Example sentences of "you were [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well you should of told him you were fucking burning the place ! |
| 2 | What could you measure to show that change was occurring ( ie how could you ‘ measure ’ something or things to determine whether you were successfully meeting the aims/goals you listed for Question 1 ? |
| 3 | I thought you were just bringing the bridge . |
| 4 | I suppose you 'll be telling me next that most normal people would immediately assume that you were here to discuss the state of French politics ! ’ |
| 5 | It would sound odd to put this description into the past tense , with " described " and " constructed " , unless you were deliberately emphasising the the fact that this book was produced at a particular point in the past , for example in order to compare it explicitly with a book written more recently . |
| 6 | And indicate to the employers that you were then transferring the matter to central conference . |
| 7 | But anyway , if it were working properly , the ‘ Cube 's ‘ clip ’ light would only come on when you were actually overdriving the input stage , which is not as helpful as the Trace Acoustic version , which lights up green and occasionally flashes red to tell you when you 've got the input level exactly right . |
| 8 | It will not be easy for him to justify dismissing you because of any lack of capability on your part where that could have been anticipated when you were originally offered the job . |
| 9 | Er and I took the time at my own risk , took the time at my own risk er primarily because of that very fact that you were there to support the interests of your members and no one else , no one else . |
| 10 | Your Sunday paper very likely came in sections , some of which you were still reading the following week . |
| 11 | And meanwhile you were still running the business during the war ? |