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 Now stevedore , what did you have to do as a stevedore ?
8 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 ?
9 What other cargoes would you have to unload as a crane driver ?
10 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
11 No longer do you have to go to a bank or stockbroker to deal in shares .
12 What do you have to pay for a pair of men 's shoes , for example ?
13 How much do you have to look after a pond , I mean
14 Do you have to send off a deposit or anything ?
15 Would you have to send in a profile ?
16 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 .
17 You 've guessed in a way have n't you ?
18 I do n't know if you 've heard of a guy called Danny Gatton .
19 You 've heard of a rain of diamonds ?
20 And do n't believe all you think you 've heard about a Cobra being undrivable in anything but a straight line either .
21 You 've gone to a lot of trouble , ’ he said , opening it out .
22 You 've gone to a lot of trouble . ’
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 Once you 've decided on a bathroom suite , the next thing to consider is heating , lighting and ventilation .
27 Once you 've decided on a route and how your going to tackle it , the last factor in the equation is when to go .
28 Once you 've decided on a specification , create a shortlist of machines and check out the reviews .
29 Once you 've decided on a specification , create a shortlist of machines and check out the reviews .
30 Well , in the definition that we heard , it tends to be associated with , with trying to rid your body of the food that you 've consumed during a binge .
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