Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] [verb] your [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She supposed it was magic , probably it only happened when you swung your head up in a certain way , she would test that tomorrow , and as she dropped asleep it lay alongside the tickets of paper with the numbers she had written , and the tar bubbles and the sun that made red horses and brown splotches when she closed her eyes . |
| 2 | She went on , ‘ Mother used to say it was so rude to keep people waiting , because it implied that you thought your time was more precious than theirs . ’ |
| 3 | And then you called and he enjoyed your visit vastly and Mrs Langley says that while he is laid up , with the girls hunting two days a week , would you be sure to go and see him — ’ |
| 4 | But I was so proud of my beautiful daughter , and I wanted to make up to you for the years we lost before I met your mama again ; I wanted you to have the best of everything , and I thought that that was what I was giving you . |
| 5 | You knew before you shut your door in my face last night that I was having second thoughts ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I think a part of me probably died when I took your job , though it may have been just the settling-down thing . |
| 7 | The impression you gave that I provided your reporter with new information following the meeting is totally false . |
| 8 | I just remembered as you waved your hand through the air . |
| 9 | Did y you said that you had your purse stolen , did someone actually break into the flat ? |
| 10 | Go back to your priestly intolerance , back to your blasphemous masses , back to your beads , holy water , holy smoke and stinks and remember we are the sons of the martyrs whom your church butchered and we know your church to be the mother of harlots and the abominations of the earth . |
| 11 | He says , oh he said when you see your sister will you ask her about steam cleaner ? |
| 12 | I almost fainted when I read your letter , confronted by that terrible mistake I had made . |
| 13 | He took the stairs slowly , trying to remember if it was the third or the fourth step from the bottom that creaked when you put your weight on it . |
| 14 | When the good Doctor suggested that I override your wish and write to … ’ |