Example sentences of "[noun sg] that i [vb base] you " in BNC.
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1 | So I make no apologies for beginning this book in the way that a conjurer might , by giving you an apparently free choice from the pack while in fact forcing on you the particular card that I want you to take . |
2 | ‘ Good afternoon , ladies and gentlemen , it is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the magic of television … ‘ |
3 | It was suggested at the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council that I send you a copy of the objections made by the Parish Council to the siting of a communication mast on land off Higher Lane , Scorton . |
4 | " I expect they think at the Lab that I exploit you . " |
5 | And I want you to think about the question that I ask you but I do n't want you to speak out the answers . |
6 | And it is with every confidence that I tell you I am sure that this young couple will have a very happy marriage , and I would ask you to join me in wishing them both a long , happy , and prosperous future together . |
7 | ‘ May I also put it on record that I love you for your mind ? ’ said Leo earnestly . |
8 | I 'll camp outside your cottage and beat on your door night and day till it finally gets into your stupid , dense head that I love you . ’ |
9 | One other contact that I think you have with us is that you sing in the Meeting House Choir . |
10 | One other contact that I think you have with us is that you sing in the Meeting House choir . |
11 | Yes I know that fifty pee that I owe you I have n't forgotten about it . |
12 | You work so hard as my farm manager that I want you to have a larger share of the profits . |
13 | in the state that I 've you know |
14 | I think it 's the nearest we 'll get to it , and it 's in the White Paper and it can be used in exactly the sense that I gather you would like it to be used , in the discussions we have on the results of the scrutiny , and that would be the starting point there . |
15 | But it is not on that subject that I address you . |
16 | The most important duty that I owe you , the reader , is that I be absolutely honest and candid , and therefore , although I have no doubt that the growers will not like me for saying so , I suggest that unless you aspire to the show bench , or base your gardening on taking chances , you should not heed the blandishments but look instead for the shortcomings . |
17 | I can not believe my luck that nobody else had the sense to carry you off but that you should still be there for me and that — ’ Well , that could be taken two ways , on second thoughts that might not be the thing to say , no ; ‘ my luck that you should want me in the same way that I want you . |
18 | So I 'm hoping that this system that I give you will allow you to do that , anybody been a best man at a wedding ? |
19 | Oh dear me so I 'm hoping that the system that I give you will allow you to deal with all those situations as well as make a longer presentation where you do have some preparation time . |
20 | ‘ If you had n't known before , it must surely have occurred to you then , that it was a measure of my besottedness that I let you get away with it . ’ |
21 | If I needed any proof that I bore you , that you do n't care about me — ’ |
22 | The draft reply contained one threat to report I M R O to the Securities and Investment Board for excessive enquiries er and for an unreasonable attitude and the other er bit of the reply was effectively a form of covering up presenting full financial information and disclosure to I M R O. Those replies were drafted by people inside the Maxwell organisation and you may want to comment on er the position , although I should stress at this stage that I like you have not seen the final version of any reply and I do not know whether I M R O persisted . |
23 | What you describe does sound a little bit like a chicken and egg situation from the point of view that I think you were saying that erm many teachers are ill-equipped , actually , to teach erm physics , perhaps , and chemistry , whereas they are a little bit better able to get across fundamental ideas in biology , and in a sense because of this they are going to produce another generation who perhaps have very ill-founded ideas of these basic sciences and so on and so forth , and somehow one 's got to cut into this cycle and actually improve it , improve the output somehow . |
24 | What you describe does sound a little bit like a chicken and egg situation from the point of view that I think you were saying that erm many teachers are ill-equipped , actually , to teach erm physics , perhaps , and chemistry , whereas they are a little bit better able to get across fundamental ideas in biology , and in a sense because of this they are going to produce another generation who perhaps have very ill-founded ideas of these basic sciences and so on and so forth , and somehow one 's got to cut into this cycle and actually improve it , improve the output somehow . |
25 | Having got the fact that I believe you can slot into this job Robert . |
26 | I have made no secret of the fact that I consider you to be a boy with potential , a boy I might introduce to some of the wonderful things of this world . |