Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [conj] you [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | T. B. You had to see what they were passing through and you had to have a chit and you had to time this chit and sign it and then you went to the hut and put it on the spike . |
| 2 | If the courts did throw out a case that you 'd dealt with , you stood a chance of being sued over it . |
| 3 | If you should find the cottage more a liability than you had envisaged then we can perhaps talk business in the future . |
| 4 | Blimey , no , it was a luxury if you 'd got a washer then . |
| 5 | Besides none of us ever knew the whole story , even though it was as plain as a pikestaff when you came to think about it . |
| 6 | ‘ How would you like to have to ask for a penny to buy a stamp if you wanted to write a letter ? ’ she would ask . |
| 7 | when you wanted to do something with the keys or operate er horizontal , there was a machine and you had to go to the do it yourself . |
| 8 | ‘ A pity that you had to lose her and earn your own living . ’ |
| 9 | And you , you know , you used , you used anything as a pillow that you 'd got |
| 10 | It would be a shame if you missed seeing them while you are here . ’ |
| 11 | When have I done anything less than love you with a passion that you chose to throw back in my face , not once but twice ? |
| 12 | She remembered an American Indian saying that you should n't condemn a man until you had walked a mile in his shoes . |
| 13 | Yeah , but you see , you 've got the , you got all the other things in , down , down , underneath , well I mean if you started going in with a knife and you started cutting them I mean you could cut an artery or anything could n't you ? |
| 14 | Yeah , but you see you 've got the , you 've got all the , the other things ins , down , down it , underneath , and I mean if you started going in with a knife and you started cutting down , I mean you could sa , cut an artery or anything could n't you ? |
| 15 | ‘ I had a message that you wanted to see me urgently , ’ Tom said . |
| 16 | ‘ I got a message that you wanted to see me , ’ said the driver . |
| 17 | Yeah because if you want to go to Southwell at the present moment you go on a bus and you got to wait two hours to get one back . |
| 18 | It 's OK in a caff — you can just ask for egg and chips or if they have pictures you can just point , but I think I might have trouble in a restaurant cos you got to read from a menu thing , and I have a bit of trouble with my reading . |
| 19 | ‘ You noticed a lot before you ran screaming down the corridor , ’ said Thomas spitefully . |
| 20 | And did your wage go up a lot when you 'd finished your apprenticeship ? |
| 21 | in this case in this case you got a chloride if you 'd used sodium you would have got sodium chloride which is ? |
| 22 | I really would n't know how to work in such a way that you had to consider what other people might or might not want to hear . |
| 23 | He had a bottle after you 'd went |
| 24 | She says the worst thing she can remember was the outside loo and having to get out a lantern if you wanted to go in the night and go out there with all the cobwebs and strange shadows . |
| 25 | It will strengthen your case should you be so infuriated by a label that you decided to take it to your local trading standards officer . |
| 26 | We had one roll-up an hour and you had to roll them so thin to make the tobacco last : jaw-achers they were . |
| 27 | There 's one of those towns marked with an asterisk that you omitted to mention . |
| 28 | And you you know you could almost use the appraisal as an , as an area that you wanted to concentrate |
| 29 | ‘ In view of the apparent urgency of getting rid of you , ’ said George Felse , stirring his coffee , ‘ it might be an idea if you tried to recall what , if anything , you did see . ’ |
| 30 | It does n't get at what you want either but it 's one of the system that we 've got So if you write something th that you for a piece of , an essay that you got say a two one for and then you write an appalling piece , you might still get a two one for it under exam conditions |