Example sentences of "you [vb past] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 As you passed you could hear them murmuring ‘ Ya Allah !
2 If you agreed something might occur which , by and large , would be regarded as natural .
3 You promised you 'd hurt me , that you wanted everything .
4 You promised you 'd pay me . ’
5 You promised you 'd take me . ’
6 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 .
7 you heard they 'd get something for themselves but you heard they 'd get the town something an'all
8 And there if you went you could see them :
9 The unknown artist had painted the fur with such a delicate brush you felt you might stroke it .
10 ‘ I suppose it was because you had such respect for him that you felt you could leave him in charge of the boarders tonight ? ’
11 He was so full of life , it was — well , you felt you could light your cigarette off him . ’
12 As a chemist , is there anything that you would really like to know , something you 'd really like to discover , something that if you knew you could feel you could do a whole lot more chemistry ?
13 You knew I 'd recognize you straight away . ’
14 You took my youth , my innocence — everything I had ! — and then you flung me aside when you knew I could give you nothing … and you left me nothing ! ’
15 If he said he would defend the pound , you knew he would do it or bust .
16 You thought it would stop us as good as they did .
17 Do n't come out as much you thought it would did it ?
18 ‘ I think you 'd lie to St Peter , ’ she retorted evenly , ‘ if you thought you might get something out of it . ’
19 ‘ And if you thought you could pin it on me , you 'd have had me cautioned and the bracelets on by now , ’ I said bravely .
20 ‘ It means , ’ she said coldly , ‘ that you asked me to stay with Anna because you thought you could seduce me . ’
21 I have , I 'd get you a pair if you thought you 'd wear them .
22 You thought I 'd set you up , because I 'd told you Newley was back in London .
23 From his own mouth they understood that , regardless of ethnic or regional or age identity , they would have to surrender nothing in order to gain a great deal : that alliance need not produce merger or submergence , that even racist habits of mind became beside the point — you could vote for ‘ the nigger ’ not because you wanted a Black man in your family but because you thought he might save your family farm .
24 Cos you thought he could do it , you were wrong .
25 ‘ If you did it would drive you crazy . ’
26 ‘ But if you did you 'd have someone to help with your problems !
27 If you did you will get your reward now .
28 ‘ No , but if you had they would suit you .
29 When you said they used to carry it away , to stack it , on dock .
30 So you said we 'll have it in all week ?
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