Example sentences of "[vb past] you [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kathleen Woodward 's mother of the 1890s was the one I knew : mothers were people who told you how long they were in labour with you , how much you hurt , how hard it was to have you ( " twenty hours with you , " my mother frequently reminded me ) and who told you to accept the impossible contradiction of being both desired and being a burden , and not to complain . |
| 2 | ‘ So what made you desert the sinking ship before the party was over ? |
| 3 | Was this what erm led you to join the Labour Party ? |
| 4 | Legge asked you to record the Fifth Symphony in 1951 and you recorded the last four symphonies between then and the summer of 1955 . |
| 5 | Yesterday , we asked you to name the Hindu God of Love . |
| 6 | Right , I er , I heard you say the right answer , so I was obviously incorrect . |
| 7 | Yes , I heard you , yes , I heard you say the other day , and also did read in the press , where you 've been quoted , Councillor Warby , that you would build various by-passes and no doubt you will be putting , I have n't yet heard any amendments to the capital goal . |
| 8 | Imagine that somehow I knew you regarded the proposed arrangement with distaste . |
| 9 | ‘ Thought you said the other day you felt sick in a Bentley , ’ Aubrey said . |
| 10 | And your father and I thought you did the right thing about David . |
| 11 | I thought you wanted the same approach . |
| 12 | Intact , the collection enabled you to study the entire element of the Cubist style ’ . |
| 13 | Where , where did you go the other day ? . |
| 14 | What did you miss the other day ? |
| 15 | ‘ And did you tell the foreign gentleman that her husband was going mad with jealousy ? ’ |
| 16 | Did you tip the whole bottle on ‘ em ? |
| 17 | Did you lock the back door ? |
| 18 | What , what did you get for the fir , or what did you reckon the first set of claims you decided wanted to be accomplished . |
| 19 | Did you spot the Premier League faces in our back page picture ? |
| 20 | Did you feel the slightest smidgin of arousal later ? ’ |
| 21 | And while we 're on the subject , Rachel , what did you mean the other night when you said the real tragedy for anyone facing up to a handicap was when expected support was withdrawn ? ’ |
| 22 | you didn did you want the original back |
| 23 | yeah , yeah , did you want the spiral binder before ? |
| 24 | So that , what did you make the running total ? |
| 25 | How did you pass the lower guard ? |
| 26 | They go up to Did you do the first part of it ? |
| 27 | A nice enough chap and he was knowledgeable in theory you see , but when it come to the practical experience and the practical doing of the work , he would just say , Well what did you do the last time Jimmy ? |
| 28 | Did you see the Central News before ? |
| 29 | are you able to help this jury with this simple matter , to your knowledge , on this development , on a hundred and thirty eight or so apartments did you see the second addition of this brochure and the third ? , did you personally ever see it ? |
| 30 | All he said was , ‘ Did you see the Georgian State Dancers ? ’ |