Example sentences of "there was a [noun] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was you know little firms like that and yet everybody was in , nobody nobody would ever try and er and er and er and escape paying their contribution , but there was a law you could n't join a union till you were sixteen , that was the law then in then , but er when this strike came back and we came on strike in December , er we lads who was under age joined the union , they give us all six bob a week , the union did . |
| 2 | Just in case there was a Jonesy you know . |
| 3 | After all , ’ said the kind-looking gentleman in his pleasant voice , ‘ they were aware by then that you knew where they lived , and that there was a chance you 'd have them arrested . ’ |
| 4 | There was a larder you could walk into . |
| 5 | There was a sticker you could stick on the back of your car . |
| 6 | They 'd , they had to because there were , they got , when , after the union was formed you know , they were having the rights er but and I think really the hours they put in and the type of work they deserved it , but erm there was a time you know when the bosses were bossy sort of thing , and er and you adhered to that , because you did n't know anything different until erm the unions started up , but erm I know there were one or two processions you know and peer rights and all this that and the other , but erm on the whole it 's er it 's been an eventful life in , in some ways , very eventful and it 's been interesting . |
| 7 | She was always a little aloof , you always felt that there was a lot you would never know about her . ’ |