Example sentences of "[vb past] you [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your father did the right thing by you did n't he , he helped you over the court case . |
| 2 | When you went to the pictures you did n't want to be reminded of the problems that dogged you outside the cinema : jobs , children , money and so forth . |
| 3 | Although , from time to time , some of our colleagues on the shop floor who ran into difficulties you know , er sometimes described you as a tool of management , er which was to say the least you know , er entirely untrue . |
| 4 | ‘ Caught you on the hop this morning ! ’ said Postie . |
| 5 | ‘ Because he regarded you as a rival , both on the tracks and off , and by claiming paternity he was claiming he 'd made love to me first , before you , and so was claiming the superior position . ’ |
| 6 | He regarded you as an opponent whom he was determined to get the better of , in whichever way he could . ’ |
| 7 | I mentioned you among the people she should contact , simply that . |
| 8 | They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter . |
| 9 | Mrs I excluded you from the speech after you asked the question |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Fernie , Detective-Constable Edwards who interviewed you on the morning after Mrs Connon was killed , said in his very comprehensive report that you had noticed the police arrive the previous night . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been asking around about Werner , who interviewed you about the accident . |
| 12 | What we 've got for the first time I suspect , since any of you joined this company and you take the experience over there as well , is that the time you spend two days together , and actually find out what it is that makes you go and I do n't suppose that happens often , , dropped you off the boat together for more than two hours at a time . |
| 13 | By the way , I 'm sorry if I dropped you in the soup just now . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Your partner probably recognised you as the innocent you are — and tried to take advantage of the fact . |
| 15 | If the drug which you took is known to cause foetal damage , then it would appear that the doctor who advised you at the hospital has been negligent . |
| 16 | If the drug which you took is known to cause foetal damage , then it would appear that the doctor who advised you at the hospital has been negligent . |
| 17 | And er what attracted you to the job , did you know somebody that worked here ? |
| 18 | And what first attracted you to the job ? |
| 19 | When I first started to explore Scotland by train , there were long spacious carriages , first and second class , with a restaurant and buffet , a guard 's van where bikes could be carried free of charge , and a service that transported you to the Highlands through snow drifts that would bury a car . |
| 20 | That bit I put in about knowing if we were being followed when I drove you to the station will stop them trying to do just that , will keep them away from here . |
| 21 | Here , in sequence , are quotations from Helen 's letters to Janet Aldis : Do you remember Janet ? , when I saw you last I told you of a plan I had made , regarding the boy who father is taking up , and who writes Nature sketches . |
| 22 | Dr Phillips told you of the zombis he has been studying , I take it ? ’ |
| 23 | I told you at the beginning how it would be . |
| 24 | Christ Almighty , I told you at the time , did n't I ? |
| 25 | I told you at the time to stick out and then she would have to get a housekeeper in . |
| 26 | You were told at the time you did , and Councillor told you at the time that th it was totally inadequate was the children 's budget , so how can you expect more money from the Government when your sense of priorities is so blatantly wrong on the money that you 're already handling . |
| 27 | I think my husband told you on the phone that buying the house over here was my idea . |
| 28 | ‘ You heard it could be murder ? — yes , I told you on the phone . |
| 29 | But I told you on the phone did n't I , it rained and |
| 30 | Sally-Anne was by now in full flow , and when she paused for breath Dr Neil said , as drily as he could , ‘ I will only say to you what I told you on the day when you arrived here : it is useless to take the world 's burdens on your shoulders . |