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
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