Example sentences of "i [vb base] [to-vb] you [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate to burden you with this . |
| 2 | It would have been a richer joy — but , indeed , as I so often tell you , I delight to picture you in a childlike serenity . |
| 3 | And I want to remind you of the history of when amalgamations take place , because a number of people have touched on that very point this morning . |
| 4 | ‘ And I want to thank you on Hilda 's behalf . |
| 5 | I do n't know your name , but I want to thank you for your kindness to me on the night I left Weatherbury . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I want to thank you for the roses , ’ she said . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to thank you for all you did for Mam . |
| 9 | You do n't yet give us money , although I hope may , one day you will be persuaded to do so , but you have given us time , and particularly in the person of your colleague Sandra who is here , and her time to us has been enormously valuable and I want to thank you for that . |
| 10 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Nurse Shelley , I want to thank you for caring for me , ’ said the old lady . |
| 12 | As a novice in the game , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ And Joe and Biddy , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you 've done for me . |
| 14 | I want to see you on your knees begging for my love before our time is up , and that will be all the satisfaction I need . ’ |
| 15 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 16 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 17 | Well , tonight you may leave early , but I want to see you with my guests every evening . |
| 18 | He shouted to make himself heard above the din : " I want to see you at once , " |
| 19 | I want to see you before lunch . ’ |
| 20 | I want to see you in proper uniform today , Sharpe , today ! ’ |
| 21 | Now I want to see you in four weeks again . |
| 22 | Okay , what I 'm going to do now is I 'm going to split you in , into groups , I want to split you into two groups , we could have up to you , and the dividing line will be you and then at the back there . |
| 23 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 24 | I want to take you in my arms and kiss you and — ’ He looked to the side to where two people were approaching ; then dropping her hands , he said on a laugh , ‘ I 've only to be seen doing that in public , even holding your hands , and the place would be set on fire . |
| 25 | ‘ I want to hold you in my arms and kiss you till we 're both half crazy with it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I want to make love to you , Claudia , ’ he says , ‘ I want to hold you in my arms all night tru ’ , I want to tell you what it 's been like for me without you , just missing you , missing you so bad like one of us had passed on . |
| 27 | There are of course some positive signs around but also a danger that I want to alert you to : a growth in what I will call ‘ designer caring ’ . |
| 28 | Yes erm Hugh , I want to ask you as erm the Chairer of the area er committee erm if you 're happy with |
| 29 | I want to ask you about Jane Pargeter . ’ |
| 30 | I want to ask you about Chrissie Ashdown . ’ |