Example sentences of "you the [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'll tell you the unkindest thing I know about him : he was caught being beastly to a woman at a party for no obvious reason . |
2 | When Caro made her escape after tea it was with all the usual feelings of guilt and frustration ; with her mother suggesting brightly , ‘ Just let me measure you for that new jumper before you go , Carolyn , ’ and , ‘ Did I show you the new suite we were thinking of getting , in the catalogue ? |
3 | ‘ Something was bothering you the first time we met , and you kept quiet about that , too . |
4 | And I 'll tell you the only reason I took the baby home was because Martin wanted her . |
5 | ‘ I will show you the only book no-one has ever read a word of . ’ |
6 | In looking back at my records I notice that I did not send you the enclosed form which I have now completed . |
7 | A loving partner 's selfless support gives you the extra edge you need to succeed . |
8 | A loving partner 's selfless support gives you the extra edge you need to succeed . |
9 | If you persist in interrupting me , it is unlikely in the extreme that I will have sufficient time to give you the complete picture which you say you are so anxious to get ! |
10 | Well in actual fact to te to tell you the honest truth we 've been so busy one way and another over the weekends have n't we ? |
11 | Er , just so that we can see which way we 're working , John , can I just check out , have you the faintest idea what the hell she 's talking about ? |
12 | And and you the other half I mean what sort of |
13 | Yeah actually that 's that 's a good point because I 'm , I had something from you the other day your erm , you know the magazine that you sent |
14 | ‘ Are n't you the young man who spent some weeks with the research unit at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases ? ’ |
15 | ‘ Are you the young woman my wife , Mrs Carson , knows ? ’ he asked . |
16 | ‘ I 'll give you the same chance I 'd give a hungry vixen in a rabbit cage , ’ he growled . |
17 | You ought to find someone on the same wavelength , who knows your mind , your love of freedom , who thinks of you the same instant you think of him . |
18 | ‘ I shall call you the next time we are free , and we will do the rest , Yes ? ’ |
19 | I mean I have n't been to Guildford for oh god I do n't know when I think probably with you the last time I went to Guildford . |
20 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
21 | Well I think there in , well they ca n't go together , told you the last time you was here , they ca n't go on holiday together . |
22 | This fascinating display holds , and reveals to you the vital spirit which eventually triumphed in 1945 . |
23 | There is , however , an inevitable logic to the appropriation of her meticulously constructed image , a process which the artist was mocking as early as 1933 : ‘ … some of the gringa women are imitating me and trying to dress ‘ a la Mexicana ’ , but the poor souls only look like cabbages and to tell you the naked truth they look absolutely impossible . ' |