Example sentences of "[vb past] you [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There will be changes in company structure in the autumn ’ , ‘ Yes , Jane mentioned you were feeling a little under par at the meeting ’ , ‘ Watch your back with him ’ and , as told to an actor post-performance in the dressing room by a friend and rival , ‘ What about you , then ? ’ |
| 2 | You used it again when you 'd just got off the train from Paddington tonight , when you pretended you were waiting for Mrs Downes — ’ |
| 3 | What would you do if some man out there in the anonymous darkness of the audience fell under the spell you create so skilfully and believed you were singing those sensuous songs just for him ? ’ |
| 4 | And all the lies that I told you were to try to escape the lie that was my life . |
| 5 | I , I think erm I think it may have been that er you , they assumed you 're lacking confidence because you were laughing at yourself so much when you were asking the questions . |
| 6 | ‘ I assumed you were enjoying it , señorita . ’ |
| 7 | I naturally assumed you were using your dust-pan and had left it out in the hall . |
| 8 | Yeah I noticed you were getting |
| 9 | Hell , the first time we met you were bringing in some by-hand-of-bearer letter telling us we were trying to depose the monarchy devalue the pound and make the natives play baseball instead of cricket . |
| 10 | ‘ I'thought you were trying to give it up . |
| 11 | Very early on I realised you 're entrusted the history and spirit of the Squadron . |
| 12 | but it did n't , but , that is n't actually , that is n't what happened you 're saying now |
| 13 | P'raps she forgot you were coming ? |
| 14 | ‘ I just guessed you were getting interested in the old Winter Garden stuff … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But you were looking so absorbed that I guessed you were admiring that wonderful bureau . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , I heard you bein' delayed , by that French gypsy woman . |
| 17 | I heard you were living with a cabinet member 's daughter and fighting for Gay Rights in Fast Cheam ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , I nearly choked laughing when I heard you were doing a breakfast show . |
| 19 | ‘ When I heard you were coming I made some discreet enquiries about you at the newspaper . |
| 20 | Er — I heard you was looking for Ron . |
| 21 | Incidentally a trap here is to feel guilty when you find that you have given up doing the exercises that you so fervently swore you were going to do every day . |
| 22 | I thought you meant you were moving it from there . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't think that meant you were going to pretend not to know me ! ’ |
| 24 | Oh I thought you meant you were going straight to do the papers . |
| 25 | Moaning , the creature rose , saying impulsively , ‘ When I found you just now , I feared you were killed also , Master . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I felt you were lost to me and I could n't understand why . ’ |
| 27 | With your eyes shut you felt you were flying . |
| 28 | You felt you were drifting out of your seat . |
| 29 | You felt you were locked into a particular stratum of society , that that was your place and that was where you stayed . |
| 30 | In The Towering Inferno you always felt you were standing outside the fire , in Backdraft you 're right in the middle of it . ’ |