Example sentences of "[vb past] you [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Which indicates , ’ Naylor Massingham went on , waiting no longer for her to answer , ‘ that the person who assaulted you must be someone quite high up . ’ |
| 2 | –The foreman promised you 'd be here . |
| 3 | Granted you may be advertising to a sector of the market which does not have a university degree or even two GCSEs , you still have to recognize that few of them are illiterate morons . |
| 4 | ‘ You clearly are n't in a fit state to drive , but I assumed you 'd be stubborn about it . ’ |
| 5 | I could n't see your car parked anywhere so assumed you must be out . |
| 6 | You mean the son who deserted you when he realised you might be a burden on him ? |
| 7 | ‘ I guessed you 'd be here , Barbara . |
| 8 | ‘ When I discovered you 'd be accompanying him to Margrida 's lunch party , I decided that the only way I could handle it was by avoiding you . ’ |
| 9 | From the information collected you should be able to get a picture of the typical … |
| 10 | Every Sunday we went to Mass and prayed you 'd be released . |
| 11 | ‘ I figured you might be . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I know you did n't come to be thanked , Gregory , ’ she said , motioning him into the other chair , ‘ but thanked you must be . |
| 13 | I decided you must be hard , self-seeking , ambitious to the point of ruthlessness , and immoral to boot . ’ |
| 14 | He peered at the menu displayed with accompanying admiring press comment outside the Trattoria San Giorgio , and decided you 'd be lucky to get out of there under £20 a head . |
| 15 | Well if you died you 'd be dead . |
| 16 | Lucy giggled as she added , ‘ She feared you might be living in sin . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We missed you at lunch today … we understood you might be joining us . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I knew you would be . |
| 19 | I knew you would be James because he said his brother 's name and , I know it 's Keith , it must be James |
| 20 | " I knew you must be watching , " she said . |
| 21 | I knew you could be trusted . ’ |
| 22 | I says well I never knew you could be overtired she says oh yes you can . |
| 23 | I knew you 'd be delighted to hear that . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Knew you 'd be here , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ I did ask to sit next to you , ’ Erica remarked , as if reading my thoughts as I sat down , ‘ once I knew you 'd be here . ’ |
| 26 | I knew you 'd be angry . |
| 27 | I knew you 'd be here . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Ma petite Opal , I knew you 'd be a scrupulous Hero 's Muse . |
| 29 | After I saw the furnishings in your house I just knew you 'd be a fat bastard . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I knew you 'd be back , ’ she crowed . |