Example sentences of "[vb past] you [prep] [art] [noun sg] " 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 They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter .
8 Mrs I excluded you from the speech after you asked the question
9 ‘ 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 .
10 ‘ I 've been asking around about Werner , who interviewed you about the accident .
11 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 .
12 By the way , I 'm sorry if I dropped you in the soup just now . ’
13 ‘ Your partner probably recognised you as the innocent you are — and tried to take advantage of the fact .
14 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 .
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 And er what attracted you to the job , did you know somebody that worked here ?
17 And what first attracted you to the job ?
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 Dr Phillips told you of the zombis he has been studying , I take it ? ’
21 I told you at the beginning how it would be .
22 Christ Almighty , I told you at the time , did n't I ?
23 I told you at the time to stick out and then she would have to get a housekeeper in .
24 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 .
25 I think my husband told you on the phone that buying the house over here was my idea .
26 ‘ You heard it could be murder ? — yes , I told you on the phone .
27 But I told you on the phone did n't I , it rained and
28 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 .
29 Some of them had to walk because you they they could n't take them in in in any conveyance at all because er it was over what they call the viaducts , you know and the big rushes and reeds , I told you about a chap hitting them did n't I ?
30 I know sa so if you get mine what , I told you about the blind as they go , do n't pull them up when they 're wet .
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