Example sentences of "you [vb past] not [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must draw to your attention that during a recent survey it was noted that you did not appear to be complying fully with the statutory requirements in that you did not show legibly the price of some goods displayed for sale , namely at your premises . |
| 2 | ‘ Operations in the national interest ’ was a favourite phrase ; good and sharp , and carrying the implication that if you needed to know what the national interest was , you did not deserve to be told . |
| 3 | You did not have to be one — but it helped . |
| 4 | You did not have to be there in person in order to kill by poison ; in fact , you probably tried not to be . |
| 5 | Thirdly , the coach is in the business of picking winners , not his friends , so if you have n't been selected , you have to admit to yourself that perhaps you did n't deserve to be . |
| 6 | Terrible as it sounds , you did n't want to be associated with that deprivation It was a downer You wanted out There was no question of not liking blacks , it was a question of social standing . |
| 7 | Perhaps you only forgot things you did n't want to be there in the first place . |
| 8 | about you that 's secret … ultra-private … as if you did n't want to be known too well . |
| 9 | You did n't want to be in the way when Luke hit the ball . |
| 10 | You wanted to try the drugs before parting with all your money , and you did n't want to be arrested in possession of a works . |
| 11 | And as you said it seemed to be erm the norm that people assumed that if you were pregnant that you did n't want to be and therefore |
| 12 | When you went to the pictures you did n't want to be reminded of the problems that dogged you outside the cinema : jobs , children , money and so forth . |
| 13 | ‘ You did n't ask , you did n't want to be told until Florian convinced you that there 'd never been anything between us . |
| 14 | But it 's self employed and you did n't want to be self employed by what you 've just told me . |
| 15 | ‘ If you did n't want to be part of my ‘ performance ’ , ’ she said sharply , ‘ you should have kept out of it . ’ |
| 16 | But I wish I 'd known you 'd given orders that you did n't want to be moved to hospital . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You did n't want to be in l-love ? ’ she asked shyly . |
| 18 | So , er so you work tomorrow day , so you worked Wednesday and Thursday when you did n't expect to be , but you 're off now ? |
| 19 | ‘ I know you did n't come to be thanked , Gregory , ’ she said , motioning him into the other chair , ‘ but thanked you must be . |
| 20 | You did n't have to be a client or a famous face to be on the receiving end . |
| 21 | You did n't have to be highly professional and experienced like a personnel manager has to be today . |
| 22 | You did n't have to be an angry young man to look around the car industry over the past few weeks and despair of ever hearing any good news . |
| 23 | Sitting behind Eva and Dad in the car , watching their hands constantly fluttering towards each other , you did n't have to be a genius to see they were a couple . |
| 24 | They were narrowly beaten by a four-nation , eight-man team of elite males in Italy in a spectacle that proved you did n't have to be one of the team to enjoy the fun . |
| 25 | which was made up of local towns people , you know , and and er I mean you did n't have to be a a notary in the town to be on this er Co board th th You know you could be one of the riveters you were talking about earlier . |
| 26 | This was the proper enterprise of the loving wife , to defend her man ; the men performed their acts of authority and occupied the seats of visible influence , but you did n't have to be especially keen-eyed to see that behind the card-players and the drinkers , the officials in their pompous uniforms , the clerks with their mounds of bureaucratic forms , the farmers and the peasants , women were standing . |
| 27 | You did n't have to be a genius to work out they were n't from the Lord 's Day Observance Society . |
| 28 | ‘ You did n't seem to be complaining at the time . ’ |
| 29 | Well you did n't seem to be enjoying yourself sitting out there like . |