Example sentences of "[conj] you [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 You had to eat everything that was put before you , to sit there alone into the afternoon while the winter dusk drew in and what was on your long cold plate had thickened until you had eaten it all .
2 If you had asked me that question yesterday , or even this morning , I might have found it difficult to answer , ’ said Melissa slowly .
3 If you had told me four years ago that what has happened would happen , I would have expected to have been in pretty poor shape by now .
4 If you 'd seen me five or six years ago , you would n't recognize me now .
5 Well i is n't if you 'd asked me last August when we bought the I would have said probably Radio Brittany or Radio Rouane
6 ‘ It would have been useful if you 'd told me all this at the beginning . ’
7 If you 'd told me all those years ago , I would have grown up with the idea of another mother , perhaps miles away , perhaps just around the corner .
8 If you 'd told me this in the make-up room when you came to have your hair cut , you 'd have saved yourself a needless journey .
9 I mean if if you 'd told you that dad was coming down which
10 Then she insisted , ‘ It was a very kind thing you did … even if you did risk us all getting hung ! ’
11 If you tried to remember them all as just these equations , you 'd be very easily getting confused about which one was which and you 'll just get your head cluttered with all sorts of stuff and so that way something that you know , something you can bring it back to .
12 Blimey well you could have them on your A speakers and then have yours , just play your surrounds could n't ya if you wanted to do it that way if you want really
13 I ca n't find nothing here , except a couple of old spuds , and they ai n't no good cos you got to cook them first .
14 ‘ Maybe I fully intended to tell you , but you 'd made me furious by lunching with my secretary — jealousy again of course , ’ he inserted ‘ and then spent some of the mealtime telling me of it .
15 Wearing hankies in the ends of your boots because you 'd bought them 2 sizes too big , and they were still floppy , with those grey flecked Millets hiking socks on !
16 ‘ Did Capron ask you straight whether you 'd given me any help ? ’
17 ‘ Where was all that kindness , courtesy , and respect when you tried to seduce me last night ? ’ she demanded , glaring at him .
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