Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] you a " in BNC.
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1 | And they rang up , and they said were sending you a list of what we expect to be available in the way of food at Christmas because we always have the same thing . |
2 | It 's funny how er th trends change , but that was a was quite a common occurrence was that , men feeling ashamed of what they 'd got but trying er er in terms of these magazines giving them as if they were doing you a favour . |
3 | And , and of course needlework , but erm they were mainly the , I suppose they were giving you a good er grounding as they 'd call it in those days . |
4 | But , there are ways of checking , yo you can you can , obviously compare words and then perhaps you can er invariably time about the situations and draw your own conclusions as to whether they were telling you a lie earlier on . |
5 | ‘ Does remembering how awed I was give you a thrill ? |
6 | Which which company if I was to give you a choice , and the luxury that most recruiters do n't have . |
7 | Erm if I was to give you an option a choice of which market area you think you would be most happy with , where do you think ? |
8 | Er , obviously on a more serious note , er it was very disappointing that we had such a severe er downturn in profitability last year after several years of steadily rising profits , and so what I want to do this morning was tell you a little bit about what happened in the last part of the year , since we met at the time of the interim results presentation last September , tell you the actions that have been taken and give you a little bit of insight as to where we stand at the present time . |
9 | I was expecting you a little bit earlier actually , I think perhaps you got the times wrong I was |
10 | He probably was k feeling kind because he thought he was giving you a nice stick . |
11 | I thought I was giving you a lift |
12 | no , no , I was giving you an example to what would happen on the time scale , but let me go back to January nineteen eighty seven , if the brochure was printed in January nineteen eighty seven if the brochure was printed in January nineteen eighty seven and I went to buy in March , April , May nineteen eighty eight , the figures in the service charges would be out of date |
13 | ‘ I thought all I had to do was get you a valid passport and we 'd be safe . ’ |
14 | In the Anglo-Italian Cup , group A , the other game being played in this country tonight as I was telling you a short while ago , Bolton nil , Brescia one , the goal scorer after three . |