Example sentences of "[vb past] you a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are you , are telling are you telling me that you 'd vote for somebody in rags on the television who promised you a better future ? |
| 2 | ‘ I promised you a romantic walk — is this romantic enough ? ’ |
| 3 | Maybe it caused you a few problems , but you might be about to get your reward in heaven . |
| 4 | WE TOLD you a few weeks back that multi-million pound striker Marco Gabbiadini was on the way out at Derby . |
| 5 | So it 's very likely she told you a few fibs . |
| 6 | well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that |
| 7 | ‘ I only met you a half hour ago and I love you like one of my own . ’ |
| 8 | Well that was the question that Mr asked you a few minutes ago was n't it , er Mr ? |
| 9 | I got you a wee ball of your wool for your mittens . |
| 10 | This draper 's ploy was a bit of a con , for unless asked specifically for the farthing change , the assistant handed you a small card with perhaps three or four safety pins or a piece of paper with ordinary pins attached . |
| 11 | When Rachel was asked to spell ‘ ba-na-na ’ Margaret took over and said , ‘ It 's all right Rachel , she means ‘ baa-naa-naa ’ ! '' Then the nice teacher taught you a little rhyme in American and English — ‘ The little calf ( căf ) went down the path ( păth ) in a minute and a half ( hăf ) to take a bath ( băth ) . ’ |
| 12 | As long as you can show that they owed you a legal duty to be careful and have been negligent , damages could come your way . |
| 13 | ‘ The man who assaulted you called you a dirty cop , or words to that effect . |
| 14 | Cos he called you a fat cunt , yo , it still rankles with you does n't it ? |
| 15 | When I called you a pompous , self-opinionated bully I meant every word ! |
| 16 | ‘ What would you do , ’ Wexford said to his wife , ‘ if I brought a young girl home and offered you a thousand pounds to let her stay ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ She sent you a posthumous letter . |
| 18 | He spoke already in terms of collaboration — ‘ I sent you a few studies because you can see from them that she helps me a great deal by posing . |
| 19 | ‘ I see from your notes that your doctor saw you a few days ago . ’ |
| 20 | I expect he gived you a funny answer |
| 21 | Well I 'm conscious we kept you a long time this time this morning and I certainly do appreciate your attendance and presence . |
| 22 | I brought you a hot water bottle your aspirin . |
| 23 | I want to have you about the house because I brought you a little souvenir from New York , only it may take a while to get it out of my suitcase . |
| 24 | Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’ |
| 25 | I bought you a nice little savoury egg . |
| 26 | Well , well , well , Captain , I nearly did you a great injustice a minute or two ago , I thought you had not perhaps addressed yourself to the problem on hand . |
| 27 | I did you a small service once by delivering a letter . |
| 28 | I did you a blue face . |
| 29 | ‘ I expect she gave you a good tea , ’ said my mother . |
| 30 | And everybody says , Well I gave you a hundred , I gave him five , you |