Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [verb] you [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My son was very cross with me for burdening you with the basket of flowers . ’ |
| 2 | My dear George YOU WILL not thank me for congratulating you on a lucky escape . |
| 3 | Come kiss me and tell me you forgive me for exposing you to so much danger and distress . |
| 4 | She told me about seeing you at that nightclub . ’ |
| 5 | Surely you no longer suspect me of using you in some devious plan to make Lotta jealous ? ’ |
| 6 | I mean we 're all , I 'm sure , basically family with what Darwin 's theory of evolution is , and I do n't really want to labour you by reminding you of it , but I think it 's important to appreciate first of all what his problem was erm and I think that it 's fair to say that for Darwin the problem was that as a naturalist he was aware of the fact that animals and plants are adapted to a quite extraordinary degree to their particular ways of life , and indeed many of his books on orchids and earthworms and so on have a great deal to say about the details of these adaptations . |
| 7 | I 'll keep in touch with you by ringing you at home , if I may . " |
| 8 | I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess . |
| 9 | I also told him of my affection for you and that I could n't injure you by marrying you without love . |
| 10 | You can go to court for an order to exclude your husband from your home or to forbid him from harassing you in any way . |
| 11 | Not urgent , so I did n't think it worth waking you for it . ’ |
| 12 | I 'd have liked to prolong it by asking you to supper , but … ’ |