Example sentences of "you [was/were] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very difficult to design a pressed flower picture on to a background material that has already been printed with a design , and if you were to use a floral fabric it might be hard to spot where your picture stops and the print begins . |
| 2 | ‘ — but then , while I was merely trying to relieve your pain , you were issuing the blatant invitation — ’ |
| 3 | oh I thought you were buying a new one with that money |
| 4 | Let's say you were buying a particular stock … ’ |
| 5 | What type of service would you prefer if you were buying the following : |
| 6 | You were wearing a blue gaberdine suit and a white blouse with a pussy bow at the neck . ’ |
| 7 | You might have to show the inspector the stamp to show that you were wearing the correct trousers — every now and then , you had to bring all your uniform in and all your uniform was an awful lot of uniform . |
| 8 | Did n't realize you were bringing the whole thing . |
| 9 | Bernie went up to the singer after the show and said , we thought you were called The Teenage Rebels , yet you 're not teenagers and you 're certainly not rebellious . |
| 10 | The real reason she 'd wanted to leave was the harsh discovery that when you were nursing a broken heart there was nothing more painful than being surrounded by others who were happily in love . |
| 11 | So it 's I mean , let's see , you were getting a thousand pound a month , you 're now gon na get eleven hundred pounds a month , |
| 12 | Now let's say we 've done that we thought there were three people here so you though you were getting a third right . |
| 13 | You 've got , I think you got lost and the reason why you , you were getting yourself erm tied up in the figures and why there was less eye contact was because you were getting a little bit lost with those figures at the top of the page . |
| 14 | If you were taking an approved course of training ( see leaflet NI 125 from your Social Security office ) . |
| 15 | But can can I can I just come back to the point that if you were taking the lowest figure , I mean how realistic is it to assume that you could actually hold to that ? |
| 16 | Keep two cartridges in your hand all the time , and then as soon as you 'd handed your gun , and you were taking the other one , and he was the empty one . |
| 17 | Those of us who sat on the urban policies committee for a number of years seeing Moat devour and all the stoppages and problems there , knew that you were taking the wrong line . |
| 18 | And that presupposes in that calculation , if you were taking the worst case , that that would all be greenfield land . |
| 19 | However if you were receiving the extra transitional relief in 1990–91 then you should not need to apply again . |
| 20 | He confirmed this impression by asking in tones rank with disbelief , ‘ You mean to tell me you thought you were pursuing a poor man ? ’ |
| 21 | If you were encountering a tyrannical overlord , what would you do ? |
| 22 | You were looking the wrong way ? |
| 23 | But not as many as you would have if you were using the treble clef because you 'd probably end up with a lot of lower this is wha , that is n't a particularly good example really because it has n't given a lot of lower notes but normally you 'd expect to see more notes down on these lines . |
| 24 | you were asked a few questions about the contingency fund , was setting up the contingency fund , had it got any connection at all with the Daily Telegraph article ? |
| 25 | If you were to compare a typical Irish or British magazine of today with its counterpart of say , thirty years ago , one of the most overwhelmingly obvious differences would be in the quality of the photographic material now being used . |
| 26 | In Israel if you got in debt you made yourself a voluntary slave for six years to the person you owed money to , a form of community service , and then you were set free after six years and your debts cancelled and you were given a new start in life . |
| 27 | AS YOU WERE reading the last issue of Wood News with your feet up and drinking a cup of hot coffee , John Hill , coupling machine operator at Fireater , was running through the cold , wet weather of Great Yarmouth in training for the London marathon . |
| 28 | It 's just slightly off er , the track at the moment , if you were writing a living assurance plan for someone , and they 'd already got a Covermaster plan , |
| 29 | Er , if you were writing a written article , then you may well include references , or sources of information that , that help you write that article . |
| 30 | it 's like writing an essay , you 've got to try and get as mi many things in as you would do when you if you were writing a full essay but instead of writing a paragraph on each thing you write a sentence on each thing try and cover as many bases , then , that 's how you how you get very good marks , it 's not , they are not trying to test your erm your deep knowledge about any one thing in these short answers they are testing the broad , broad venture of your , of your knowledge , alright , so what you want to try and do is to is a blunderbuss approach when you ans you answer these , these questions . |