Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then you would n't say no if I asked to take you in my arms under the pretext of inviting you to dance . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And the reason why I asked to see you rather than your superintendent was that you looked capable of rising above it . ’ |
| 3 | And , and , I asked did you have a perm done and she said no . |
| 4 | ‘ I knew you were n't going to believe me , but it seemed only fair that you should know why I agreed to marry you . ’ |
| 5 | I agreed to help you out tonight , but that was all I agreed to . |
| 6 | Er that 's true , as I said I , I lied a little bit , I , I failed to tell you the cost of the fee . |
| 7 | ‘ I planned to tell you myself . ’ |
| 8 | And on the very day I planned to tell you myself ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Mary wanted to know if I planned to marry you . |
| 10 | I got to give you two eights . |
| 11 | I got to give you the cello . |
| 12 | ‘ I got to charge you for the call-out , ’ said the cop . |
| 13 | ‘ Anyway , if these men wo n't talk , I got to ask you . |
| 14 | what , what , what I got to watch you do it , careful , |
| 15 | ‘ You think I would change my opinion if I got to know you better ? ’ he asked in a voice like velvet . |
| 16 | I got to show you the that |
| 17 | ‘ Twenty years ago when I got married you could only get squares with royal icing and gold stuck all over them . |
| 18 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 19 | When I was finally allowed up and I went back to my own home I expected to forget you . |
| 20 | ‘ The facts that we were quarrelling , that you did jump out of the car and refused to get back in when I tried to persuade you . |
| 21 | ‘ If you remember , I tried to stop you even seeing it . |
| 22 | I tried to stop you . |
| 23 | ‘ I tried to telephone you this morning — ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ I tried to call you but there was no reply from your flat . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I tried to call you this morning , ’ she said , ‘ but you 'd already left . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I tried to call you but you did n't hear me . ’ |
| 27 | I tried to call you this week-end . |
| 28 | I tried to call you there but was told you 'd left for home . ’ |
| 29 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 30 | Absolutely , tried , I tried to put you off , but I did n't manage it did I . |