Example sentences of "you were [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would think if you were felt the area of the houses on that side , the area of the houses on the Thorny side you would think that one 's |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm ten , and so are you , ’ replied Mary , forgetting to be careful , ‘ because when you were born the garden door was locked and the key was buried . |
| 3 | Bernie went up to the singer after the show and said , we thought you were called The Teenage Rebels , yet you 're not teenagers and you 're certainly not rebellious . |
| 4 | So you were given the responsibility then to train people up ? |
| 5 | If you were given the freedom to choose a new size of can , what would you choose ? |
| 6 | If you were given the choice what would you like to eat ? |
| 7 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
| 8 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
| 9 | Can you imagine going into a Hi-Fi , VCR or camera shop and in response to a question about Bitstream Processing , Nicam Transmission or intelligent autofocus respectively , you were told the above ? |
| 10 | Yes it only took four or five minutes until you were told the occupants were secure but then it er everybody waited for the C I D to arrive . |
| 11 | As you were over 75 and on a modest income , you were allowed the first £4,180 tax free . |
| 12 | You were enticed by the dark magicians into their palaces and their dark citadels and you were shown the powers and the sinisterly beautiful rewards of sorcery . |
| 13 | You were allocated the house in The Chantry |
| 14 | Furtwängler died in November 1954 and you were offered the orchestra . |
| 15 | ‘ They 're probably jealous too because you got the job through your dad , and then you were offered the foreman 's job . ’ |
| 16 | Er did you know about this when you were offered the flat ? |
| 17 | But as Zen pointed out , at least in Perugia you were spared the relentless commercialization of the pilgrim city , the three-dimensional postcards of a glamorous St Francis preaching to an audience of stuffed animals , the bottles of ‘ Monk 's Delight ’ liqueur , the ceramic prayer texts suitable for mounting over the toilet , the little figurines of lovable monks with round bellies and mischievous smiles . |
| 18 | You were paid the money and you ran with the game . |