Example sentences of "you [vb past] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Windeler went on , ‘ Before your force withdrew , you checked on a number of the valley farms , is that right ? ’ |
| 2 | On the last point that Les makes , I want to ensure him about this ; that when Horton run that boat business , that was a water-based business , it ran on the basis there were floats in the river and you stepped on to the float and you got onto a boat . |
| 3 | I came on a train here today from London in South Africa if you are black and you got on a train it would n't be as comfortable and there would be crowds in it but you would n't know whether you reached the other end because at some station a group of people would get on and shoot you indiscriminately , and get off again leaving that scene of massacre . |
| 4 | If you got into a punch-up in the office , that was the zeitgeist , it was kinda mandatory to be incapable and falling over . |
| 5 | You got into a fight the other night . |
| 6 | It seemed to create that relationship , that tension between the audience and the performers which you got in a theatre , in a music-hall , but not usually in a cinema . |
| 7 | A win or a loss could affect how well you lived for a day or two . |
| 8 | In the country you lived as a social being and at the valuation of others . |
| 9 | Once upon a time you had a dream — that you lived in a world of simple market forces where everything or everybody had a price or value . |
| 10 | Killum or Killom means ‘ at the springs ’ and in a chalky area the presence of surface water is a boon , unless you lived in a house which flooded every time the springs rose . |
| 11 | " But you lived in a brothel , " Jane said , disbelief in her voice , sitting down on the edge of the bed and rubbing vigorously at her hair . |
| 12 | Could you tell me a little bit about when you first moved to Harlow , because it interests me very much the fact , I did n't , I was n't aware that you lived in a , house that was |
| 13 | You know the kind that if you lived in a house which had got an uneven floor when you opened the door the wardrobe falls over towards you . |
| 14 | Perhaps you do n't remember , but you were staying with Helen the year before you qualified as a vet . ’ |
| 15 | because I can remember , and it 's not that long ago for goodness sake , that if you qualified as a nurse , and will probably tell even the same story to an extent , there was no problem about a job , you were a certified nurse , bang . |
| 16 | erm If you were not so much an artist as a technician , you became as a technician interested in what this camera of yours could do , and therefore George Albert Smith , who was primarily I would say a technical man rather than an artist , he was very interested in the trick film . |
| 17 | ‘ You asked for a particular service . |
| 18 | If you asked for a special audit they would probably welcome it , as an indication that the bank was going to great lengths not to put them out of business . " |
| 19 | ‘ You asked for a double room . ’ |
| 20 | At the meeting of the Transportation Committee on 5 October 1992 you asked for a report on bus services in the Kirknewton area . |
| 21 | You asked for a a few , so we did n't know how many you wanted . |
| 22 | Last time you fought against a pile of junk mail to open your front door did you wonder how the bank , catalogue company or film processor got your name and address ? |
| 23 | If we spend up to what you described as a capping level , then I 'm absolutely convinced we will not be capped . |
| 24 | No because you di , you made two , you made two mi , what you did on this one over here you moved into a space first and then jumped . |
| 25 | Old Stevenson would go spare if he knew , and I 'm not certain whether he 'd try and get me moved as a danger to junior staff , or you moved as a wicked woman . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'd have to signal in advance which issues you regarded as a matter of confidence — for instance , the Tories might have a crack at coal privatisation but might not want to go to the country on it if they failed . ’ |
| 27 | And er I used to go myself quite a lot er when there were well when there were more than one coming up I 've seen me go into , down in the pullman train from here to er , well we had about five changes I think , fat father had it all marked out so as you changed at a certain place . |
| 28 | Ninety degrees is that nice square angle you found on a |
| 29 | Above all I do n't want to worry you : I 'd feel like hell on earth if you crashed on a mission and I thought it might be my fault , even to the tiniest degree . |
| 30 | ‘ You dropped like a felled ox . ’ |