Example sentences of "you [verb] [verb] i [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | half G T half G T squared plus some constant times time normally your the the G will be a negative half A T squared but someone had said come up with that equation , and you 've said well what are you going to give me to go on well the acceleration 's constant . |
| 2 | ‘ How did you plan to get me to tell you ? ’ |
| 3 | Would you like to contact me to exchange experiences and help us feel less isolated ? |
| 4 | It 's probably you know better me to do that and make certain erm But if , if , if you were here , would anybody be prepared to do that ? |
| 5 | If I did n't , would you have employed me to command your vessel ? ’ |
| 6 | A sentence such as ( 8 ) below could refer to the past ( How could you have expected me to know the answers to those questions which you asked me last week ? ) , the present ( Why are you asking me ? |
| 7 | That 's what you keep telling me to do , is n't it ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ How long do you intend forcing me to work for you ? ’ |
| 9 | You do want me to make love to you . ’ |
| 10 | You 've raised me to sit in high places |
| 11 | You 've caused me to lose a whole valuable day 's work . |
| 12 | You 've taught me to care again , and you 've taught me that I matter , that my life is worth something . |
| 13 | Try ‘ I 'm pleased that the office manning problem is on next week 's agenda — I 'm worried that it needs more urgent attention ’ or ‘ I love it that you 've asked me to go away — it 's bothering me that I 've got to do this report by Monday . ’ |
| 14 | Then I 'll just ask again the only question you 've allowed me to put so far . |
| 15 | You know , you 've got me to thank she did n't chuck you out . |
| 16 | If you had asked me to describe one of the Whistler 's victims that 's exactly how I should have seen her . |
| 17 | I told her that you had sent me to try to trap her into making unwary and unguarded statements and unwittingly to betray herself . |
| 18 | ‘ Not so averse to the boy as you had led me to believe , eh ? ’ |
| 19 | So why were you trying to con me to give me one of mine you little conniving |
| 20 | What are you trying to get me to believe now ? |
| 21 | In connection with the role you have asked me to undertake in the dispute between Mr D Smith and the other directors of and shareholders in Smith & Co Limited , I am writing to set out the nature of the responsibilities which you wish me to perform . |
| 22 | The inquiry you have asked me to undertake is , so far as I can understand , essentially a philosophical one . |
| 23 | Fellow Tablers I thank you most sincerely for the honour and opportunity you have given me to become your sixtieth National President . |
| 24 | You have taught me to forget myself by demeaning yourself to be free to a poor servant . |
| 25 | You have taught me to read the fires of meaning but I am inadequate . |
| 26 | You are curious , you are looking for something else , because this is the second time that you have invited me to have a drink , you order cheiro as though you were one of us , you are a foreigner and pretend to speak like us , yet you drink little and then you stay silent and wait for me to speak . |
| 27 | They all have their source in you , and you have allowed me to own them . |
| 28 | She now drew her chin into her chest and in a voice almost as deep as a man 's she said , ‘ And you dare to tell me to shut up , me ! who 's given her life to you . |
| 29 | Now I am suitably softened up , what more can you say to persuade me to give everything up to Benedict ? ’ |