Example sentences of "i [be] [vb pp] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first all that would come into it were moralising precepts about drink which he remembered from having to copy them as exercises when he was a student : I am told you go from street to street where everything stinks to the gods of alcohol . |
| 2 | I am told you were recently criticised by a learned judge for wrongly sending a Romany for trial to the Assizes in Oxford ? ’ |
| 3 | I am told you have bought up a large quantity of corn lately , which has been the means of raising the price of corn to such a degree , as to incense the tinners so much against you … that I am credibly informed no less than a thousand of them will be with you tomorrow early : they are first to assemble at Chacewater and then proceed for Falmouth . |
| 4 | I 'm caught you know betwixt and between , which do I like the best . |
| 5 | " I 'm told you 're a doctor ? " |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm told you were rather good . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm told you are about to make your maiden speech this afternoon . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm told you can help me find an old friend , Carol Flaxman . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm told you had a — well , a bit of a row with him . ’ |
| 10 | In celebration , I 'm told you shot off every flare you could get your hands on . |
| 11 | Before I 'm finished you 'll want me as much as I want you . ’ |
| 12 | That 's how I was taught you see and so in spite of the long lapse of years there 's still a tremendous amount up there because it was , it was properly learnt , you learn something thoroughly |
| 13 | Waterloo I was defeated you won the war . |
| 14 | R.B. And of course where I was sat you see you were waving your hands through the air and I noticed it … |
| 15 | The signal box was just up er where I was stationed you see . |
| 16 | I was told you had escaped . |
| 17 | " My lord , I was told you were back . " |
| 18 | I was told you were intuitive , original , and well-connected . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I was told you wished to see me , sir , ’ Callaghan said stiffly . |
| 20 | Well I was told you had to get there before half past five . |
| 21 | Why yes yes I was told you should of heard you erm on the karaoke night |
| 22 | I wa I was told you had got one . |
| 23 | I was told you 'd got one or two ? |
| 24 | In fact , I was told you 'd got two nights ! |