Example sentences of "you were the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might very well say that you were the greatest law lecturer in the world , because people tend to say these things about themselves . |
| 2 | Or could it be that you were the first rebel in the household and that Suzie 's only following your example ? ’ |
| 3 | While we are on the subject of money , in 1991 you were the first art historian to be awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz Prize . |
| 4 | In fact , you were the first woman I 'd made love to in quite a long time , and I have n't even been interested in anyone since you were offered this job here and accepted it . |
| 5 | So when , when you were working at Squires the fact that you were the first woman ? |
| 6 | A. M. The worst part of the job was chasing fellers off the corners , a crowd of drunks , especially when you were the only policeman . |
| 7 | ‘ I came to find you because you were the only person who told me that Liam would n't be in that house . |
| 8 | He knew how to look at you as if you were the only person who 'd ever interested him . |
| 9 | When he finished reading , he began to sing his favourite song , If You Were The Only Girl In The World And I Was The Only Boy , except he turned the words round — for a laugh , he always said — and sang : ‘ If I was the only girl in the world and you were the only boy … . ’ |
| 10 | If you were the only girl in the world , |
| 11 | " If you were the only girl in the world and I was the only boy , nothing else would matter in the whole wide world , " my mother would sing inappropriately . |
| 12 | He sang If You Were the Only Girl in the World and he sang Help Me Make It Through the Night . |
| 13 | During the dictatorship of Habre , you were the only support for the persecuted Chadians . |
| 14 | During the dictatorship of Hissein Habre , you were the only support for the persecuted Chadians . ’ |
| 15 | When he finished reading , he began to sing his favourite song , If You Were The Only Girl In The World And I Was The Only Boy , except he turned the words round — for a laugh , he always said — and sang : ‘ If I was the only girl in the world and you were the only boy … . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Well , you were the only witness , Jimmy . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't understand why you should feel ashamed when you were the innocent victim … ’ |
| 18 | Jesus Christ , you 'd think you were the bloody Queen ! ’ a voice resounded from the kitchen . |
| 19 | I enclose for your attention a copy of the recently issued opinion in the above case which was heard in the High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court on and in which you were the sentencing Judge/Sheriff . |
| 20 | ‘ When I first saw you , ’ he murmured into her ear , ‘ I made the mistake of thinking that you were the eternal butterfly . |
| 21 | ‘ You were the discreet narrator . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You were the perfect couple , ’ the vicar told Brian 's widow , Jean . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've always said you were the best blacksmith I ever had . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I would n't go with you if you were the last man on earth . ’ |
| 25 | I wonder what it would be like if you were the last man in the world , and I the last woman ? |
| 26 | Personally , I would n't try to seduce you if you were the last man on earth . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Even if you were the last man on earth — I would n't make love to you , ’ she added bitterly . |
| 28 | ‘ It seems likely that you were the last person to see Glynn alive , apart from his murderer , but at the moment I am more interested in what you can tell me about him — the sort of man he was — and about his friends and his enemies as far as you can . |
| 29 | And you were the last person to see her . |
| 30 | If you were the last woman left alive on this bloody earth , I think I 'd rather do it for myself . |