Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] you [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by the time I tell you her story I want you to be prepared : that 's to say , I want you to have had enough of books , and parrots , and lost letters , and bears , and the opinions of Dr Enid Starkie , and even the opinions of Dr Geoffrey Braithwaite . |
| 2 | Oh Mum I told you about that . |
| 3 | It is Sir Thomas Throgmorton , after the Grand Dickensian Banquet I told you about . ’ |
| 4 | And I went down , I went somewhere else there was a few places I saw them so erm I said to , I said to Robert now you know those shirts , that shirt I bought you for Christmas ? |
| 5 | This is the strange storm I warned you of … |
| 6 | Right so , David I reminded you about that letter , when are you gon na bring it |
| 7 | You remember Penny I told you about ? |
| 8 | The U S rig count is down , both because of those rigs I told you about for tax reasons and also because there 's always a seasonal downturn in the first quarter of this year . |
| 9 | There was a little article in the Sun I told you about . |
| 10 | Now then , that new vending machine I told you about last time . |
| 11 | ‘ Is that the type I strike you as ? ’ |
| 12 | Discovering how much I wanted you , right from the moment I saw you in the flesh for the first time , was harder still . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd promised I would never fall for the obvious attractions of another beautiful woman , but from the moment I held you in my arms my instinct told me that you were as different from Lotta as wine is from vinegar . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It was at that place I told you about that I knew him , ’ he said to Lili . |
| 15 | He had some material put down which , after reviewing the BBC tapes I told you about , is just amazing for that time , and for his age . |
| 16 | " Why are you not wearing the medal I sent you as a keepsake ? " |
| 17 | ‘ Remember the lecture I gave you in the train . |
| 18 | Then on the last night I made my big mistake , and hit that bad business I told you about . |
| 19 | and you know that shop I told you about when I seen that ? |
| 20 | ‘ All the things I told you about Petula … they applied just as much to a jealous dog as to a jealous woman . |
| 21 | ‘ One of the things I like you for , ’ the young man said , ‘ is that there is no pretence about you . |
| 22 | ‘ No , ’ she interrupted , ‘ but you seem to be accusing me of exactly the same things I accused you of — or at least had to ask about . |
| 23 | In all things I expect you to be a lady . |
| 24 | But I find it more useful actually to write out the things I want you to actually do . |
| 25 | This is one of the things I want you to se see today and this wonderful film I was gon na show today and I hope I 'll show next week , third time lucky , they actually interview the wives , the polygynous wives of of some erm erm guy in Africa , some African erm and they to them they actually ask the wives , why do you , you know why are you married to this man and they say well he feeds us , you know th that 's why we 're married to him , he gives us food and he 's apparently got five this particular man they interviewed , three of them were active and two of them were elderly , and the three active wives are quite open about the fact that this man 's a good provider and therefore they stay with him , but they , they would n't in the case of Australian Aborigines , they would n't stay if they did n't get fed and they only get fed because he 's a good hunter and to be a good hunter you need to go on good terms of men and that 's how it works . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't know why you 're wearing that ridiculous outfit , ’ said Robert , ‘ and I do n't know why you 're telling all these things to Malik and telling him about things I gave you as a present . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Is that the wench I met you with in the High Street ? |
| 28 | I should have told you , the night I met you on Starr Hills ; but I 'd only that day realized and I was afraid who might be listening . |
| 29 | ‘ It was over the night I accompanied you to that dinner and backed up your story . |
| 30 | ‘ Last night I wanted you to be jealous , ’ she told him bluntly . |