Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [conj] you [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know whether you were coming or not cos you said you did n't know . |
| 2 | ‘ Did you ring to say something important or just because you wanted to check up how late your son got home ? ’ |
| 3 | He claimed that it did n't matter what mantra you said , or indeed if you did n't have one , as long as you cleared out your mind . |
| 4 | Huh , er just , please help us , you know we get on much better , of course you can give an explanation , all Mr wants , you requested is said whether you did raise it , of course you could say , we did n't , I did n't because erm of so and so , because there was n't an opportunity or whatever , but do tell us whether yes or no whether you raised it surely that 's possible Mr is n't it ? , is n't it ? , am I trying to assist you , during my people are just not answering the questions , put it again in blunt form Mr would you please |
| 5 | I do n't know , maybe they erm a , they 'll listen to the tapes and they probably sample some of the words into a computer to build up a database of words that probably like you said , oh he 's getting a lot of jip from his boss , you know , is probably not in the dictionary but if a lot of people said that word then they would . |
| 6 | ‘ I spent hours in the library looking up all the journals I could find — and the thing that kept coming back to me was that even if you had the treatment , there was a chance that the effects of toxoplasmosis on the child might not come out until years later . |
| 7 | You gave me to understand that even if you had not had your accident you would almost certainly not have come to France to see him at the end . ’ |
| 8 | The kind of girl that even if you did n't know well you always said ‘ hello ’ to and got a cheery wave and a smile back . |
| 9 | For example once he went to Rome on business and when he got back he told me about a building which was like the sky at night , so big that even when you stood in front of it you could n't believe you were actually seeing it . |
| 10 | Erm and that how that but through land reform it meant that how that you had erm credit difficulties and that how that landlords who prev previously provided the credit were no longer there and so that meant that how that erm that exasperated problems of increasing productivity and also there was a severe shortage of farm implements and animals cos they were n't redistributed , there was only the surplus that was taken away from the rich peasants and landlords , it meant that how that the , the rich peasants erm you know , got back er they sort of were a self-perpetuating elite in that how the poor peasants just did n't have the means to improving their production . |
| 11 | And that I mean cos Mao said that how that you needed to have a moderate policy , that was the correct one |
| 12 | They , they did have the option that they could have had complete absolute egalitarianism and made everybody into a poor peasant , but the commun but the commun the Communist Party were progressive and they s saw that how that you needed to have industrialization in order to increase the welfare of peasants which was their ultimate aim , and I mean it appears that how that they did n't actually care er what kinds of means they 'd have to achieve that , as in capitalism was justified in this longer term perspective . |
| 13 | I would also actually suggest that again if you wanted to ease it a bit I 'd pick up a point also made just now er in that P P G refers to building and the E two refers to development . |
| 14 | And presumably if you wanted to revise a book at all , and you had the book on your floppy disk or in your computer in some for , you could again use your word processor to bring it up to date in a revised version . |
| 15 | And presumably if you wanted to revise a book at all and you had the book on your floppy disk or in your computer in some form , you could again use your word processor to bring it up to date in a revised version ? |
| 16 | I did n't know the surname of the people who 'd taken you , only your first name , Robbie , and so when you turned up in school I thought nothing of it . |
| 17 | Lobbies were unheated and so if you hung your coat up wet then wet it stayed . |
| 18 | And so if you went out and you bought er , I do n't know , we 've , if , a microwave , as you left the store with your microwave , the salesman calls his supplier and says , I need a microwave , because he only keeps three now , whereas even up to three or four years ago , he would have several in the back store , now he does n't keep them . |
| 19 | And so if you swam up to somebody who was in difficulty , and you approach them from the front their automatic reaction is to throw their arms around you , do n't let them do it ! |
| 20 | So is n't it good for us rather than quibbling , rather than criticizing , and recognizing that we 've all got different abilities and perhaps if you had n't got one of those abilities there , the , the body that it speaks about , you see every part plays a part does n't it on our physical body and so we are in accommodation , we all have a part to play , and that 's the way we , we grow you see and we mature and we become better , able , equipped to go out and tell others , gives us confidence as well if we know what we 're talking about , that way we can learn , so never quibble about assignments and arrangements , never criticize brothers and sisters in the congregation . |
| 21 | And all because you wanted to lay your hands on seventy acres of his land . ’ |
| 22 | And merely because you did n't tell them her new name and address does n't mean to say they 'll stop looking . ’ |
| 23 | And just when you thought it was safe to ignore Prisoner Cell Block H , Neighbours , Home And Away , Kylie , Jason , Dame Edna and Clive James — along comes another Australian export . |
| 24 | And just when you thought it was safe to go out for the evening , let me remind you that Scotsport Extra Time is back after a week off . |
| 25 | And finally that you failed to produce a test certificate . |
| 26 | and finally if you enjoyed the Tour de France … take yourself out into the Cotswolds on Sunday for the biggest local cycle race of the year … it 's the Tour of the Cotswolds … calling amongst other places at Stroud … |
| 27 | I trust that you have now received a list of the Social Work Centres and also that you had a profitable meeting with regarding the design of the front cover . |
| 28 | And also as you said , the thing with colours , they were said to perhaps use less basic colour terms , so if some men were shown a bluey-green some men would say and some would say whereas a women allegedly would say turquoise or whatever . |
| 29 | Most of you had a shower installed because it was convenient and saved time , and also because you liked the fact that it uses less water than a bath and provides an extra bathing facility . |
| 30 | You were n't sort of allowed just in and out when you wanted to , you had to get permission to stay out late . |