Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Well , she waylaid me as I was leaving after seeing your Toby , and asked me to give you a message . |
| 2 | I 've passed on to him the invitation to the training course on Saturday 5th September and asked him to let you know if he is able to attend . |
| 3 | I wrote to Mr Wood last week and asked him to give you a job on the farm . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to know if you ever wrote to him and asked him to meet you . ’ |
| 5 | Likes to set things out and make them go you know |
| 6 | Sights like that must make you think a bit and make you realise you are very lucky , |
| 7 | And goes what do you call them , fucking Whitney Houston ! |
| 8 | Then , as the heel touches the ground , lock your ankle and shift your weight forward with the knee bent , rocking forward onto the toes and using them to push you off to the next step . |
| 9 | We have an extensive fitness programme which includes aerobics , callanetics , and dance which keep you trim all year round . |
| 10 | This bloke says he wants four or five other vans by the end of next year and he says if you can get your driving lessons all done and passed he says you can take a van out on your own and have someone working under you I 'd , like you work under me . |
| 11 | They must 've got the idea from that , called Dave Tanner and got him to set you up … |
| 12 | And allowing someone to call you by your first name ( 'Please , call me John' ) has the sub-text : ‘ I am higher-status than you are and so can grant you this permission . ’ |
| 13 | It was a funny advertisement , it did n't come right out and say it gave you abortions , it just promised to ‘ help ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ And d' you feel you could sweep them from my ground and deliver me from my past — or reconstruct my life without the shards of my past — or what ? ’ |
| 15 | For these and all your saints past , present and to come we thank you God thank you God . |
| 16 | No , she co come and told me did you ask Emma out ? |
| 17 | The doctor is busy , and told me to tell you to go . ’ |
| 18 | It sounds fairly taxing , with being on night call , but I 'm sure you 'll make a success of it , and hope it brings you a lot of satisfaction . |
| 19 | Why not do as he says , and let him send you to Nicosia as an envoy ? ’ |
| 20 | Silly noises like raspberries are an excuse for a good giggle — see how many you can come up with , and let him copy you . |
| 21 | All you need do is look after your father , and let him see you 're cheerful . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll phone him , and let him know you 're coming . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ And let them know you 're grateful . ’ |
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| 25 | ‘ You must go out of this house , ’ said the little grey man , ‘ and call to the West Wind , and show her your key , when she comes , and let her carry you where she will , without struggle or alarm . |
| 26 | I want you to bring the nurse down here and let her tell you what she told me . |
| 27 | ‘ What you put into the business , ’ Daisy said , ‘ you should have treated it as a loan and let me pay you back the capital . |
| 28 | And let me give you another quote : ‘ I love the vanquished , but I also love the victors . ’ |
| 29 | Come to me and let me give you what you want . ’ |
| 30 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |