Example sentences of "that you [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madame was our constant ; against the fact that she never changed her style or her outfit ( it was always the same dress , every night ) you could measure the changes in all the other faces and bodies that you spent the night scrutinising — faces subtly altered by a recent bitterness or passion , a body sagging under the pressure of losing a partner or made alert by the proximity of a new or potential one . |
| 2 | ‘ You did not tell me , Master , that you spent the night down here in the hall playing cat's-cradle with Mistress Rachel ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ That you spent the night on the tiles ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ That you spent the night without the pleasure of my company was my decision , not yours . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm doubly grateful that you spent the time with me , Jenna , dear , when you were probably pining to get back to your fiancé . ’ |
| 6 | If so , this may mean that you applied the strapping ; too tightly . |
| 7 | I was surprised to see that you applied the term , ‘ The real McCoy ’ to a picture ( 15 March ) of the village of Pennan , Aberdeenshire , and not the original native term , ‘ The real Mackay ’ . |
| 8 | see what happened is , I came over and he says , you know I 've told this lady that you saw the man standing beside her and she went she sort of , she described him , apparently he was very tall which |
| 9 | It was only when you looked at their faces that you saw the difference in both age and expression : Harry 's face was round , his eyes merry , while Joe 's features inclined to length and his grey eyes , which at times seemed colourless , had in their depths a touch of melancholy that had deepened with the years . |
| 10 | You had to show that you understood the suffering , knew the price it exacted , as a fellow human being , before you even thought of bringing Christ into it . |
| 11 | Honestly , David , I 've doubted in the past that you knew the meaning of the word — now I 'm sure of it ! ’ |
| 12 | Er have you noticed that you felt the winter colder this year than usual ? |
| 13 | ‘ What pains me is that you took the opportunity when I was sick unto death to steal Prince Edward 's heart from me , ’ she said to Joan , having informed her of the plan . |
| 14 | And their dates of birth and the day that you took the photo and where it was . |
| 15 | And was it off this one central chamber that you took the tank chambers round ? |
| 16 | But the fact that you took the trouble to ‘ phone is a point strongly in your favour … |
| 17 | The bulk of the drawing rules were such that you got the pin diameter plus you know , their size pads and all this and stuff . |
| 18 | That guy that you got the Datsun off . |
| 19 | Erm I thought that you lost er I thought that you 'd forgotten about your referrals but you did actually come back to them erm and I 'm not quite sure whether you actually tackled all of ANNA , I know that you got the authority , I 'm not qu |
| 20 | The reasons towards this sh erm the reason why that you had the rise in er absolute egalitarianism was that the Communist Party thought that they 'd be able to keep the speed up for the process of land reform . |
| 21 | Is that the one that you had the problem with ? |
| 22 | That was the one that you had the problem with last week was n't it ? |
| 23 | I do believe that if you spend under it , you will be told that you had the money er , for the services and so there 's no use coming back and er , and making representations . |
| 24 | The reason it 's come out in this way is that you had the debate on the er original proposals for this extra money which did n't go as was recommended er and you made a decision on that and then later in the agenda , and I ca n't find the , the exact point now but you had a discussion and a suggestion was made and agreed that if there was any money left over investigations should be made and that the surveyor should give erm consideration Madam Chairman to using any of that , perhaps for a camera , and that was agreed , and it is noted somewhere , and that 's what Mr has done . |
| 25 | Before that you had the option of paying additional contributions to cover previous service so you will no doubt know if you actually took took up that option . |
| 26 | but I say , I said to her that you , you 'd said that you had the biopsy within , you 'd know the results within forty eight hours , but she said oh no |
| 27 | I AM a new member of Amnesty International , and read with interest the letters of criticism ( AMNESTY June/July ) about your appeal envelope — I 'm glad that you had the courage to print such obviously justified disapproval . |
| 28 | If there were only two men , the best tactic would be to flatten the leader with a surprise attack , before turning on his demoralized friend , assuming that you had the power and speed to do that . |
| 29 | Now you 're you 're telling us that you left the pit and you bought a lorry so could |
| 30 | ‘ You — you mean to tell me that you left the area to come to our aid ? ’ |