Example sentences of "you [vb past] see the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You would n't think it so unexpected if you 'd seen the first nightclub I bought . ’ |
| 2 | so that 's English , and I 've got ta get , er he reckons he 'll get a B grade for the er lit , but I was so cheesed off with that erm piece I got today , thirty five and thirty five , one mark off being er an A , he put at the bottom aargh , if only you 'd seen the lousy ending , cos he said if I 'd got the , an extra couple of sentences it er would of been forty eight , forty , so that 's , so annoying , but I 've now got ta write an informal letter , I do n't know how that comes under informal letter |
| 3 | ‘ You would n't say that if you 'd seen the old Zambia in action , ’ Leila said , pulling a sour face . |
| 4 | You were glad when someone suggested that the butter or the jam should be cut up into rations even though you did see the hard selfishness in his eyes as he said it and felt sick because you knew that normally he was neither hard nor selfish . |
| 5 | If you had seen the young girl who was apparently in the bed what would you have done ? |