Example sentences of "but i [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no good the person who gave the order later complaining ‘ But I meant you to do so-and-so ’ . |
| 2 | Erm the next session is rather hard work for you cos it 's very much sort of listening and absorbing a hell of a lot of facts , but I trust you will bear with me . |
| 3 | But I knew you were getting restless . |
| 4 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It seemed such a shame to wake you , but I knew you 'd be really cross if you did n't get some studying done . ’ |
| 6 | But I tell you Minnie , for all the independence , I had rather have my old job back and be in service with Mrs Browning . |
| 7 | But I tell you , you need a good pair of legs and a good pair of lungs . ’ |
| 8 | But I tell you , sir , day in day out we have a view of the steeple from here . |
| 9 | You 've been to Glasgow and seen the tenements there , the filth and the meanness of the streets but I tell you Glasgow is nothing compared with this place . |
| 10 | But I tell you , James , before God , I did nothing wrong . |
| 11 | Well , and then I went on to Rome to look at a Goldoni production and I had to see the Pope , but I tell you — I hope you 're not Catholic — the sight of the old pullet being cheered up the aisle of St. Peter 's … |
| 12 | ‘ Daft of me not to be able to remember who the girl was , ’ he said , ‘ but I tell you what I do remember . |
| 13 | ‘ But I tell you , I do n't want it . |
| 14 | You think I 'm paranoid but I tell you , man , there is something going on . |
| 15 | But I tell you , it 's a tiring ten-year haul . |
| 16 | But I tell you what , ’ he said confidentially , ‘ I reckon I know one place he 's been since then . |
| 17 | ‘ A vague suspicion as yet but I tell you this : if the murderer strikes again , it will be against us , Roger , so be on your guard ! ’ |
| 18 | But I tell you , I 'm never going to play that kind of game again . |
| 19 | Now when those people in Parliament are absent , by their silence , they may be there , you do n't always see 'em , you then get a bit annoyed , but I tell you , you get bloody annoyed when they walk past you , which happened to me and to the regional delegates at Lancashire North West Labour Party , I wo n't name who they are , but they did n't even acknowledge us . |
| 20 | They put a lot of effort into it , but I tell you what , if I read Access , I would never have believed I was at the same conference . |
| 21 | In all honesty the difficulties are formidable , but I tell you this , for too many years trade unionism has been in the doldrums and with such a prize , however difficult to achieve , it would be a betrayal of our heritage and a betrayal of our members if we do n't give it a good hard try . |
| 22 | But I tell you plainly , I count the chances as low enough . ’ |
| 23 | But I tell you this — even if the corpse is not James 's , Surrey himself assured me that no royal personage could escape from that battle . |
| 24 | But I tell you this , Roger , Moodie was innocent of any crime . |
| 25 | We 've had the speakers up here saying that they 're going out , they 're knocking on doors , so you know , it 's not just about money , but I tell you what if they go on in the way they 're going on there 's no way Joe Bloggs is going out quite tonight on a vote night saying come out and give us your vote . |
| 26 | But unfortunately we can then easily imagine a context in which that sentence might be appropriately used , in which it is not assumed that John cheated : for example , you thought he had cheated , asked me whether he now repents , but I tell you he never did , and persuade you accordingly , and then I say so John does n't regret cheating ( Gazdar , 1979a : 105 ) . |
| 27 | For the record — ’ he released the leg and Queenie straightened up in relief ‘ — I could call the police and have you arrested for wasting NHS resources on a hoax , but I tell you what , I 'll settle for a donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust . ’ |
| 28 | The world would not see it so , but I tell you , this is truth . |
| 29 | But I tell you what we 've got fish |
| 30 | No , no I was gon na say some you know , just sort of just some ideas are good but I tell you have n't they got some beautiful erm candle holders around this year some really unusual ones . |