Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] you [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to contact you from time to time but you always seemed to be somewhere else . ’ |
| 2 | He did n't want to be invited to the party but it would have been nice to have friends like that who came to meet you from Vienna and were delighted to see you . |
| 3 | ‘ I came to ask you to supper , ’ she babbled looking back into the drawing room . |
| 4 | Rebecca , more unusually , was an LBT — a Loud Blowsy Tart , normally an evening job guaranteed to embarrass you in front of your wife and friends at a night out at the theatre or similar . |
| 5 | ‘ I never meant to put you in danger when I took … it . |
| 6 | I had to put you to bed . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ My mother is almost here and she would be startled if I had to kiss you into silence . |
| 8 | She said if I found you I had to ask you to dinner . |
| 9 | ‘ I really wanted to see you on behalf of Annabel , ’ Scott said . |
| 10 | Six six contracts all the same print so that if ever we shifted you or wanted you wanted to shift you from estate into to golf or to schools we do n't have to retrain you at all . |
| 11 | ‘ Harry , I wanted to ask you about Marius Steen ? ’ |
| 12 | I wanted to ask you about Maurice 's wife — you mentioned her when — ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You know , I wanted to take you to lunch at the Ritz , like we did last time , but it would have made us so late in Calking . |
| 14 | ‘ Steve , ’ Ruth whispered shakily , ‘ I wanted to tell you about Fernando tonight because … because soon after we arrived here , so did he . ’ |