Example sentences of "you [vb past] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Because I am a very poor man you made me accept a figure like six million lire ( £2,500 ) .
2 When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change .
3 You asked me to send a reminder so you could arrange for the stone cross to be cleaned before Remembrance Sunday in November .
4 ‘ Now look here , ’ said Otley , ‘ you asked me to have a bite with you and that venison does smell good . ’
5 I see from my files that you asked us to reserve a copy of the OALDCE 3/e computer tape for your the University of Edinburgh .
6 You prepared me to lead a family on a long journey .
7 I you may memory , you added he had a hand gun that 's what she told you ?
8 ‘ I suppose all the months I was up North you reckoned I had a chef along with me , ’ snarled Boyd .
9 Which surprised me , because you implied you had a headache .
10 Not a serious rival , of course , but you knew she spent a lot of time with me , and part of you resented that .
11 There , you knew you had a night visitor when he was sitting beside you .
12 You thought you saw a figure entering the front door of the Rectory . ’
13 And if you thought you had a fight last year over bi-annual congresses , you wait until you try and do anything that will affect our structure in the future .
14 You saw it coming a mile off .
15 What did you Did you have a word for grease ?
16 No , they 're so similar you know , seven forty nine altogether please thank you did you get a handle to go with that one ?
17 Oh I thought you said he had a fag and he set off the alarm .
18 Shelley said , ‘ I thought you said you had a clinic today ?
19 ‘ I thought you said you had a lot of respect for him as a reporter ? ’
20 and you said you had a letter .
21 You said you wanted a fight , ’ Patsy replied , circling round his enraged brother .
22 Ashington 's not in the bathroom , come on , downstairs please , Bryony while we 're up here lets you go to the loo , you might as well , look when your upstairs already , you said you needed a wee so you might as well go now while we 're upstairs
23 if you said I made a suggestion , what sort of word would that be ?
24 If you wanted somebody to set a bomb on the Swazi rail line , then Dirk would do the job .
25 ‘ And I suppose that you will inform me that you instructed her to drink a cup with you , as well , ’ said Matey drily .
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