Example sentences of "you [was/were] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were telling that Judy , Julie . |
| 2 | ‘ You were robbing that jeweller 's , in case you 'd forgotten . ’ |
| 3 | If you were to ask that man what is more important under Heaven — his public achievements or the death of that person — his answer would not be the majority one , the public one , but the private and particular one . |
| 4 | If you were to let that iron cool , what form of iron would you actually have ? |
| 5 | You 'll not be surprised to find that in terms of national policy , I would have thought that was very clear if you were given that choice , what the policy should be . |
| 6 | I wonder if it 's one of those things that I mean she 's reading the story aloud , I wonder if you were reading that story as as well |
| 7 | ‘ Well , we certainly had them when you were cleaning that playbill of William as Lear at the Theatre Royal , Covent Garden … ’ |
| 8 | But listening to you make that case it 's very similar to reading the great debate on franchise reform in this House in the last century , when people said we should be included and that people like us should be able to have the vote and put people into Parliament , it 's I mean it was just that you were you were making that plea about pro that the Board should be representative as being like the group who are benefiting . |
| 9 | Well la , last year , when you were doing that painting for er , Derek . |
| 10 | You were overwrought that night and after all , we do owe your life to Sarah . ’ |
| 11 | You was making that tape yesterday is n't it ? |
| 12 | If you was describing that man you 'd all get his clothes I bet , but I bet there 's three things you would forget about him , straight away . |
| 13 | That 's what I 'm saying , if , if , if , a a we hope you 're never in the situation but if you was describing that man , try and describe that man as honestly , honestly and as best as you can do n't say , if I say to you oh did he have jeans on ? |