Example sentences of "you [was/were] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were a great friend of Rock Hudson and Montgomery Clift before that , was it because of them that you wanted to fight this bigotry ? |
| 2 | You were a great help to me . |
| 3 | While I am sure that there may indeed be any number of genuine psychics and astrologers who can do precisely what they claim in this field , what is to prevent charlatans telling you that you were a Roman gladiator , a druid or even Napoleon ? |
| 4 | ‘ And for some reason they thought you were a fellow deadbeat ? ’ |
| 5 | You were a decent woman once , |
| 6 | ‘ I mean , when you were a moral tutor , was that the first line ? |
| 7 | You would you would say you were a gradual conversion ? |
| 8 | Two , the could proceed without the landlord 's licence , it would then be up to the landlord to apply to the court to have the lease forfeited when you could arrange the defence that you were a reasonable tenant and as such the assignment should have been allowed to permit this course of action but of course you are using bank money as well as your own and the bank would be unhappy to lend money in a situation where there was a possibility , albeit a slight , that the lease would be forfeited . |
| 9 | And even when I learned you were a prying journalist — and when I 've always preferred my walks to be solitary — what do I find but that I 'm asking if you would like to walk with me ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ In England you were a talented man . |
| 11 | You were a financial drain . ’ |
| 12 | If you were a betting person , who would you put your money on ? |
| 13 | I suspect that even in those days you were a workaholic . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought you were a workaholic ? |
| 15 | I always had the impression you were a workaholic . ’ |
| 16 | The end would come up and , and keep your load level on the ground you see , otherwise if you were a straight jib , they 'd come down and further you come down the further , the lower your load get . |
| 17 | You work and scrape your way into the big time , you achieve most of the things you want — houses , cars , gorgeous wife , foreign travel , all the things you dreamed of when you were a grubby kid — and then , when you settle back to enjoy them , it all goes wrong . ’ |
| 18 | If I thought you were a real threat , you know I would stop at nothing to discredit you . ’ |
| 19 | If you favoured sweating it out , you sat around on tiered benches and chatted with your friends until you started dissolving into steam , and then got yourself scraped down by a slave with a sort of sickle thing called a strigil , and massaged , and oiled and perfumed , or if you were a real fanatic you probably went straight from the hot room to take a cold plunge , like sauna addicts rolling in the snow . |
| 20 | You were a real rabbit-in-the-headlights job . ’ |
| 21 | They 'd fix you up with er better bonus , but if you were a black leg they 'd er be on less wagers . |
| 22 | Why , why is that the case , well , tell me , why might people , why might you move to a , if you were a rural labourer , why might you move to erm , to an urban area where you knew there were some jobs ? |
| 23 | If you were a weak patient you would die . |
| 24 | Another extremely brave little boy in the front row spoke up and said , ‘ But surely you were a small person once , Miss Trunchbull , were n't you ? ’ |
| 25 | Er can you remember when you were a small child erm what sort of things you did at playtime at school ? |
| 26 | But the fact that you were a close and dear friend to my parents gives us a close bond , nevertheless . |
| 27 | ‘ You were a nice little girl then , ’ he said accusingly . |
| 28 | Understandably , he was curious as to the reason for my enquiries , so I told him you were a distant relative , a spinster who had no other relatives and who might wish to get in touch with him . |
| 29 | You were a right pair , were n't you ? |
| 30 | ‘ You were a right come-on in that get-up , ’ he said , patting my wig . |