Example sentences of "you [was/were] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought you were taking me to the police station . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 3 | You were cheering them to . ’ |
| 4 | You were lending them to this one here . |
| 5 | However , if you were to help yourself to a reasonably generous helping of watercress as part of a salad meal , it is unlikely that your portion would weigh more than half an ounce . |
| 6 | okay , explain it to me in terms of , try and ex say if you were explaining it to someone who sort of was n't very technical . |
| 7 | try to paraphrase it as though you were explaining it to someone who does n't understand quite as much as you . |
| 8 | You were doing it to me . |
| 9 | You 'd hurt me so badly — there I was , head over heels in love with you , and you were asking me to be your mistress . ’ |
| 10 | I did n't look at it when you were showing it to her . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That was only because you were tearing her to pieces . |
| 12 | No you we , you was relating it to power in this country to any country and saying |