Example sentences of "[adj] of you " in BNC.
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| 1 | " This sure is mighty civilized of you , m'sieur , to look after us like this , " he drawled , letting a gracious smile play across his face . |
| 2 | As soon as they were well clear of you , they 'd surely get rid of that dead weight , they 'd upend the cart and tip the load . |
| 3 | And , by the way , that was very prescient of you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It was wrong of you to steal that money ’ is of this latter kind . |
| 5 | How wrong of you to bring me away from the main road ! |
| 6 | It 's awfully generous of you to offer to have her , but I do n't want her hanging around , getting under your feet all day . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ This is very generous of you , Pip . |
| 8 | It 's kind and generous of you , but you 're young , and one day you will want to marry . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a lovely idea , Harry , and very generous of you , ’ Alice said warmly , ‘ but you know how proud Dad is . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's very generous of you , Mr Blufton . |
| 11 | ‘ How generous of you , ’ he drawled with heavy sarcasm . |
| 12 | ‘ How generous of you to say so . ’ |
| 13 | It is most generous of you , when I know you need to keep your house warm too ! |
| 14 | I think it 's so generous of you to let him stay on here . ’ |
| 15 | It 's terrifically generous of you . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ That 's very generous of you , ’ he told her , raising his head to give her another slow kiss . |
| 17 | And er , I walked , I said oh hello er , cos Mike had just gone , he 'd gone and er , I said oh one coffee there for you , he said thanks very much it 's most generous of you . |
| 18 | Though it was foolish of you to enter into correspondence with my patient , it was predictable that you would do so , in your troubled state . |
| 19 | That would be very foolish of you . ’ |
| 20 | It 's very foolish of you , you know . |
| 21 | ‘ How foolish of you ! |
| 22 | It 's foolish of you to spend my money like that ! |
| 23 | The fact that Ian and I arrived first gives us priority , and it was extremely foolish of you to set up in opposition . |
| 24 | It would mean I 'd be free of you that much sooner ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ She had spirit enough to fling herself from the tower to be free of you . |
| 26 | ‘ Presumably because she 's possessive of you , too , ’ said David quickly . |
| 27 | It was brave of you to improvise still — and to do it so well . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Talk of mad dogs and Englishmen , how brave of you to go visiting at this hour , Rosette and I have n't stirred a finger for ages . ’ |
| 29 | I think it was very brave of you , especially as supporters will use it as an opportunity to criticise you and the team publicly . |
| 30 | ‘ It is brave of you to come , ’ he observed , his mind still in the kitchen where his unsupervised pupils were no doubt ruining the John Dory . |