Example sentences of "were [verb] you [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And they rang up , and they said were sending you a list of what we expect to be available in the way of food at Christmas because we always have the same thing . |
2 | It 's funny how er th trends change , but that was a was quite a common occurrence was that , men feeling ashamed of what they 'd got but trying er er in terms of these magazines giving them as if they were doing you a favour . |
3 | I do n't want you to give me your answers now , I am as it were giving you the opportunity now , over lunch , to consider this matter . |
4 | I have reason to believe that if I were to ask you the time you would n't be able to accommodate me . |
5 | But , there are ways of checking , yo you can you can , obviously compare words and then perhaps you can er invariably time about the situations and draw your own conclusions as to whether they were telling you a lie earlier on . |