Example sentences of "you [was/were] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or could it be that you were the first rebel in the household and that Suzie 's only following your example ? ’ |
| 2 | While we are on the subject of money , in 1991 you were the first art historian to be awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz Prize . |
| 3 | In fact , you were the first woman I 'd made love to in quite a long time , and I have n't even been interested in anyone since you were offered this job here and accepted it . |
| 4 | So when , when you were working at Squires the fact that you were the first woman ? |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't go with you if you were the last man on earth . ’ |
| 6 | I wonder what it would be like if you were the last man in the world , and I the last woman ? |
| 7 | Personally , I would n't try to seduce you if you were the last man on earth . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Even if you were the last man on earth — I would n't make love to you , ’ she added bitterly . |
| 9 | ‘ It seems likely that you were the last person to see Glynn alive , apart from his murderer , but at the moment I am more interested in what you can tell me about him — the sort of man he was — and about his friends and his enemies as far as you can . |
| 10 | And you were the last person to see her . |
| 11 | If you were the last woman left alive on this bloody earth , I think I 'd rather do it for myself . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ I can think of a couple of occasions when patronising you was the last thing on my mind . ’ |