Example sentences of "but you [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peggy closed the door behind them ; but Lizzie held her tongue until they had moved further down the corridor , when she said , ‘ She gets worse ; selfish to the core , ’ and Peggy reminded her , ‘ Well , you made your escape , Mam , but you left me with it . ’ |
| 2 | But you pat me on the bottom and send me home , and hope I 'll ‘ keep in touch ’ ! |
| 3 | ‘ But you know me , ’ I said . |
| 4 | But you know me ! |
| 5 | ‘ You mean , you knew all along , but you let me make a fool of myself ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't ask you , but you kissed me — freely ! |
| 7 | But you tell me : how are you ? |
| 8 | Even though I have reached my monthly target I still receive no bonuses but you tell me I am on target for the large bonus in April . |
| 9 | But you tell me how just how is he going to do it ? |
| 10 | I thought you were getting yourself into trouble there again , but you tell me he ca n't be listening to you . |
| 11 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 12 | ‘ But you made me — ’ She stopped . |
| 13 | But you made me fight it , and I did . |
| 14 | But you persuaded me ! ’ |
| 15 | But you mistake me … ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But you told me … |
| 17 | ‘ But you told me that Mr Kettering was the apple of his wife 's eye . ’ |
| 18 | But you told me that I was boring ! |
| 19 | ‘ But you told me — ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But you told me — ’ |
| 21 | But you asked me to comment on potential weaknesses , and this is one area which you may consider to be worthy of some serious attention . |
| 22 | So I said , ‘ Fine , I would n't infringe on his privacy but you asked me , and that 's who I 'd like to meet . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Forgive me , Chieh Hsia , but you asked me to remind you of your audience with Minister Chao . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But you asked me , Luke . |
| 25 | But you asked me , do you believe that your wife can look after children |
| 26 | I said well frankly Cheryl with her record I 'm not in I said she takes off when she pleases , she comes down when she wants something I said she doing me some good at christmas I said I do I quite understand that I said I do understand and I 'm I 've nothing nothing to do with me that 's entirely up to you and she said and you would n't tell me what to do you wo n't change our minds , I said no I 'm not trying to change your minds but you asked me what I would do I said and I think there and now she 's She said and I do n't care what you done , I 'll do I 'll do , I said she 's got hundreds of where they smash the windows and break into so regularly . |
| 27 | You say I shut you out of my work , but you shut me out … |
| 28 | But you touched me on the cheek . |
| 29 | But you remember me telling you about it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , Shelley , Shelley , you 're a beautiful woman , but you tease me too much . ’ |