Example sentences of "you this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry to have to ask you this , but are you an alcoholic at all ? ’ |
| 2 | Think you this strange ? |
| 3 | But I give you this pledge . |
| 4 | But I give you this pledge . |
| 5 | I 'll tell you this . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's no use telling you disbelieving bastards anything , but I will tell you this : The Brigade is moving out of this place tomorrow . ’ |
| 7 | I would like to examine them with you this evening , because they appear to me to contain much more than the permissible percentage of nonsense . |
| 8 | I come now to what will be the first of many simplicities which I shall offer to you this afternoon ; for I am sure you already realise from what you know of my speakings and writings — and it will be all the more painfully obvious in half an hour 's time — that I am incurably simpliste . |
| 9 | But I 'll tell you this , that young man has done more for Wales already than we could dream of . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry to have to bring you this terrible news , ’ the inspector said . |
| 11 | Freemans and the Clothes Show Magazine have got together to bring you this fantastic competition . |
| 12 | ‘ There are plenty of British Legion people about here today , and you 'll find those who will tell you this is bad , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I tell you this is one of the greatest days for me , as I 've been a Barbra Streisand fan for years . |
| 14 | ‘ And yet , this frightening scenario I outline to you this evening is precisely what will happen arising from the global plans of these major American-owned multi-nationals . ’ |
| 15 | But I 'll tell you this . |
| 16 | Then , offering the razor : ’ I 'll lend you this if you want . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I tried to telephone you this morning — ’ he said . |
| 18 | I have a blister under my right ear , and I take twenty-five drops of laudanum every five hours , the ease and spirits gained by which have enabled me to write you this flighty but not exaggerated account . |
| 19 | I tell you this sister only that you may be warned and not endanger your dear son 's health or put your husband to an unnecessary and useless journey . |
| 20 | The chap there said , ‘ I really should n't tell you this , but there has been a political dispute over the spelling of ecu . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The passenger had his head out of the window and shouted abuse to the effect of ‘ I 'll get you this time ’ . ’ |
| 22 | High Ashdonian merely extends the principle : here , the way to form any sentence is to repeat terms such as ‘ proportional representation ’ , ‘ partnership ’ , ‘ yes , my friend ’ , and ‘ I tell you this ’ as often as possible . |
| 23 | That 's a perfectly fair question , but let me ask you this . |
| 24 | You got environmentalists telling you this land should be left to nature , too poor for sodbusting [ ploughing ] . |
| 25 | And the king will answer , ‘ I tell you this : anything you did for one of my brothers here , however humble , you did for me . ’ |
| 26 | And he will answer , ‘ I tell you this : anything you did not do for one of these , however humble , you did not do for me. , Matthew 25 : 31 — 46 New English Bible |
| 27 | I 've told you this before , but you are a small-minded lot , really . |
| 28 | ‘ Was he with you this morning ? ’ |
| 29 | And I tell you this , that 's the advice your own mother would give you . |
| 30 | ‘ I can assure you this woman is what she appears — an intelligent scientist untrammeled by the usual preoccupations of women . ’ |