Example sentences of "[verb] you were [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you did n't look up too much , and avoided the fourth side with its terribly huge views across the countryside , you could almost believe you were back in the Store . |
| 2 | ‘ Only to an expert in family relationships — and I know you were away for the weekend ! ’ |
| 3 | I know you were n't in the War Cabinet , the small group that ran it operationally , but you were in the full Cabinet . |
| 4 | Inevitably , months later , some actor will hiss , ‘ Heard you were in for the first half the other night , ’ prompting instant fabrication of husband having a miscarriage and mad cow disease in row F ) . |
| 5 | We knew you were somewhere upon the Aletschhorn , but not exactly where . |
| 6 | As far as I knew you were still in the study . ’ |
| 7 | I thought you were up with the latest fashions . |
| 8 | I was only teasing you because I thought you were just like the rest of them . |
| 9 | " We thought you were away for the week-end , " she said . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought you were out with the others . ’ |
| 11 | " I wish you were really at the bottom of Foxton Mire , or burning in the fires of Hell . |