Example sentences of "you [was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , if you were buying it at a garage you were probably gon na pay at least four |
| 2 | There is no guarantee on PPs — you could do better , but if inflation went up , or the stock market turned sour , or the people you were buying it from were not very clever , you could do very much worse . |
| 3 | ‘ Except for one other memorable occasion , of course — when you were wearing nothing at all . ’ |
| 4 | Particularly since you were wearing it in my honour . ’ |
| 5 | I thought you meant you were moving it from there . |
| 6 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ By the way Bill , ’ Yanto turned enquiringly , ‘ has Bert Midgeley still got that motorbike combination you were telling me about ? ’ |
| 8 | Louise , you were telling me about Roger Clarke . |
| 9 | " What was it you were telling me about Cowslip ? |
| 10 | You were telling me about your husband . ’ |
| 11 | And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |
| 12 | Is it you were telling me about you you you caught kids sniffing methane was it ? |
| 13 | Erm you were telling me about religion about the fact that you went to church . |
| 14 | You were telling me about your uncle . |
| 15 | ‘ You were telling me about a party . ’ |
| 16 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |
| 17 | Anyway , you were telling me about meals . |
| 18 | Not this dream you were telling us about , was it ? |
| 19 | If you were to define it in your mind as — " bottom of wings on top of bar " — you would be more likely to recognise that the actual attitude was , or was not , accurate . |
| 20 | When Pietro told us that you were going on the pay-off I felt that you should know what you were getting yourself into . ’ |
| 21 | You were getting yourself into a whole load of trouble , Fran , and I needed to ensure that there would be someone around to look after you when I could n't be . |
| 22 | I thought you were getting yourself into trouble there again , but you tell me he ca n't be listening to you . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought you were taking me to the police station . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | You were congratulating yourselves on the fact earlier , I know . ’ |
| 27 | While you were congratulating yourself on dodging Louie , Ambrose had you in view all the time . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ So you were using me as a stud , min kaere . |
| 29 | You were cheering them to . ’ |
| 30 | You were lending them to this one here . |