Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] you [det] " in BNC.
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1 | The Sleep-safe Smoke Alarm is designed to give you those precious few minutes in the event of fire , by detecting smoke from fires in their earliest stages and sounding a loud warning signal . |
2 | This year 's programme is designed to give you some fresh ideas for classwork and there are five sessions which we have left open to negotiation . |
3 | ‘ Actually , I 've come to take you all back home . ’ |
4 | ‘ I 've come to tell you that . |
5 | Perhaps they 've changed their minds again , it 's always , there 's , they 've got to frighten you all the time with sometime like that have n't they ? |
6 | Erm and then if you that 's got to last you all day through |
7 | I was told to get you all stu tangy stuff . |
8 | Got to get you that erm leotard today , I must do that . |
9 | So if you compare critical illness and death with what happens at the time , and I 've got to ask you this . |
10 | What that exhibition in fact is doing is that it 's not saying here 's a new spirit in painting , it 's saying that we the organizers , having not bothered to show you these things in the sixties and seventies , will now allow you to see them in the eighties , and we will pretend there 's a new spirit because we think it 's good for the art world to have new fashions , new movements , or at least something new going on that will produce some kind of emotional pressure . |
11 | And er and of course that was interval and then er and they used to come and sit down and they used to show you another film . |
12 | It is intended to give you some comprehensible concepts so that you can improve yourself and help others to do the same . |
13 | Though the coaches are scheduled to take you all the way to and from your accommodation , on occasion it may be necessary for Cosmos to employ a local coach for part of the way to and from your hotel in order to comply with strict Driver 's Hours regulations imposed to ensure your safety . |
14 | ‘ I was asked to bring you these papers . ’ |
15 | And in return , am I allowed to give you some advice ? ’ |
16 | I have tried to convince you that problem solving is important and that it can be taught and learned by means of guided problem solving . |
17 | Having explained once more she added , ‘ I 'd intended to tell you all together this afternoon . ’ |
18 | ‘ I 'm ordered to give you these things , ’ Harvey said , as though he did n't want to really , but I do n't think he meant that — he was just over-keen to do everything by the book . |