Example sentences of "owe [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You owe me a favour , ’ he said to Rain . |
| 2 | I say , you are , you owe me a tenner . |
| 3 | Yeah , you owe me a tenner as well . |
| 4 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
| 5 | But you owe me a penny Spanish . |
| 6 | Yeah , you owe me a letter . |
| 7 | You owe me no loyalty . ’ |
| 8 | Williams J. said , ‘ In effect , ( the former husband ) says to ( the former wife ) : ‘ If you , who now owe me no duty as a wife , will agree to my stipulation , I will , so long as you observe that stipulation , pay you £6 per month . ’ |
| 9 | So , ’ he said , ‘ you now owe me the money . ’ |
| 10 | Okay , you 're twenty pounds over , you owe them , you owe me the building society , twenty pounds . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't you think you owe me an explanation of all this ? |
| 12 | " I think you owe me an explanation , young man , " Katherine snapped , looking at her son over the rim of her wire-framed glasses . |
| 13 | ‘ I think you owe me an explanation , Silas . ’ |
| 14 | You owe me an explanation , Dr Blake . |
| 15 | ‘ You certainly are n't any journalist named Cara Kingsdale ! ’ he barked , and positively hurled at her , ‘ You owe me an explanation , woman ! |
| 16 | You owe them no loyalty … you owe my country no enmity . |
| 17 | At last the Eastern Bloc nations might have a chance of catching up with the West , and we owe them a debt . |
| 18 | Damien Walsh , spokesman for Wirral leisure services department , said : ‘ We owe them a debt of gratitude . ’ |
| 19 | Damien Walsh , spokesman for Wirral Leisure Services Department , said : ‘ We owe them a debt of gratitude . ’ |
| 20 | I owe you a cheque |
| 21 | I owe you a debt of gratitude there . " |
| 22 | I owe you a hamburger . ’ |
| 23 | Clearly , you may also be able to persuade someone to lend you money if you have power of some sort — if they owe you a favour or if you are their boss or if you are in a position of some authority for example . |
| 24 | ‘ Okay , ’ said Nerina , ‘ but I guess I owe you a favour , all the same . |
| 25 | I owe you a pound , yeah , I ca n't give it to you dear because I 've still got exactly a ten pound note dear and I 'm waiting for the pools lady dear |
| 26 | And because I owe you a meal from a couple of nights back . ’ |
| 27 | Apart from anything else I owe you a coffee . ’ |
| 28 | He said : ‘ I owe you a lot for that . |
| 29 | I owe you a penny now . |
| 30 | A meeting in which you say ‘ if what you tell me happened in the way you describe then we owe you an apology ’ would seem to offer no admission of liability or guilt in situations where legal action results . |