Example sentences of "you had [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Once you had served a few years , you might come to detest the job , but you committed yourself to the future . |
2 | If you had written a full answer to each question , how could you have rearranged the word order to draw attention to the most important word or words ? |
3 | In the example invented , you would have been on much safer ground if you had written a precise account , as follows . |
4 | You had to pee a few times a day to survive . |
5 | For example , if one evening you had planned a three-egg omelette filled with cheese and accompanied by peas or baked beans , why not use only two eggs , half the quantity of cheese , but more peas or beans ; you could add a slice of wholemeal bread too . |
6 | If you had to give a phoney address , could n't you at least have picked something that did n't have a remote basis in reality ? |
7 | During the time that I was at MainMan , David had become more and more removed from us , but I figured that that was because he was so busy and that was the way it was when you had become a big star . |
8 | Erm just the same as if you had had a good nights sleep . |
9 | " … giving him the impression , as indeed it would to anyone who did not know the district , that you had secured a well-appointed house or flat in Chelsea , at a very reasonable figure ? " |
10 | It all made sense , the relationship between non-Aristotelian logic and the banality of the American way of life : you had to take a detached view of the culture ; you were n't in love with it and you did n't hate it . |
11 | ‘ No doubt if you had made a speedier recovery , I might not have enjoyed such a free hand ; but then , your illness was prolonged by your feverish attack of conscience with regard to your precious daughter ! |
12 | Finally , remember that you had to put a considerable amount of effort into learning the skills that you have today . |
13 | I was delighted to see you had chosen a young man and woman with Down 's Syndrome to model shirts in the Spring 1991 catalogue . |
14 | Er if , if you , if you had , you had to dig a little hole in , in the , in the , by the wall on the , on the pavement like that to hold about sixty four marbles say , and you 'd start off and say , give or give or take give or take as a lawyer , I used to have four marbles , and whoever was taken that was a lawyer of four marbles , I do n't know why . |
15 | ‘ I would consider it my duty to remain at the salon until you had found a suitable replacement for me , ’ she said primly . |
16 | You had to make a tiny hole to push it through — I 've seen men reported for using them — making a hole in their uniform . |
17 | … And at times in retrospect you wish you had taken a certain stat , because it turns out that the whole thing has boiled up , completely beyond what you know it to be , but it 's become political and the authority is being attacked and the chiefs ca n't defend it and say , ‘ OK . |
18 | He had always found that once you knew where you were wrong , then you had taken a great step towards being right . |
19 | Your arm was broken , and you had had a terrible bang on the head . |
20 | Well I thought you had to get a certain amount |
21 | She wished she 'd already applied her make-up ; she was still good-looking without it , she knew , but at thirty-eight you had to expect a few flaws . |
22 | The sergeant was chasing you round and if they came round and saw you coming out of a shop , you had to have a good explanation . |
23 | Structured thought which had as its main attributes three themes of course before you had that you had to have a clear objective which helped you to choose what those three themes were , and why why did we choose three as a based on |