Example sentences of "[verb] you [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know you were on the verge of rank insubordination ? |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't know you were in the hotel ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Last night , when you say you were on the Wheel with him ? ’ |
| 4 | He looked at her with his blue eyes that made you feel you were in the far distance and he was bringing you into focus gradually , like a ball magnetised to drop into his outstretched hand , be clasped by his fingers . |
| 5 | Of course , ’ he added with a twisted smile , ‘ it was n't until your last day in the office that I realised you were under the impression that it was I who 'd had the affair with Elise . ’ |
| 6 | I mean you were at the meeting that 's why I 'm referring to you . |
| 7 | I guessed you were from the first , and the fact that you could quite happily and openly go away with him for a weekend everyone would know about confirmed that I was right . |
| 8 | ‘ Like you were at the tables last night and the night before that ? ’ |
| 9 | Then I discovered you were with the chief , being ticked off , ’ he said mischievously . |
| 10 | I hear you were at the Empire the other night ? |
| 11 | ‘ I hear you were on the box last night , ’ said small , cheerful voices in Dyson 's ear . |
| 12 | I heard you were in the er |
| 13 | I believe you were at the theatre ? ’ |
| 14 | Well you must be getting on for a hundred , because I believe you were in the Boar War , were n't you ? |
| 15 | ‘ I thought you was on the InterSpace payroll back then ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I thought you were in the Belt . ’ |
| 17 | I thought you were in the warehouse . |
| 18 | Thought you were in the West Country . " |
| 19 | ‘ Well , ’ I said , ‘ I thought you were in the Mafia , but it 's not much of a Mafia name . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm terribly sorry , I thought you were from the British Committee . |
| 21 | No , you said you were on the dole ! |
| 22 | He , you know that bloke who you said you were on the phone to in Liverpool and he 's got |
| 23 | He said you were at the Tower because of Sir Ralph Whitton 's death . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ The Colonel said you were over the moon when he broke the news to you . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You said you were from the Ministry . ’ |
| 26 | He said you were from the Home Office . |
| 27 | Seb came down and Nutty said , ‘ Gloria said you were in the — ’ |
| 28 | We found it on the ice outside the North Bastion tower , yet you said you were in the city all night . ’ |
| 29 | Lachlan , I 'm thinking you were in the right of it ; there 's no proof , but from the description , this Iain Og is most likely John Campbell of Cawdor , Argyll 's lad . ’ |
| 30 | well I was saying for experiments and that , do n't you thing , just listen to what I 'm telling you was in the paper ! |