Example sentences of "you [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 2 | And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |
| 3 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought you were taking me to the police station . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 6 | And you got the odd look but it was n't too severe because at least though they had no clothes on at least you were holding them by the waist . |
| 7 | You were congratulating yourselves on the fact earlier , I know . ’ |
| 8 | " You will read this book just as though you had bought it at a bookstall and you were reading it in the ordinary way as a whole . " |
| 9 | I did n't know if you were comparing it at the end . |
| 10 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 11 | ‘ And you were fighting me from the moment we met again . ’ |
| 12 | And then when you were cutting it in the Winter , you could see the the the layers you know . |
| 13 | Now at that stage you were doing it on the telephone were you ? |
| 14 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |