Example sentences of "[subord] you were [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once you were qualified for the job you could n't put a stranger on you had to ta teach that stranger a job . |
| 2 | Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’ |
| 3 | Well , if you were looking for the qualities Elinor had displayed in their years together , you could probably only have done better by marrying a man-eating tiger . |
| 4 | If you were preparing for the paper to which the above chart refers , it would obviously be very foolish to enter the examination without a very full understanding of topics 1a , 4 and 5 ( six years out of seven ) , but it would be equally foolish to assume that you need pay no attention to 11 ( two years out of seven ) . |
| 5 | Mrs Darling , what was going through your mind when you were waiting for the verdict ? |