Example sentences of "you were [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ye were in that room alone with her . |
| 2 | Well , if you were to sort of pop off , I 'd go on being a countess , would n't I ? |
| 3 | ‘ There 's been one thing understood between us for years and that was that you were to be discreet . |
| 4 | Even if someone were to leave the Department , or drop dead-even if you were to , what 's the expression , take out a contract on one of us ’ — he laughs to show that this is a joke , displaying a number of chipped and discoloured teeth , set in his gums at odd angles , like tombstones in a neglected churchyard — ‘ even then , I very much doubt whether we should get a replacement . |
| 5 | Could you tell me what is the policy of your party on this matter and if you were to be elected to power at the next election what would your party do ? |
| 6 | If you were to script this sequence , these are the size descriptions that you would write down against each of the shots . |
| 7 | You may wish to have a different choice of fish , but the set up should still be the same if you were to chose something like a couple of Siamese Tiger fish ( Datnoides microlepsis ) for the upper swimming layers ( see July 1992 issue of PFK ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , it might be interesting if someone like you were to nose around INCUBUS headquarters in Helsinki , ask some questions . |
| 9 | Use a little star to indicate which is the asymmetric centre which kiral centre and all it means is that if you were to dra , if you had a a kiral molecule in other words , it had four different groups attached to it what it means is that it and it 's mirror image , this is the way you actually draw it and answer the questions you draw you draw it as if there was a mirror image . |
| 10 | If you were to be talking in a discussion group on television , or writing an article for a widely read magazine , such a statement would then be quite unacceptable . |
| 11 | The closer you were to it , the stronger the force . |
| 12 | It went quicker the closer you were to a clock . |
| 13 | Who time should go faster the closer you were to a clock , they did n't know , and none of the castle 's waiters and attendants had any explanation either . |
| 14 | Added to this was the fact that the clocks themselves were so erratic ; every so often they slowed down , so that time went more slowly the closer you were to them . |
| 15 | Mother always emphasizes what a special friend you were to her too . |
| 16 | You are obliged by law to inform your local water company in writing at least five working days before making certain alterations or additions to your plumbing system ; there would be stiff penalties if you were to be convicted of a contravention of the water bye-laws . |
| 17 | He 's told me what a deadweight you were to him . |
| 18 | Well for the first six months , if you were to be taken seriously ill you would |
| 19 | The telephone rang at 8a.m. this morning to alert me to the fact that you were to be broadcasting on Radio 4 … 't was a friend of mine to whom I had mentioned your future plans … |
| 20 | And the last aspect of this sir is if you were to erm have a strategic site policy which as I was alluded to in my opening remarks , really is a chance for the planning system to catch up with what is actually happening in this county . |
| 21 | Fond , in Jay 's book , was what you were of plants , distant and cute nieces and nephews , fond was a rice-pudding emotion : it feeds , but never satisfies . |
| 22 | Unless you were of ‘ a nervous disposition ’ ( what a lovely genteel phrase that is ) you were unlikely to be distressed by these tales of goodies versus the bad monsters , especially as the goodies always won in the end . |
| 23 | Your working life , for this purpose , is normally considered to be 44 years for a woman and 49 years for a man ( i.e. age 16 until pension age ) , but it may be less if you were of working age but not in insurable employment when the National Insurance Scheme started in 1948 . |
| 24 | I 'm very sorry about your cat , about Melusina , I know how fond you were of her , but giving you compensation is out of the question . |
| 25 | You were of course entirely right . ’ |
| 26 | But you were of my blood , and I had already lost so much- ’ |
| 27 | Whether you were of the left or of the right , for 40 years , you knew which side you were supposed to be on , and there were few ideological dilemmas . |
| 28 | You could , if you were of a mind to , head for the Pennines and finish up on Hadrian 's Wall . |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't know you were into bondage , Blanche . ’ |
| 30 | And I did n't think that you were into playing games . ’ |