Example sentences of "you [vb past] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I bet noo ye wished ye 'd run . ’ |
| 2 | If you failed it must be because of complex interactions with your environment . |
| 3 | Do n't know who you got we 'll have to wait and see who we get . |
| 4 | Imagine your response if , when you were depositing funds in a building society account , your attention was drawn to the fact that if you died only the original investment would be returned , but if you lived you would keep all of the interest . |
| 5 | It used to be a tremendous transition from 1 April when you realised you would n't have the garden to yourself until quite suddenly at the end of October when everybody goes . |
| 6 | Surely you realised I would hardly be here but for some catastrophe . |
| 7 | As you passed you could hear them murmuring ‘ Ya Allah ! |
| 8 | Now in the same way over the four years when you are in overall control of the Council you suggested that Conservative money , the of council tax to pay for public transport but you never spent all the money on public transport , instead of which you on as you admitted which will be used in other directions but your last budget |
| 9 | If you agreed something might occur which , by and large , would be regarded as natural . |
| 10 | After the show he yelled at the researcher , ‘ You betrayed me — you broke our word , you promised we would n't talk about sex symbols , ’ and left the building . |
| 11 | Oliver said , ‘ We 're going to play sardines , you promised we could play sardines … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But you promised we 'd see red grouse , ’ wailed an insatiable lad . |
| 13 | You promised you 'd take me . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You promised you 'd stay away from him , ’ she scolded . |
| 15 | ‘ You promised you 'd pay me . ’ |
| 16 | You promised you 'd hurt me , that you wanted everything . |
| 17 | And you promised there would be holidays . ’ |
| 18 | I know , dearest , that you could take a holiday this summer — You mentioned it would be possible . |
| 19 | Twenty years ago it was expected that if you trained you would surely be accepted into the membership of your trade union and be given the chance to compete for the roles that were suitable . |
| 20 | If you concentrated you could make them all line up , in 3-D ; and then it would all just collapse and be jiggling spots again . |
| 21 | EP : One possible school would be weekly boarding — if you visited there would be no guarantee . |
| 22 | Then he continued , ‘ I also remember you saying that you believed you would probably never marry again . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ The most glaring one was last night when you tried to appeal to my pragmatic nature by admitting that ‘ it would only be lust ’ — no doubt you imagined we could establish some sort of ‘ adult ’ agreement on the basis of that . ’ |
| 24 | Throughswing By now the ball is flying down the fairway must as you imagined it would . |
| 25 | You assumed I would know to pick it up to like that and I grabbed it like that . |
| 26 | But you assumed I 'd come in answer to your advertisement . |
| 27 | ‘ You assumed I 'd be disgusted , and when I pretended to be you were thrilled . ’ |
| 28 | One minute you discovered you could do a falsetto , the next that there was a reason why a woman had given you a sweet . |
| 29 | you heard they 'd get something for themselves but you heard they 'd get the town something an'all |
| 30 | you heard they 'd get something for themselves but you heard they 'd get the town something an'all |