ |
| 29 | No I mean usually they show you on the T V when they 're leaving do n't they ? |
| 30 | They catch you on the hop . |