Example sentences of "[subord] you [vb past] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In time , I bore his child ; and so you came crying into the world , my son , protesting against life … ’ |
| 2 | And even her clothes , once you had got over the original shock , were part of a long tradition of home-made outfits dating back to her days at the Mother Theresa Convent , South Wimbledon . |
| 3 | erm if you had to go on the road it would have been different . |
| 4 | If you had to walk into the lion 's den , better have someone on your side . |
| 5 | Marlow himself , listening to Jim 's confused , hesitant version of the affair as the court-martial proceeds , realises that ‘ with every instant he was penetrating deeper into the impossible world of romantic achievements ’ and cuts across the young man 's evident yearning to make some heroic restitution by the blunt reminder , ‘ If you had stuck to the ship , you mean ! ’ |
| 6 | How much extra would it cost you if you had to pay for the additional choc ices ? |
| 7 | On one occasion the door to his bedroom was left open and if you had passed along the corridor you could have caught a glimpse of the Collector , slumped on his bed , haggard and ginger-whiskered , the very picture of despair . |
| 8 | ‘ If you got rid of the hereditary right to vote you would lose 85 per cent of the problems . |
| 9 | Well again er I would say conditions were were terrible as far as I was concerned , er a as far as tea breaks and what have you were concerned , you did n't have any what we would call official tea breaks , you simply took your chances and made a cup of tea and hid behind a bulkhead or whatever to drink this , er if you got caught by the foreman or the manager or somebody , then you were more or less bagged on the spot . |
| 10 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 11 | What else where where else can you say it if you wanted to talk about the exclusivity of . |
| 12 | She says the worst thing she can remember was the outside loo and having to get out a lantern if you wanted to go in the night and go out there with all the cobwebs and strange shadows . |
| 13 | If you wanted to join in the fun , it was essential to find something to beat with a stick — an old tin tray , an empty box or tin , even a piece of plywood — the instruments were legion — no matter as long as they created noise . |
| 14 | Maintaining initial capital intact would be useless if you wanted to remain in the same business . |
| 15 | So what happened if you wanted to pop to the loo ? |
| 16 | What happened if you wanted to pop to the loo ? |
| 17 | Because you had to put in the level plugs for them to keep the level and the centre lines to keep the centre . |
| 18 | So if it peaks two years before you plan to cash in , you do not lose because you had to wait for the money . |
| 19 | If anything went wrong in any part of the world he always said " That 's because you got rid of the little man " . |
| 20 | Mind you , there 's been a great pause on it while you went to see to the baby . |
| 21 | And I said oh when was that and she said just after you 'd gone to the bank and I said oh I 've just spoken to him . |
| 22 | After you 'd knocked off the highest and lowest assessments of the five judges , three scores still counted . |
| 23 | ‘ And when did you start to love me then , after you 'd got over the shock of my bikini , that is ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You noticed a lot before you ran screaming down the corridor , ’ said Thomas spitefully . |
| 25 | If you spotted a smart black-and-white magpie in a field , that was certainly one , but if , when you 'd walked into the next field , you saw another , was that two or another one ? |
| 26 | It really went to show that God was good ; when you 'd paid for the things you did and you were really sorry , He gave you something good to make it up to you . |
| 27 | There , climbing a tree , you ruined your frock and dropped the letter , which a stranger read and tore so badly that when you did get to the post it was n't fit to send . |
| 28 | She said , ‘ I 'm sorry if I got in the way just now , when you wanted to talk about the vineyard . ’ |
| 29 | Years ago when you wanted to get to the heath from a stable that was maybe , the Cambridge side of Newmarket |
| 30 | Ask them : What was the most surprising thing that happened to you when you started working on the buses/in the shop/in the hospital/in the school ? |