Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] you [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stair thrust an arm around him , laid his head on Neil 's shoulder , and said , ‘ Let me treat you to a good ‘ un at Rachel 's , Neil , ’ which completed the destruction of any desire Neil might have had to treat himself . |
| 2 | Let let me introduce you to a nurse , a nurse called Nicola . |
| 3 | If I bring you in a bottle of concentrate ? |
| 4 | I hate you with a passion . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh — have I caught you at a bad time , dear ? ’ |
| 6 | But might I trouble you for a cup of hot water ? ’ |
| 7 | He went and bought a pack of cigarettes from the machine behind him , searched his pockets , then asked : ‘ Could I trouble you for a light , Miss ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Could I trouble you for a receipt ? ’ |
| 9 | I provide you with a one inch to the mile map , and a box of matches each one inch long . |
| 10 | I want you for an angel ! |
| 11 | Some of them had to walk because you they they could n't take them in in in any conveyance at all because er it was over what they call the viaducts , you know and the big rushes and reeds , I told you about a chap hitting them did n't I ? |
| 12 | Here , in sequence , are quotations from Helen 's letters to Janet Aldis : Do you remember Janet ? , when I saw you last I told you of a plan I had made , regarding the boy who father is taking up , and who writes Nature sketches . |
| 13 | I picture you on a trip up to London , perhaps for a day 's work experience at the offices of some conglomerate . |
| 14 | So I put you through a series of tests . ’ |
| 15 | And for the benefit of those readers who are persuaded by his arguments ( and those who are not , too ) , may I refer you to a letter from Simon Kyte appealing for financial and professional help for the Humanitarian Appeal for Victims of the Yugoslav Civil War . |
| 16 | ‘ May I refer you to an unimpeachable authority : Mr John Camden Hotten , author of a biography of Dickens , and also , he paused impressively , a life of Thackeray , refers to it in 1870 as Bleak House . |
| 17 | Can I interest you in an aerial photograph of your house ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Can I see you for a minute ? ’ |
| 19 | I know you for a pure creature . |
| 20 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 21 | This way , Dad and I get you for a little longer . |
| 22 | As for me , I tell you as a friend , I feel impotent when confronted with such nature , for my Northern brains were oppressed by a nightmare in those peaceful spots as I felt one ought to do better things with the foliage . |
| 23 | on a , on how I find you at a particular time . |
| 24 | I compare you to a flea on an elephant 's back , shouting — ‘ unless you behave better , I shall bite you . ’ |
| 25 | Tomorrow morning may I invite you to a complimentary breakfast of tinned yam , tinned pineapple , tinned paw-paw , Belgian coffee , German rolls , Swiss sugar and English butter processed and packed in Kenya ? |
| 26 | ‘ So I watched you for a while , and when you saw me watching , and you looked nervous , as though you thought me a criminal , about to steal all the stock , it amused me to tease you , try and discover why Donal thought you special . |
| 27 | I ca n't imagine any person seriously interested in art in any part of the world not being a subscriber , and I congratulate you on an ever improving publication . |
| 28 | It was n't difficult ; I lost you for a moment when you covered your hair , but I know you too well for you to be able to hide from me . ’ |
| 29 | I 'll pay you the same as what I pay you on a Saturday is that okay ? |
| 30 | And could I leave you with a poem ? |