Example sentences of "you [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said , ‘ You asked me for my knowledge of these people . |
| 2 | ‘ You asked me for my advice , and that 's it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Thomas , that night in the car , when you drove me to my brother 's , you showed me your … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I was forgetting what you told me in my surgery . |
| 5 | And you encouraged me in my mistake ! ’ |
| 6 | An officer of the secret police began his interrogation of the anthropologist who had been denounced and brought to his office : ‘ Now , tell me about my genealogy — you collected it from my father last week . ’ |
| 7 | I keep the snapshot you sent me by my bed , but although I can see it is you , you look different — so much older . |
| 8 | ‘ You nicked them from my desk . ’ |
| 9 | How did you feel when you saw me with my beautiful Oriental mistress ? ’ |
| 10 | One morning , to my intense embarrassment , you brought her to my poetry appreciation class — which you had never bothered to attend yourself . |
| 11 | ‘ You reminded me of my mother , darling . ’ |
| 12 | I still have that little book of selected poems you gave me on my twelfth birthday . |
| 13 | After we had drunk the coffee , Kelly said , ‘ Do you notice that I 'm still wearing the blue boots you gave me for my birthday ? |
| 14 | ‘ I showed him my brooch — the one you gave me for my birthday — and I asked him about his birthday . |
| 15 | You left them in my pocket Remember when we went to Tesco 's ? |
| 16 | You said it in my ear . |
| 17 | ‘ You did Celia a favour — she deserved it , I suppose , but you parted me from my twin sister without a single qualm . |