Example sentences of "you were the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Risk rating : ‘ Give a rating on a scale from 1 to 7 to indicate the risk you would feel in if you were the driver in that situation . |
| 2 | Could you draft a short opening paragraph ( as if you were the editor ) and add a biographical note at the end . |
| 3 | Was you involved in the Labour Party for a long time before erm before you were the election agent ? |
| 4 | ‘ I thought you were the expert . ’ |
| 5 | You were the catalyst that she 's needed all these years . |
| 6 | But I can understand you more now , 'cos I never thought you were the kind of fellow to lead anybody up the garden , then jump the railings . |
| 7 | ‘ He told me you were the kind of man who might be able to catch up with Vecchi . |
| 8 | And you were the kind lady who gave little Afgie the leprechaun , ’ she added with a warm smile . |
| 9 | cos you could , I mean if if she asked you about it , you know , you could just say well honestly I 'm quite , I did n't think you were the kind of person who 'd go for I know , I know that thing is I mean I can see , I can see that she 's going for him because |
| 10 | ‘ Anyone would think you were the elder , ’ Anne complained one day . |
| 11 | But er if you had to paper the parlour was always papered in the ceiling but he kitchen was always whitewashed because we had these , if I explain to you these er fireplaces that er were n't very successful burning coal you know and the smoke would rise and before you knew where you were the ceiling was black again so sort of every so often up went the whitewash brush and you 'd whitewash the the ceiling . |
| 12 | ‘ In view of your attitude , I assume you were the child of a happy marriage ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I thought you were the electronics officer ? ’ |
| 14 | You were the rogue flowering , Rachaela . ’ |
| 15 | This was given , then I said ‘ You were the gentleman who was brought in from the ‘ Cock ’ are you not ? ’ |
| 16 | At the time , you were the butt of some very unkind jokes ? |
| 17 | If you were the wife of this man , what would you want ? |
| 18 | You say in your book that many of your problems stem from the fact that you were the wife of an ambitious politician . |
| 19 | If you were the mum and you brought these pizzas in and there was four people sitting there when you 've got six pizzas and they all want the same size . |
| 20 | When he tried his hand at another murder and the proposed victim turned out to be a young Anglo-Prussian only just arrived in Vienna , it seemed likely you were the man . |
| 21 | ‘ You were the man she answered the door to , ’ he said glumly . |
| 22 | I knew from the first moment you were the man for her . ’ |
| 23 | I assumed you were the type of patient who would have been told … ’ |
| 24 | After a game , whether you were the winner or loser , use your Adult to ask yourself ‘ How did it start ? ’ |
| 25 | but you were the pilot |
| 26 | One thing baffles me about that , Lord Wilson : you were Prime Minister , you were the boss , you were presiding over Cabinet government . |
| 27 | You were the cook of this banquet . |
| 28 | You were the girl in my dreams . ’ |
| 29 | You were the patient , I was the doctor . |
| 30 | like er , le let me , if you were the patient and Lesley was the nurse like , you would n't have a clue whether it was er |