Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [verb] you [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I urge you all to generously support today 's raffle . |
| 2 | Lady Ursula , may I give you some advice ? |
| 3 | Now if anyone is tempted to join our happy band may I give you some advice which will ensure you get maximum enjoyment from your hobby — specialise . |
| 4 | May I pour you some coffee ? |
| 5 | May I thank you all once more for an excellent publication and wish you all well for the future . |
| 6 | May I thank you both for the most delightful afternoon I 've had for many years ? ’ |
| 7 | Meanwhile , may I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and best wishes for the coming year . |
| 8 | To everyone — may I wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year , and hope as many of you as possible will be able to join us at our annual conference , 3rd–6th June 1993 at the Peebles Hotel Hydro , Peebles , Scotland . |
| 9 | ‘ Why should I do you any harm when it is you who are helping me ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You again , ’ he would say , ‘ what should I ask you this time ? ’ |
| 11 | Why should it make you any happier ? |
| 12 | Could I remind you that Policy G One , a very opening policy in the structure plan says that planning authorities will not normally permit development which will cause unacceptable nuisance or danger by way of flooding . |
| 13 | Erm could I ask you all to do that before you leave please ? |
| 14 | How could she leave you half the house ? " asked Robert Simpson incredulously . |
| 15 | When 'd he tell you that ? |
| 16 | May we wish you all a very happy and prosperous 1986 . |
| 17 | Shall I show you some of the pieces and let you try to guess the rules ? |
| 18 | Shall I leave you all alone ? ’ |
| 19 | Then , apologetically , ‘ Shall I bring you some coffee ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Shall I choose you another ? ’ |
| 21 | There were n't any houses then and there was a big ditch where the canal side and erm we used to have to wait for each other , because no street lamps , nothing at all like that and er really we used to be afraid and then when the first bus ran , shall I tell you this , when the first bus ran from , from Bloxwich to Willenhall of course word got around that the buses were beginning , because the roads were only ruts , they were n't tarmacked roads then and it was certainly gentlemen first for the first there were about three hundred waiting that was a lot of at the top is it Street , I think it 's that and all the gentlemen were first but we , some of us managed to scramble on , but erm then they used to break down very very often because the roads the roads were in such a terrible condition they were only ruts . |
| 22 | Shall I cut you some toast ? |
| 23 | Shall I get you another bottle ? |
| 24 | Shall I teach you some ? ’ |
| 25 | " They may be familiar with the paintings of Whistler , or perhaps with Whistler 's statement that when evening mist clothes the riverside with poetry , as with a veil , and the poor buildings lose themselves in the dim sky , and the tall chimneys become campanili , and the warehouses are palaces in the night , and the whole city hangs in the heavens , and fairyland is before us — then the wayfarer hastens home , and Nature , who , for once , has sung in tune , sings her exquisite song to the artist alone , her son and her master — her son , in that he loves her , her master in that he knows her ? " … shall I read you that deposition again , Mrs James ? " |
| 26 | Agnes stood directly in front of her mother now as she said , ‘ Would it do you any harm either to go down into the shop or to go over to the house and change the linen ? |
| 27 | Neither will it cost you any more than the normal variable scheme . |
| 28 | Can I make you some more tea before I go ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Can I lend you some at least until you pick up your wages tomorrow ? ’ |
| 30 | Especially as the childminder had n't seen what had happened , so she did n't realize why he was carrying on like he was , made the whole thing a little bit tricky , can I give you this ? |