Example sentences of "[vb past] you [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are you , are telling are you telling me that you 'd vote for somebody in rags on the television who promised you a better future ? |
| 2 | ‘ I promised you a romantic walk — is this romantic enough ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I promised you the best assassin in England , Mr Estabrook , and he 's here . |
| 4 | Yeah , yeah they mentioned you the other day at Eddy just said to him you know , |
| 5 | I would not forsake ye , I would not forsake you for sweetest of scenes : For sweetest of gardens that nature could make me I would not forsake ye , dear valleys and greens : Tho' Nature ne'er dropped ye a cloud-resting mountain , Nor waterfalls tumble their music so free , Had Nature denied ye a bush , tree , or fountain , Ye still had been loved as an Eden by me . |
| 6 | Oh , so you do n't so told you the first year ! |
| 7 | Well I think there in , well they ca n't go together , told you the last time you was here , they ca n't go on holiday together . |
| 8 | ‘ I told you the same thing . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You still believe I rejected you the first time , do n't you ? ’ |
| 10 | well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that |
| 11 | ‘ I only met you a half hour ago and I love you like one of my own . ’ |
| 12 | This what I asked you the other week . |
| 13 | I got you a wee ball of your wool for your mittens . |
| 14 | This draper 's ploy was a bit of a con , for unless asked specifically for the farthing change , the assistant handed you a small card with perhaps three or four safety pins or a piece of paper with ordinary pins attached . |
| 15 | And showed you the right path to take , |
| 16 | When Rachel was asked to spell ‘ ba-na-na ’ Margaret took over and said , ‘ It 's all right Rachel , she means ‘ baa-naa-naa ’ ! '' Then the nice teacher taught you a little rhyme in American and English — ‘ The little calf ( căf ) went down the path ( păth ) in a minute and a half ( hăf ) to take a bath ( băth ) . ’ |
| 17 | Has no one ever taught you the gracious art of how to accept help when it 's offered ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I heard you the first time , boy . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I heard you the first time , ’ her mother said . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , I heard you the first time . |
| 21 | As long as you can show that they owed you a legal duty to be careful and have been negligent , damages could come your way . |
| 22 | I warned you the other night , me and you gon na fall out if you keep being cheeky . |
| 23 | ‘ The man who assaulted you called you a dirty cop , or words to that effect . |
| 24 | Cos he called you a fat cunt , yo , it still rankles with you does n't it ? |
| 25 | ‘ I reckon Hatton was right when he called you an old woman , Cullam . ’ |
| 26 | I called you the Bony Lady . |
| 27 | I said then all you have to do is tell her how much she hurt you the last time |
| 28 | ‘ She sent you a posthumous letter . |
| 29 | Behind her back he said , ‘ Punch saw you the other day , going out in a carriage . |
| 30 | ‘ I saw you the other evening , ’ he said . |