Example sentences of "you were [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very difficult to design a pressed flower picture on to a background material that has already been printed with a design , and if you were to use a floral fabric it might be hard to spot where your picture stops and the print begins . |
| 2 | ‘ — but then , while I was merely trying to relieve your pain , you were issuing the blatant invitation — ’ |
| 3 | Let's say you were buying a particular stock … ’ |
| 4 | You were wearing a blue gaberdine suit and a white blouse with a pussy bow at the neck . ’ |
| 5 | You might have to show the inspector the stamp to show that you were wearing the correct trousers — every now and then , you had to bring all your uniform in and all your uniform was an awful lot of uniform . |
| 6 | Did n't realize you were bringing the whole thing . |
| 7 | Bernie went up to the singer after the show and said , we thought you were called The Teenage Rebels , yet you 're not teenagers and you 're certainly not rebellious . |
| 8 | The real reason she 'd wanted to leave was the harsh discovery that when you were nursing a broken heart there was nothing more painful than being surrounded by others who were happily in love . |
| 9 | So it 's I mean , let's see , you were getting a thousand pound a month , you 're now gon na get eleven hundred pounds a month , |
| 10 | Now let's say we 've done that we thought there were three people here so you though you were getting a third right . |
| 11 | You 've got , I think you got lost and the reason why you , you were getting yourself erm tied up in the figures and why there was less eye contact was because you were getting a little bit lost with those figures at the top of the page . |
| 12 | If you were taking an approved course of training ( see leaflet NI 125 from your Social Security office ) . |
| 13 | But can can I can I just come back to the point that if you were taking the lowest figure , I mean how realistic is it to assume that you could actually hold to that ? |
| 14 | Those of us who sat on the urban policies committee for a number of years seeing Moat devour and all the stoppages and problems there , knew that you were taking the wrong line . |
| 15 | And that presupposes in that calculation , if you were taking the worst case , that that would all be greenfield land . |
| 16 | He confirmed this impression by asking in tones rank with disbelief , ‘ You mean to tell me you thought you were pursuing a poor man ? ’ |
| 17 | If you were encountering a tyrannical overlord , what would you do ? |
| 18 | You were looking the wrong way ? |
| 19 | But not as many as you would have if you were using the treble clef because you 'd probably end up with a lot of lower this is wha , that is n't a particularly good example really because it has n't given a lot of lower notes but normally you 'd expect to see more notes down on these lines . |
| 20 | you were asked a few questions about the contingency fund , was setting up the contingency fund , had it got any connection at all with the Daily Telegraph article ? |
| 21 | In Israel if you got in debt you made yourself a voluntary slave for six years to the person you owed money to , a form of community service , and then you were set free after six years and your debts cancelled and you were given a new start in life . |
| 22 | AS YOU WERE reading the last issue of Wood News with your feet up and drinking a cup of hot coffee , John Hill , coupling machine operator at Fireater , was running through the cold , wet weather of Great Yarmouth in training for the London marathon . |
| 23 | It 's just slightly off er , the track at the moment , if you were writing a living assurance plan for someone , and they 'd already got a Covermaster plan , |
| 24 | Er , if you were writing a written article , then you may well include references , or sources of information that , that help you write that article . |
| 25 | it 's like writing an essay , you 've got to try and get as mi many things in as you would do when you if you were writing a full essay but instead of writing a paragraph on each thing you write a sentence on each thing try and cover as many bases , then , that 's how you how you get very good marks , it 's not , they are not trying to test your erm your deep knowledge about any one thing in these short answers they are testing the broad , broad venture of your , of your knowledge , alright , so what you want to try and do is to is a blunderbuss approach when you ans you answer these , these questions . |
| 26 | Because of the nature of this sort of book you can afford to let the identity of the murderer become more obvious much earlier than if you were writing the classical blueprint . |
| 27 | Mm I cer certainly think that 's that 's that 's one way of looking at it , but wh wha what about if if you were take a beautiful scene , the sky on Saturday evening was beautiful . |
| 28 | If you were selling the following items , what additional items would you recommend to the customer , in order to increase sales ? |
| 29 | For someone who has never had a panic attack it may be difficult to fully empathize with the client , but it may help if you were to consider the following scenario . |
| 30 | If you were designing the ultimate holiday resort for Club 18–30 , you would copy San Antonio right down to the last bar and grain of sand . |