Example sentences of "you [was/were] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Playing the exact same solos every night on tour is good too , because the notes are firmly ingrained in your head and that makes it harder for you to mess up in a major way , which is something that could happen if you were winging it every night . |
| 2 | And you were telling me the other clubs men men had |
| 3 | 2 Remember all the details that you can — you may have forgotten some of them when you were telling it the first time . |
| 4 | If you were to serve yourself an average helping of cabbage , though , it would usually weigh at least two ounces if you were eating it raw as part of a portion of coleslaw , for example , or four ounces if you were serving boiled cabbage . |
| 5 | I thought you were calling me the bearded wonder then . |
| 6 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You were pushing it a bit today , Fran . |
| 8 | Who do you think was making the audience laugh while you were giving them the full force of your personality ? |
| 9 | Now the next thing I 'd like you to note down is when I say other actors in the international system , obviously there are other governments as well but as well as governments if you , the word actors is quite often used in international affairs , if you were to list what the other actors are erm would you , would you note down them , say , put four or five other actors . |
| 10 | This afternoon you came to my office as if you were doing me a favour . |
| 11 | Now you were doing it a very neat way , a quick way , of doing it all in one go , were n't you ? |