Example sentences of "[verb] you of " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | ‘ Did I accuse you of anything ? ’ |
| 32 | It is corrupt ; it has betrayed the ideals you worked for , and it has robbed you of any position . ’ |
| 33 | that 's what I 'm warning you of |
| 34 | I 'm warning you of this cos you know it 's disappointing if you do n't do well . |
| 35 | Here , in sequence , are quotations from Helen 's letters to Janet Aldis : Do you remember Janet ? , when I saw you last I told you of a plan I had made , regarding the boy who father is taking up , and who writes Nature sketches . |
| 36 | Dr Phillips told you of the zombis he has been studying , I take it ? ’ |
| 37 | May God give you of the dew of heaven , |
| 38 | Chairman in your haste to get your own way for once , I mean , I had my hand up for about ten minutes and I thought that er , er our friend on your right had appraised you of that , because I think that you gave just as much a distorted view of what the real problem is , as perhaps Mr did , and I think that the way you railroaded that one through does you no credit at all . |
| 39 | What did your attitudes then show you of your real view of God ? |
| 40 | ‘ I 'm reminding you of what family life is really like , ’ Doyle said . |
| 41 | If only I had as much spare time as you evidently do , then I would happily reciprocate by wandering about this house reminding you of tasks you have perfectly well in hand . ’ |
| 42 | I toyed with the idea of reminding you of all my triumphs , of my prediction of the ‘ 87 stock market crash , of my warnings about the ERM and the dangers of Europe , about … |
| 43 | I ca n't go without reminding you of Prosser 's First Rule Of Investments : do n't invest in anything with the initials ‘ b ’ and ‘ c ’ in its title . |
| 44 | In moments of despair you hit hope on the head with a hammer , but she goes on breathing in dark , safe spaces , echoes and cobwebs/tatters of past desire , spent and perfect , swim through time towards you , reminding you of what was but is no more/splinters in the flesh/tiny mouths open and close and never get fed — not even scraps — nothing at all . |
| 45 | If there remains an insistent voice that keeps telling you there is something ‘ wrong ’ with sleeping twelve hours a day , or reminding you of how much there is to do , turning into a vegetable may not be an effective technique , and something more explosive or cathartic may be required . |
| 46 | This is merely another way of reminding you of the technique of repetition examined in the section on Memory . |
| 47 | ‘ Shall we say I 'm reminding you of your place in the scheme of things , ’ he said , narrowing his eyes . |
| 48 | ‘ Speed is of the essence here , Schellenberg , and reminding you of your oath as a member of the SS , I will now tell you why . |
| 49 | ‘ Tell me , how have I gone about reminding you of my authority ? ’ |
| 50 | On that basis they cite staging or importing work of high quality as a key aspect of the first festival , reminding you of the critical acclaim attracted by artists like Michael Clark in the city . |
| 51 | I mean we 're all , I 'm sure , basically family with what Darwin 's theory of evolution is , and I do n't really want to labour you by reminding you of it , but I think it 's important to appreciate first of all what his problem was erm and I think that it 's fair to say that for Darwin the problem was that as a naturalist he was aware of the fact that animals and plants are adapted to a quite extraordinary degree to their particular ways of life , and indeed many of his books on orchids and earthworms and so on have a great deal to say about the details of these adaptations . |
| 52 | Erm that can make you of course more hungry . |
| 53 | That 's not what I am accusing you of . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ I was accusing you of being a saboteur … ’ |
| 55 | I 'm not accusing you of anything , Luke . |
| 56 | ‘ I 'm not accusing you of getting older . |
| 57 | ‘ The gun is merely to assure you of our seriousness . ’ |
| 58 | Her hair was put up with rhinestone forget-me-nots instead of diamanté ones and when her friend Mr Lewis says : ‘ might I divest you of your plastic mac ? ’ the whole process shut down for an hour or so whilst six fairly literate people racked their brains for a ‘ mac ’ substitute . |
| 59 | Just show your Family Credit order book or , if you 're paid by direct credit into your bank or building society account , the letter that notified you of the award of benefit . |
| 60 | I am writing hurriedly to you but I have thought it right to apprize you of this … |