Example sentences of "you did [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum — but do n't tell them I said so . |
2 | It 's very obvious that the two of you did not pass the time playing tic tac toe . ’ |
3 | People say to me , ’ You did not pay the poll tax and could afford to pay it . ’ |
4 | ‘ Yet you did not want a child in this marriage ? ’ |
5 | I would talk about it to your mum , though of course it would be kinder if you did not mention the business about fancy girlfriends . ’ |
6 | Although it appears that you did not make a large sum of money out of your dealing — at least as far as external appearances are concerned — I have to take a serious view of it . ’ |
7 | Wigg did not believe in the doctrine that you did not kick a man when he was down . |
8 | Because you did not meet the deadline and you 've just told me that deadline means the day I said I wanted it . |
9 | ‘ You did not expound the words of scripture . |
10 | You did not give a name . ’ |
11 | ’ You did not lead a particularly high life style and the money went to pay of credit cards , rent arrears , phone bills and taxi fares . |
12 | You did not know the language , your soul was empty |
13 | Your only defence would be that you did not publish the slander , which in this case would be very difficult , I feel . |
14 | If you did not follow the recommendations in this respect , you will of course need to substitute your own values in the above commands . |
15 | If you did not receive the mailing and are interested in applying for the card , please write to the Development Office , External Relations Unit , . |
16 | I enclose a copy of the letter in case you did not receive the original or have mislaid it . |
17 | No , you did not rear a coward ! ’ |
18 | Q. In your series on setting up a marine aquarium you did not include an actinic blue tube when adding inverts . |
19 | Certainly it appears so , since you did not see the subordinate reading his newspaper again . |
20 | When you did not see the scrupulous , disinterested face of Dr peter Kingdom , his words had a soothing , almost seductive quality . |
21 | Indeed , I would not desire you if you did not have a mind and a spirit . |
22 | ‘ I am sorry you did not have a very good meal , ’ he said , looking at my plate . |
23 | You did not have a choice . |
24 | ‘ It is a piteous shame that you did not have the civility to ask my permission . |
25 | It is equivalent to landing on the hedge because you did not close the airbrake , even though you knew that you were likely to hit it . |
26 | You may be someone who has acknowledged biases and prejudices which are hard to set aside when making decisions , but which might lead you to overlook a suitable candidate if you did not use the job and personnel specifications as your guideline . |
27 | ‘ You did n't send the exterminatus message , Jaq . |
28 | I asked you what you were doing here … why you did n't send the police … ’ |
29 | Therefore you may find that a bandage is not allowed if you did n't incur the injury in that day 's competition . |
30 | You did n't finish the |