Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Maybe it was n't you who rode the winner but — yes , that 's it , the winner rode you . ’ |
| 2 | Antagonism got you nowhere . |
| 3 | If the lowdown on Vera Lynn 's recent successes at her local tennis club or Joe Loss ' new sailboat got you salivating , then these were the columns for you . |
| 4 | Money and talk of money got you attention . |
| 5 | Mum got you into trouble all right with me , did n't she ? |
| 6 | You , Save The Children Fund volunteers , are determined not to let the recession beat you . |
| 7 | ‘ The driver found you all right ? |
| 8 | In stuffy Sydney , modern jazz made you feel liberated , or better yet , ‘ hip ’ — possessing , as the film says , ‘ esoteric knowledge not shared by the mainstream . ’ |
| 9 | Oh you are okay fine good got you . |
| 10 | Investment in soccer offered a sense of self-importance and pride at running an organization around which so much local interest was centred ; the club made you ‘ someone ’ in the town , a big fish in a small pool . |
| 11 | Only kindness stopped you saying |
| 12 | But , of course you did n't , you did n't have the time to do a lot in the muddy light beat you . |
| 13 | Supposing that ‘ worst ’ were to occur — you missed that promotion , your lover rejected you , you failed to sell your house — what would be the ensuing results and how would you deal with them ? |
| 14 | ‘ My agent told you about the remuneration ? ’ |
| 15 | If he has been known at all to movie-goers thus far , it 's been as Spike Lee 's cinematographer : even when Lee 's brashness caused you to squirm in your seat , you still have something pretty marvellous to look at , and that 's Ernest Dickerson 's work . |
| 16 | Er the butty paid you , you see , out of his tin , what he thought fit and he gave me ten shillings for the first one I done , first day I done , and I told me Dad when I got home , he says , Ten shillings ? |
| 17 | The flashy gear turned you , however unwillingly , into a sort of pied piper of Western materialism . |
| 18 | When the car hit you ? ’ |
| 19 | Only last week a scorpion stung you . |
| 20 | But if you asked me how a motor car worked you would think me somewhat pompous if I answered in terms of Newton 's laws and the laws of thermodynamics , and downright obscurantist if I answered in terms of fundamental particles . |
| 21 | As you marched past it , the force pulled you towards the rock . |
| 22 | But if a young fella started you know , he could n't d eat you know for a while long time . |
| 23 | How the Echo brought you first news of the Turkish interest in Rosenthal yesterday . |
| 24 | Yeah , having some dinner , well we did n't have any did we , cos mummy took you to the pictures with nanny |
| 25 | As usual , the sound of the shooting gave you no clear picture of what was happening ; the bursts , however heavy , and the ragged , irregular intervals between them were quite meaningless . |
| 26 | Encouraged , he went on , ‘ The President introduced you as his granddaughter but he did n't give you a name . ’ |
| 27 | What boat did you think it was ? |
| 28 | Andrew-wa , I did n't know we had anyone called Andrew-wa did you ? |
| 29 | put that to one side did you ? |
| 30 | Even if a band that I liked did this , I 'm sure that it would not make me gay ( And even if the power of rock introduced you to the delights of homosexuality , who cares , eh ? |