Example sentences of "[vb past] you [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I promised you a romantic walk — is this romantic enough ? ’ |
| 2 | Yeah , yeah they mentioned you the other day at Eddy just said to him you know , |
| 3 | well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that |
| 4 | This what I asked you the other week . |
| 5 | I got you a wee ball of your wool for your mittens . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And showed you the right path to take , |
| 8 | 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 ) . ’ |
| 9 | Has no one ever taught you the gracious art of how to accept help when it 's offered ? ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I warned you the other night , me and you gon na fall out if you keep being cheeky . |
| 12 | ‘ The man who assaulted you called you a dirty cop , or words to that effect . |
| 13 | Cos he called you a fat cunt , yo , it still rankles with you does n't it ? |
| 14 | ‘ I reckon Hatton was right when he called you an old woman , Cullam . ’ |
| 15 | I called you the Bony Lady . |
| 16 | ‘ She sent you a posthumous letter . |
| 17 | Behind her back he said , ‘ Punch saw you the other day , going out in a carriage . |
| 18 | ‘ I saw you the other evening , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I expect he gived you a funny answer |
| 20 | Well I 'm conscious we kept you a long time this time this morning and I certainly do appreciate your attendance and presence . |
| 21 | I brought you a hot water bottle your aspirin . |
| 22 | I want to have you about the house because I brought you a little souvenir from New York , only it may take a while to get it out of my suitcase . |
| 23 | Five talented misfits from Camden form a band playing the most ridiculed form of music in the world , are picked up by the chief of the record label that brought you the Manic Street Preachers — and ZAP ! country is sincerely rehabilitated . |
| 24 | Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’ |
| 25 | Well , well , well , Captain , I nearly did you a great injustice a minute or two ago , I thought you had not perhaps addressed yourself to the problem on hand . |
| 26 | I did you a small service once by delivering a letter . |
| 27 | I did you a blue face . |
| 28 | ‘ I expect she gave you a good tea , ’ said my mother . |
| 29 | When you went to the Ideal Home Exhibition they gave you a hot sausage on a stick to eat — with pickle , not just a picture of one to look at . |
| 30 | Oh I gave you a small spoon . |