Example sentences of "you have [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you 'd appeared on a day when I was n't jet-lagged and exasperated by travel delays , I might have reacted less belligerently to your unannounced arrival . |
| 2 | I mean luckily you , you know , you 'd gone on a car , with a car so it 's a matter of throwing everything in the back and just going |
| 3 | Your nanny told me you 'd gone for a walk . |
| 4 | But as of , as of nineteen forty eight forty nine , if you 'd said you 'd gone into a village , right you guys we 're going into socialism , we are gon na create collective farming the peasants would have said no . |
| 5 | For a while there I thought you 'd gone into a coma . |
| 6 | Your analogy would be more accurate if you 'd talked of a mechanic saying he was going to the boot of my car to check the battery , having of course meant to say the bonnet . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyhow , ’ she resumed , having no time then to fathom it , ‘ at first Lubor Ondrus , only out of devilment I 'm sure , seemed surprised that you 'd agreed to an interview . |
| 8 | Though when some seconds later her brain began to function , ‘ So Lubor was n't teasing when he seemed suprised that you 'd agreed to an interview ! |
| 9 | Now stevedore , what did you have to do as a stevedore ? |
| 10 | I also think that erm it 's up to erm us — I mean if you think of us as a whole travel industry — to really take a look at what we are providing and compare it with what is provided in other countries ; the standards of service , how long do you have to wait for a meal when you 're sitting down to eat in a restaurant , what are people used to in France and Germany and the USA ? |
| 11 | What other cargoes would you have to unload as a crane driver ? |
| 12 | and I was thinking where on earth is there a shop in that sells , sells things like that or do you have to go to a garage and I 'd forgotten that that fruit |
| 13 | No longer do you have to go to a bank or stockbroker to deal in shares . |
| 14 | How many guitar changes do you have to make in an evening ? |
| 15 | What do you have to pay for a pair of men 's shoes , for example ? |
| 16 | How much do you have to look after a pond , I mean |
| 17 | Do you have to send off a deposit or anything ? |
| 18 | Would you have to send in a profile ? |
| 19 | In order to test out the connections between the two , try transcribing a conversation you 've overheard on a bus , in a dentist 's waiting-room or round a meal table . |
| 20 | You 've guessed in a way have n't you ? |
| 21 | I do n't know if you 've heard of a guy called Danny Gatton . |
| 22 | ‘ You 've heard of a rain of diamonds ? |
| 23 | And do n't believe all you think you 've heard about a Cobra being undrivable in anything but a straight line either . |
| 24 | ‘ You 've gone to a lot of trouble , ’ he said , opening it out . |
| 25 | You 've gone to a lot of trouble . ’ |
| 26 | Now you 've gone through an alternative yesterday and we know , we ta , we do n't talk what is built in by design , what do we talk about ? |
| 27 | And we 've all been in situations where we 've walked into an area , whether it be , sort of a car park is poorly lit , or you 've gone down a lane that 's perhaps been overgrown by bushes and things like that we generally do n't feel as confident . |
| 28 | Well , you 've written in a article , you say by merely acknowledging our feelings we are less likely to pass them on by osmosis to those who are emotionally bound to us . |
| 29 | I mean at the moment of choice you 're faced with a set of people , including , let's say , one man and one woman , who on paper match each other and who perhaps , even if you 've adjusted for a possibility of the woman 's having to fight and so on , they 're equal on paper . |
| 30 | Once you 've decided on a bathroom suite , the next thing to consider is heating , lighting and ventilation . |