Example sentences of "you [to-vb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Makwetu told the chanting PAC youths at Sharpeville : ‘ I appeal to you to brace yourselves for a bitter struggle . |
| 2 | I would like you to wear it for a while . ’ |
| 3 | All cancellations incur a charge payable by you to compensate us for our offices . |
| 4 | All cancellations incur a charge payable by you to compensate us for our estimated losses and expenses , calculated as shown here as a percentage of the total holiday price of the person(s) making the cancellation , inclusive of all extras except holiday insurance premiums as shown here . |
| 5 | I do n't ask you to sell better , ladies and gentlemen , I do n't ask you to sell itself for certain companies , I 'd like you to , but I do n't . |
| 6 | He put some very special old wine on the table in front of the King and said , ‘ Duke Michael offers you this wine and asks you to drink it for love of him . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I want you to console me for what is inconsolable , ’ I wrote to Elizabeth . |
| 8 | People would expect you to do everything for them ; revitalise the planet , solve all their problems , etc. ’ without doing anything themselves . |
| 9 | See that other members of the family , if you have one , stop depending on you to do everything for them , as they did when they were younger . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll get down to business then , shall I ? — I want you to do something for me . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Sally , I want you to do something for me , ’ Paula said . |
| 12 | Listen , Yankel ( Jack ) I want you to do something for me — as soon as you can … maybe tomorrow , eh ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm asking you to do something for me . |
| 14 | I 'd like you to do something for me . |
| 15 | " I need you to do something for me , " he said , his breath white on the bitter air . |
| 16 | Can I ask you to do something for me today please ? |
| 17 | ‘ Mr P. wants you to do something for him , Sergeant , ’ I whispered . |
| 18 | He is , if he can get you to do it for him , then it 's done . |
| 19 | ‘ Who 'd want undressing by a maid , ’ said Jessica , ‘ if they had you to do it for them ? |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't very often ask you to do anything for me — and I did lend you my ear-rings when you went out with that Edward last week . ’ |
| 21 | Remortgaging unlocks this capital , allowing you to use it for other purposes . |
| 22 | I 've been wanting you to kiss me for absolute ages . ’ |
| 23 | Then they want you to run it for two year , have a mobile home , and if you could prove it 's viable after two years , then there would be a reminder and we 'll consider giving you permission for a house , otherwise , everybody could just put up one tun poly tunnel in half an acre and get a house , could n't they ? |
| 24 | I think I 'll get you to send one for me . ’ |
| 25 | At this level the subordinate is saying ‘ I 'm helpless to solve my own problems so I need a wise person ( Parent ) like you to solve them for me . ’ |
| 26 | And both have been designed to enable you to hold them for long periods of time . |
| 27 | And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen forever . ’ |
| 28 | I expected you to pay me for such attentions , my dear . |
| 29 | I want it badly , and I ca n't trust you to get it for me . |
| 30 | I taped I want you to check it for me , I taped me and Sue walking home cos I have to do around the school you see . |