Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] you [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew you would find a way , ’ she said . |
| 2 | I knew you 'd get a first . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought you ought to have a room with a double bed , for when your boyfriend comes to visit you . ’ |
| 4 | Then as her gaze focused unconsciously on the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , she found herself remembering what Silvia had said : ‘ I thought you ought to have a room with a double bed , for when your boyfriend comes to visit you ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought you would enjoy a longer ride on such a lovely night . |
| 6 | I thought you might stand a better chance of winning if there were n't enough votes . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought you might fancy a drink , ’ he said , without preamble . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought you might like a guided tour of the island . |
| 9 | It was just that — well , I thought you might have a special interest in what we found out — ’ |
| 10 | I thought you might need a little help chasing that dog . ’ |
| 11 | I did n't wake you up cos I thought you 'd want a lie in |
| 12 | No point in going to bed , dear , he trilled , I thought you 'd like a cup of tea . |
| 13 | One minute you discovered you could do a falsetto , the next that there was a reason why a woman had given you a sweet . |
| 14 | I should be awfully sorry if you decided you ought to get a job elsewhere where you would be sure of a good future , but I would n't hold it against you . |
| 15 | ‘ She thought you might see a link between the affair and the murder . ’ |
| 16 | That 's what she said , she said you 'll want a |
| 17 | She said you 'd need a little break after all this bother . ’ |
| 18 | So anyway she comes along into the dark pet and she said oh heck she said you must have a power cut along here I ca n't see nothing |
| 19 | Julie Oldfield ( from the MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ) phoned : I have faxed her a copy of Dinamation 's letter for information and confirmed shoot times at 1630 to 1730 on Wednesday ; she was worried about the amount of equipment you might be bringing in 4 vehicles — you said you would have a camera and one light . |
| 20 | Right you you said you 'd prefer a white head rail did n't you ? |
| 21 | ‘ But you said you 'd stay a week , ’ said Perdita in horror . |
| 22 | ‘ You said you 'd read a lot about them . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You said you 'd have a room prepared for me , Nicolo . |
| 24 | He took me out last Sunday and I said as we were driving over to Lavenham , I said an early would be much appreciated , I said I cooked the Sunday Lunch for my lodgers , but I have n't , in fact , had any myself he said you 've got to have a high tea , he said you must have a proper meal and he ordered up salad and a a ham salad and have this and have that and have the other , where as some of them like this chap Gerald who was erm sent me by one of the other agencies the first time we went out he took me to a meal and he obviously felt that quite enough , after that he used to come out to see me after he 'd had his meal meanness , hanging onto money ! |
| 25 | So , because we were in the A A he said you could have a ba , and we had to go to court , we had a summons for court , for careless driving , your dad and your dad said oh so A A said you could have barrister , or our insurers said we could have a barrister our insurers , not the one with we 're with now Norman , he was to do all the , said we could have this barrister and it was at Liverpool Crown Court and , it was n't till a , and I was alright we we just got a bit of a shock , you know , we could drive the home it was the wing and what not . |
| 26 | I have asked a couple of guys at the college you know and one fellow said the tray , oh he said , you can buy this tray from a builders , oh he said you can make a , a cover and I said oh god , make it the same colour as the mat and the er |
| 27 | And I said , what you on about ? , he said if I do , if I do n't pay out two hundred and odd pound now that left for our tickets he said , I 've only hundred and odd come in , he said you can have a drink on the rest ! |