Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] you [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stair thrust an arm around him , laid his head on Neil 's shoulder , and said , ‘ Let me treat you to a good ‘ un at Rachel 's , Neil , ’ which completed the destruction of any desire Neil might have had to treat himself . |
| 2 | ‘ May I refer you to an unimpeachable authority : Mr John Camden Hotten , author of a biography of Dickens , and also , he paused impressively , a life of Thackeray , refers to it in 1870 as Bleak House . |
| 3 | Can I interest you in an aerial photograph of your house ? ’ |
| 4 | Tomorrow morning may I invite you to a complimentary breakfast of tinned yam , tinned pineapple , tinned paw-paw , Belgian coffee , German rolls , Swiss sugar and English butter processed and packed in Kenya ? |
| 5 | Can I press you to a candied starfish ? ’ |
| 6 | May I ask you about a serious point of order , Mr. Speaker ? |
| 7 | Should we regard you as an American artist ? |
| 8 | So let me leave you with a few wise words . |
| 9 | ‘ Did n't it strike you as a strange technique ? ’ |
| 10 | It gives them an excuse for piling into Deptford , and it lets them target you for a national man-hunt . ’ |