Example sentences of "it [vb past] [conj] you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know some people say it takes time , but I think if you spend a year producing a lamb it is nice to see it sold and you do the best you can for it . |
| 2 | Heating the water , well it heated if you 'd the fire on it heated the water and then you 'd take a couple of buckets out into the bath , plug a couple of buckets in . |
| 3 | It helped if you got caught to know as little as possible . |
| 4 | To qualify as a model foster parent you had to be at the wealthier level of the middle class , with an already established family ; it helped if you lived in the country ( away from urban enticements ) , spoke a little German , and could tolerate moody children who suffered bouts of depression and were inclined to long silences . |
| 5 | In the 1950s , as in the inter-war years , it seemed that you had to choose between socialism and economic internationalism . |
| 6 | ‘ Let us say , ’ she replied quietly , ‘ that it happened as you described . |
| 7 | And that 's how it happened and you know some were n't prepared to s stay there on the gate an watch that nobody do n't go in it er . |
| 8 | She went on , ‘ Mother used to say it was so rude to keep people waiting , because it implied that you thought your time was more precious than theirs . ’ |
| 9 | And then you you used to have a blow lamp to heat it up and after that you you erm put it on half compression and you were turning one of the big flywheels round until it it started and you had to keep the blowlamp on it . |
| 10 | Yes I think that over the course of our married life we had a number of moves for various reasons , generally to improve the accommodation , erm as standard of life increased so the desire to have a better house to live in or rather in those days a house was out of the question , we generally had rooms in a house , erm , they , the flat for instance that we were bombed out from was a basement flat , erm according to the estate agents it was a garden flat , erm and it meant that you had access to the front garden and the back garden , but as for being a garden flat it was below the level of the garden in the front and at the back it was on the level with the erm green grass at the back of the house , it was also along side of the trolley bus depot , so there it was considerably noisy , nevertheless it was a self contained flat , the first one we 'd had , no the second one we 'd had and we were perfectly happy there although of course it did have minor difficulties , the fact that you used the front door with people who had flats on the other remaining three floors , but nevertheless it did involve you in a certain amount of community living , you were aware of your neighbours , you had to be very conscious of them and they were very conscious of you . |
| 11 | ‘ I know it meant that you did n't see your father but — ’ |
| 12 | The next time you start your machine it will still show the lag or lead that it did before you tried to correct it . |
| 13 | At first I would not even consider it but it fills her days , or at least it did until you arrived with your friend . |
| 14 | There is nothing more frustrating than finding that you ca n't make your hair look the way it did when you left the salon . ’ |
| 15 | So you 'd say that as a b er as a result of that it did it did er so it did When you say it served its purpose , it did improve the image ? |
| 16 | In the chemistry I did you seem to me to be terribly empirical , you had an inorganic substance and you had to learn absolute by heart what it did if you put it in water and you heated it and you did this that and the other . |
| 17 | I was reading my instructions though and it said before you start pressing knobs |