Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] you [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I tried to telephone you this morning — ’ he said . |
| 2 | I tried to call you this week-end . |
| 3 | ‘ I tried to call you this morning , ’ she said , ‘ but you 'd already left . ’ |
| 4 | I tried to contact you this afternoon but was unable to get through . |
| 5 | ‘ I do not propose to argue with you , I propose to give you sixteen shillings and a halfpenny . |
| 6 | I phoned to invite you this morning , Guido , but of course you were n't there . ’ |
| 7 | I want to give you good answers to your questions . ’ |
| 8 | And again , long moments later , he added the qualification : ‘ Though I want to tell you one thing — I know very little about them . ’ |
| 9 | Some of the horror stories that I hear are horrendous , but I want to tell you three issues that I do actually know about . |
| 10 | What I want to show you this afternoon , is that the power of the child 's imagination is a factory which we have but to encourage , not to teach . |
| 11 | ‘ But I told you when I came to see you that day . |
| 12 | ‘ I forgot to give you this back . ’ |
| 13 | Oh yes , I meant to ring you last night , but things |
| 14 | Sub-text : ‘ I have the power to predict , to warn you , to threaten you , to criticise you , but I choose to give you this message in a very subtle way . |
| 15 | And in return , am I allowed to give you some advice ? ’ |
| 16 | It was why I had to leave you this morning . ’ |
| 17 | I longed to help you that afternoon you collapsed . |
| 18 | ‘ I wish to see you this afternoon , Ingrid . ’ |
| 19 | And now , Mr Michaels , I wish to ask you one question . |
| 20 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 21 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 22 | Roosevelt I need to ask you some questions |
| 23 | If you could draw closer er Trevor I need to show you some papers okay ? |
| 24 | I have to give you top marks for determination . |
| 25 | ‘ Mrs Tate , I have to ask you certain questions — questions which have already been put to others who were acquainted with Francis Garland , as were you and Doctor Tate . |
| 26 | ‘ I have to ask you some things , ’ she cautioned him tightly , finally stepping round the coffee-table and seating herself . |
| 27 | But there was no applause when he added : ‘ I have to tell you that credit controls simply would n't work . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I have to tell you one thing . |
| 29 | I intended to tell you last evening , but what with one thing and another — ’ He released her chin and slid his fingers up the side of her face to cup it . |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't agree to see you last week because I wanted to give you any information . |