Example sentences of "you were [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought you were up with the latest fashions . |
| 2 | Cassie had to admit that when you were n't on the receiving end , Johnny had a marvellous line in invective . |
| 3 | Whatever happened to you , you were on a charge if you were n't at the point that the sergeant expected you . |
| 4 | ‘ So where did you go if you were n't at the police station ? |
| 5 | But you were n't at the Newleys ’ party , were you ? |
| 6 | ‘ When you were n't at the house I came straight here . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , yes , I 've realised since that you were n't like the rest of us ordinary human beings who are unfortunate enough to be troubled by feelings like grief and guilt . ’ |
| 8 | I know you were n't in the War Cabinet , the small group that ran it operationally , but you were in the full Cabinet . |
| 9 | One or two people said that you were n't in the Americans ' league . ‘ |
| 10 | ‘ I came to see you but you were n't in the yard . |
| 11 | IF YOU WERE N'T IN THE F&W , WHICH GROUP WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN ? |
| 12 | Sometimes we got to be down at Bullard 's brewery by six o clock in the morning with a load , because they 'd start loading the beer up at six o'clock ; and if you were n't in the yard afore they started you could n't get in at all . |
| 13 | " You were n't in the gorse then . |
| 14 | ‘ Playing cricket as well always caused a bit of a problem come April , unless you were n't in the team in which case they could n't give a stuff . |
| 15 | After the war , a doctor who gave him a check-up ( incredibly enough not recognising him ) remarked : ‘ One can see that you were n't in the war . ’ |
| 16 | Darling you , darling you were n't in the house the time |
| 17 | She was looking for a pensioner but , you were n't in the right street . |
| 18 | If you were not at the June meeting , your list is now enclosed for your attention . |
| 19 | Mr Justice Jowitt told Anderson : ‘ I accept that you were not on the prowl looking for a victim and that it was by chance that this young lady got into your car . |
| 20 | ‘ It was apparent from the start that , if you were a journalist , you were not of the hard-nosed variety . ’ |
| 21 | This did not prove that you could n't use whatever it was , simply that you were not in the mood to knit successfully ! |
| 22 | So you were somewhere between the top and the bottom line again on this |
| 23 | We knew you were somewhere upon the Aletschhorn , but not exactly where . |
| 24 | Teacher : If you were right at the top of the tower would the people down below you look like ? |
| 25 | The they er even in the dining room you , you sort of , there were long tables , well when you came in as , as a student nurse you were right at the bottom of the table , and as you , you know , the second year , third year , fourth year , you gradually moved up and then the , the State Registered Nurses they all sat together . |
| 26 | ‘ But I saw your husband come into the tent while you were over at the tombola , ’ Mrs Doran said to Mrs Yardley . |
| 27 | That doll — that knitted gobshite — when that thing spat at you , you were n't anywhere near the window , you were over by the statues , on the other the of the room . |
| 28 | You were nearly at the end of the tape as well were n't you ? |
| 29 | T. B. You 'd have sergeants who liked to drink and he 'd have a constable in his section who knew where to get this drink , but normally amongst the sergeants , you were apart from the constables . |
| 30 | " We thought you were away for the week-end , " she said . |