Example sentences of "you [was/were] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so . |
| 2 | After all , you were the first on the scene , and this is the second time you 've been , well almost , in at the death . |
| 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 | After all , you were the first to leave the dinner table . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Or could it be that you were the first rebel in the household and that Suzie 's only following your example ? ’ |
| 7 | You were the first blind person to be employed in the County Council ? |
| 8 | I admit it freely , and I admit that you were the first to make the diagnosis . ’ |
| 9 | So when , when you were working at Squires the fact that you were the first woman ? |
| 10 | ‘ Oh no , darling , you did n't think you were the first clever little bitch to have the idea ? |
| 11 | But then you were the first one to say to me when we took him out , oh what do you think ? |
| 12 | But that 's the same as if you willed spouse had died before you for instance , and you were the second of two to die and she had n't or she might have everything to the children and you still got a hundred and sixty thousand pounds , you ca n't avoid the inheritance tax in those circumstances . |
| 13 | ‘ You were the last , the baby , ’ she said softly . |
| 14 | If you were the last woman left alive on this bloody earth , I think I 'd rather do it for myself . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I would n't go with you if you were the last man on earth . ’ |
| 17 | And you were the last person to see her . |
| 18 | I wonder what it would be like if you were the last man in the world , and I the last woman ? |
| 19 | Personally , I would n't try to seduce you if you were the last man on earth . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Even if you were the last man on earth — I would n't make love to you , ’ she added bitterly . |
| 21 | You er , you were the last up . |
| 22 | You were the last to have it ! |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ I can think of a couple of occasions when patronising you was the last thing on my mind . ’ |